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A video posted on Attorney General Pam Bondi’s X account shows the moment an oil tanker was seized by U.S. forces off the coast of Venezuela. U.S. Attorney General's Office/X via AP

Business

Black-market oil buyers will push Venezuela for bigger discounts following US...

Staff Writer - December 12, 2025

Francisco J. Monaldi, Rice University The U.S. seizure of an oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast looks designed to...

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Members of the Fraternal Order of Real Bearded Santas meet at Pink’s restaurant at Knott’s Berry Farm before the holiday rush in 2009. Business Wire via AP

Art

What makes a true Santa is inside – and comes with...

Staff Writer - November 29, 2025

Christina Hymer, University of Tennessee When you picture Santa Claus, a white, bearded, overweight and jolly man who dashes...

A person sits in a field of crops after a raid by U.S. immigration agents. Blake Fagan/AFP via Getty Images

As US hunger rises, Trump administration’s ‘efficiency’ goals cause massive food waste

November 28, 2025

Sea-level rise changes coastlines, putting homes at risk, as Summer Haven, Fla., has seen. Aerial Views/E+/Getty Images

Sea level doesn’t rise at the same rate everywhere – we...

November 25, 2025

Pennsylvania is home to a diverse range of wild mushrooms, both edible and poisonous. Vaivirga/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Mid-Atlantic mushroom foragers collect 160 species for food, medicine, art and science

November 24, 2025

Climate finance is meant to help low-income countries adapt to climate change and recover from disasters like Hurricane Melissa. Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images

How climate finance to help poor countries became a global shell...

November 19, 2025