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In Suzanne Horsley's wellness classes at Toll Gate Grammar School in Pennington, N.J., elementary students learn about the health impacts of climate change. They play games that demonstrate what they have learned.
Seyma Bayram/NPRIn 2020, New Jersey became the first state in the country to require climate change education across grade levels and in most subjects. The standards were rolled out this past year.
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Tropical Storm Hilary unleashes heavy rains and flooding on Southern California National News
Heavy rain associated with the system is creating "catastrophic and life-threatening flooding," the weather service said. Some roadways in Southern California have flooded.
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Progressive Arévalo moves to decisive lead in Guatemala's presidential election National News
Outsider Bernardo Arévalo appeared to be the "virtual winner" of Sunday's election to be Guatemala's next president after voters made a decisive choice for change.
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Ecuador's presidential election moves toward a runoff vote in October National News
No candidate in Sunday's special presidential election received enough support to be declared winner. The vote took place amid thousands of police officers and soldiers deployed across the country.
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Why this chaplain sees her atheism as a gift National News
Vanessa Zoltan describes herself as a Jewish atheist whose outlook on the world and her spiritual life is defined by the Holocaust.
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Russia's unmanned robot lander crashed after it had spun into uncontrolled orbit, the country's space agency Roscosmos reported.
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Yellowknife residents wonder if wildfires are the new normal as western Canada burns National News
Nearly all 20,000 residents of Yellowknife, the capital city of the Northwest Territories, have evacuated, while thousands more in neighboring British Columbia have fled, too.
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Lolita, oldest orca held in captivity, dies before chance to return to the ocean National News
After years of pressure to set the Miami Seaquarium orca free, Lolita was scheduled to spend her final days in her natural habitat sometime next year. On Friday, she died of a "renal condition."
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