Drought-Prone California OKs New Rules for Turning Wastewater Directly Into Drinking Water

Drought-Prone California OKs New Rules for Turning Wastewater Directly Into Drinking Water

SACRAMENTO, California —  When a toilet is flushed in California, the water can end up in a lot of places: an ice skating rink in Ontario, ski slopes around Lake Tahoe, farmland in the Central Valley. And — coming soon — kitchen faucets. California regulators on Tuesday approved new rules to let water agencies recycle … Read more

Marvel, Disney Drop Actor Jonathan Majors After Assault Conviction

Marvel, Disney Drop Actor Jonathan Majors After Assault Conviction

New York —  Jonathan Majors was convicted Monday of assaulting his former girlfriend after a trial that he hoped would vindicate him and restore his status as an emerging Hollywood star. It did just the opposite: Marvel Studios and the Walt Disney Co. dropped him hours after the verdict. A Manhattan jury found Majors, 34, … Read more

Volunteers Join Annual Christmas Bird Count

Volunteers Join Annual Christmas Bird Count

North America’s oldest citizen science project is underway with thousands of volunteers measuring bird populations in the annual Christmas Bird Count. VOA’s Natasha Mozgovaya joined a birdwatching team in Seattle.    Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to … Read more

Study Bolsters Evidence Severe Obesity Increasing in Young US Kids

Study Bolsters Evidence Severe Obesity Increasing in Young US Kids

NEW YORK —  A new study adds to evidence that severe obesity is becoming more common in young U.S. children. There was some hope that children in a government food program might be bucking a trend in obesity rates — earlier research found rates were dropping a little about a decade ago for those kids. … Read more

Study Bolsters Evidence Severe Obesity Increasing in Young US Kids

Study Bolsters Evidence Severe Obesity Increasing in Young US Kids

NEW YORK —  A new study adds to evidence that severe obesity is becoming more common in young U.S. children. There was some hope that children in a government food program might be bucking a trend in obesity rates — earlier research found rates were dropping a little about a decade ago for those kids. … Read more

Men Charged With Killing 3,600 Birds to Sell on Black Market

Men Charged With Killing 3,600 Birds to Sell on Black Market

Two men killed about 3,600 birds, including bald and golden eagles, during a “killing spree” on Montana’s Flathead Indian Reservation and elsewhere, then sold eagle parts on a black market that has been a long-running problem for U.S. wildlife officials, a federal grand jury indictment says. The men worked with others to hunt and kill … Read more

Face Masks Now an Occasional Feature of US Landscape

Face Masks Now an Occasional Feature of US Landscape

NEW YORK —  The scene: A crowded shopping center in the weeks before Christmas. Or a warehouse store. Or maybe a packed airport terminal or a commuter train station or another place where large groups gather. There are people — lots of people. But look around, and it’s clear one thing is largely absent these … Read more

Cambodia Welcomes Museum’s Plan to Return Looted Antiquities

Cambodia Welcomes Museum’s Plan to Return Looted Antiquities

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA —  Cambodia has welcomed the announcement that New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art will return more than a dozen pieces of ancient artwork to Cambodia and Thailand that were tied to an art dealer and collector accused of running a huge antiquity trafficking network out of Southeast Asia. This most recent repatriation … Read more

‘Prescribed Burns’ Could Aid Forests in US Southeast, Experts Say

‘Prescribed Burns’ Could Aid Forests in US Southeast, Experts Say

WEST END, N.C. —  Jesse Wimberley burns the woods with neighbors. Using new tools to revive an old communal tradition, they set fire to wiregrasses and forest debris with a drip torch, corralling embers with leaf blowers. Wimberley, 65, gathers groups across eight North Carolina counties to starve future wildfires by lighting leaf litter ablaze. … Read more