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Fewer international students are coming to the US, costing universities and communities that benefit from these visitors

  • Written by Tara Sonenshine, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice in Public Diplomacy, Tufts University
imageThe international student population is expected to experience a dive in the fall of 2025. iStock/Getty Images Plus

American college campuses from Tucson to Tallahassee are buzzing with the familiar routine of students getting settled in classes and dorms.

One new trend, though, is emerging.

An estimated 30% to 40% fewer international students are...

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Bolsonaro joins a rogues’ gallery of coup plotters held to account for their failed power grab

  • Written by John Joseph Chin, Assistant Teaching Professor of Strategy and Technology, Carnegie Mellon University
imageSoon to be exchanging blinds with bars?Sergio Lima/AFP via Getty Images

Jair Bolsonaro’s conviction on Sept. 11, 2025, puts the former Brazilian president in a rogues’ gallery of failed coup plotters to be held to account for their attempted power grab.

Brazil’s Supreme Court found Bolsonaro guilty of being part of an armed...

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‘This will not end here’: A scholar explains why Charlie Kirk’s killing could embolden political violence

  • Written by Arie Perliger, Director of Security Studies and Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, UMass Lowell
imageA boy in Scottsdale, Ariz., attends a Catholic rosary prayer vigil for Charlie Kirk after he was killed during a Utah college event on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025.AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin

The fatal shooting of prominent conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10, 2025, has brought renewed attention to the climate of political violence in...

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Detroit is the most challenging place in the country for people with asthma − here’s how to help kids in the Motor City breathe easier

  • Written by Rhonda Conner-Warren, Assistant Professor of Health Programs, Michigan State University
imageSmoke and haze from a Canadian wildfire blankets downtown Detroit in August 2025. AP Photo/Ryan Sun

Detroit kids 17 and under were nearly three times more likely to be hospitalized for asthma than other kids in Michigan, according to data from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services released on Sept. 2, 2025. The data examines the...

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Who was Charlie Kirk? The activist who turned campus politics into national influence

  • Written by Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin, Frank and Bethine Church Endowed Chair of Public Affairs, Boise State University
imageCharlie Kirk addresses the 2024 Republican National Convention on July 15, 2024. Al Drago/Getty Images

The fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk during a speaking engagement at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, 2025, has drawn widespread condemnation and renewed attention to the climate of political violence in the United States....

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Federal subpoenas for transgender care records raise medical privacy concerns and put providers in a legal bind – a health law expert explains what’s at stake

  • Written by Margaret Riley, Professor of Law, Public Health Sciences, and Public Policy, University of Virginia
imageUnder medical privacy regulations, health care providers can disclose health information in response to a subpoena, but they are not required to.designer491/iStock via Getty Images

On Sept. 10, 2025, a federal judge blocked the Department of Justice’s attempt to subpoena medical records and other private health information on minors receiving...

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A federal program helps older people get jobs, but the Trump administration wants to get rid of it

  • Written by Cal J. Halvorsen, Associate Professor of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis
imageThe program helps Americans over 55 find job training and short-term employment.Marc Romanelli/Tetra images via Getty Images

For the first time in U.S. history, there are more Americans over 62 than under 18. With the national workforce getting older every year, many economists argue that having people keep working longer than they used to would...

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A new world order isn’t coming, it’s already here − and this is what it looks like

  • Written by John Rennie Short, Professor Emeritus of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imageElderly residents in Chongqing watch a live broadcast of China's Victory Day military parade. Cheng Xin/Getty Images

On Sept. 3, 2025, China celebrated the 80th anniversary of its victory over Japan by staging a carefully choreographed event in which 26 world leaders were offered a podium view of Beijing’s impressive military might.

The show...

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A massive eruption 74,000 years ago affected the whole planet – archaeologists use volcanic glass to figure out how people survived

  • Written by Jayde N. Hirniak, Ph.D. Candidate in Anthropology, Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University
imageCollecting microscopic glass samples at Border Cave in the Lebombo Mountains in South Africa.Katherine Elmes

If you were lucky 74,000 years ago, you would have survived the Toba supereruption, one of the largest catastrophic events that Earth has seen in the past 2.5 million years.

While the volcano is located in what’s now Indonesia, living...

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How Giorgio Armani mastered the art of outfitting Hollywood stars to sell clothes to the masses

  • Written by Elizabeth Castaldo Lundén, Kluge Fellow at the Library of Congress, University of Southern California
imageOver the course of his career, Giorgio Armani outfitted characters in more than 200 films.Franco Origlia/Getty Images

The death of Giorgio Armani marks the passing of one of Italy’s most influential fashion designers.

As someone who studies the intersection of fashion, media and entertainment, I think one of the designer’s most...

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  2. Drugged driving – including under the influence of cannabis and prescription drugs – is quietly becoming one of the most dangerous road hazards
  3. Poland responds to Russian drones incursion by invoking Article 4 of the NATO treaty − what happens next?
  4. Israeli strike in Doha crosses a new line from which relations with Gulf may not recover
  5. The discovery of a gravitational wave 10 years ago shook astrophysics – these ripples in spacetime continue to reveal dark objects in the cosmos
  6. Where does your glass come from?
  7. Sacred texts and ‘little bells’: The building blocks of Arvo Pärt’s musical masterpieces
  8. 40 years ago, the first AIDS movies forced Americans to confront a disease they didn’t want to see
  9. Doctors are joining unions in a bid to improve working conditions and raise wages in a stressful health care system
  10. Why journalists are reluctant to call Trump an authoritarian – and why that matters for democracy
  11. Bail reforms across the US have shown that releasing people pretrial doesn’t harm public safety
  12. How does AI affect how we learn? A cognitive psychologist explains why you learn when the work is hard
  13. Israel’s attack in Doha underscores a stark reality for Gulf states looking for stability and growth: They remain hostage to events
  14. New report ranks Philadelphia and Allentown among toughest cities in America for people with asthma
  15. What causes muscle cramps during exercise? Athletes and coaches may want to look at the playing surface
  16. We tracked every overseas trip by world leaders since the end of the Cold War – here’s what we found
  17. The surprising recovery of once-rare birds
  18. Techno-utopians like Musk are treading old ground: The futurism of early 20th-century Europe
  19. Trump reversed policies supporting electric vehicles − it will affect the road to clean electricity, too
  20. Brazil’s Bolsonaro may soon join ranks of failed coup plotters held to account − hampering the chance of any political comeback
  21. How Trump’s dismissal of a Fed governor could redefine presidential power – if courts agree that he alone can interpret vague laws
  22. Trump’s radical argument that he alone can interpret vague laws fails its first court test in dismissal of Fed governor
  23. Philly’s Puerto Rican Day Parade embodies strength of the mainland’s second-largest Boricua community
  24. When you’re caught between ‘yes’ and ‘no,’ here’s why ‘maybe’ isn’t the way to go
  25. 50 years ago, NASA sent 2 spacecraft to search for life on Mars – the Viking missions’ findings are still discussed today
  26. How is paint made?
  27. Boosting timber harvesting in national forests while cutting public oversight won’t solve America’s wildfire problem
  28. Complying with Trump administration’s attack on DEI could get employers into legal trouble
  29. George Washington’s worries are coming true
  30. Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to fight crime blurs the legal distinction between the police and the military
  31. Infant mortality rises in states with restrictive abortion laws – new research
  32. An Arkansas group’s effort to build a white ethnostate forms part of a wider US movement inspired by white supremacy
  33. Federal judges are frustrated by defiance from the Trump administration and fuzziness from the Supreme Court
  34. Helping teens navigate online racism − study shows which parenting strategy works best
  35. 3 states push to put the Ten Commandments back in school – banking on new guidance at the Supreme Court
  36. Colorado has one of the nation’s highest suicide rates − an ER doctor explains how to bring it down
  37. When it comes to wars − from the Middle East to Ukraine − what we call them matters
  38. Jury trials, a critical part of democracy, are disappearing
  39. Astrology’s appeal in uncertain times
  40. Kennedy hearing deepens crisis over dismantling of CDC leadership - health scholar explains why the agency’s ability to protect public health is compromised
  41. US obliteration of Caribbean boat was a clear violation of international ‘right to life’ laws – no matter who was on board
  42. Civil servant exodus: How employees wrestle with whether to stay, speak up or go
  43. A first connection can make a big difference when it comes to sticking with a career
  44. Scientific objectivity is a myth – cultural values and beliefs always influence science and the people who do it
  45. How Frank Rizzo, a high school dropout, became Philadelphia’s toughest cop and a harbinger of MAGA politics
  46. You can be exposed to PFAS through food, water, even swimming in lakes – new maps show how risk from ‘forever chemicals’ varies
  47. Hidden treasures of America’s national parks are closer than you might think
  48. How RFK Jr.’s misguided science on mRNA vaccines is shaping policy − a vaccine expert examines the false claims
  49. China’s electric vehicle influence expands nearly everywhere – except the US and Canada
  50. AI is transforming weather forecasting − and that could be a game changer for farmers around the world