Latest data shows progress and challenges related to the physical and emotional wellbeing of high school students — The past several years have presented teenagers and young adults with numerous significant challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic throughout 2020 and 2021 — along with schools that were shuttered nationwide — robbed many young people of their primary source of learning and social networking. …

The bustling city is transforming several neighborhoods, de-emphasizing cars while promoting walking and neighborhood livability. As the website for the city of Barcelona states, the goal of the city’s block transformation project is to create a “healthy, greener, fairer and safer public space that promotes social relations and the local…

Air Florida flight #90 crashed into the icey Potomac River. A Washington CBO staffer risked his life to save another. — On January 13, 1982, an Air Florida Boeing 737 departing DCA Reagan National for Tampa, FL crashed into the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. The plane — attempting to depart during a significant snow storm — was airborne for just some 30 seconds. The plane’s ability to gain altitude and…

Twin public health crises — Covid-19 and fentanyl — led to a dramatic decline in U.S. life expectancy. Now, finally, good news. — The headlines in 2023 were replete with news of America’s macro-level public health challenge: the steady decline in American life expectancy. “Why are Americans dying so young?” was the headline in a March Financial Times piece on the subject. Beyond the toll of the Covid-19 pandemic, the story noted the…

LNG is becoming ascendant for Europe’s energy needs. Along with undersea electricity interconnections, energy cooperation is taking shape in the Mediterranean region. — In 2019 Qatar relinquished its membership in OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries). For tiny Qatar the future was already underway — and that future was natural gas. Specifically, liquified natural gas, or LNG. The investment has paid off. …

New rules —including the pitch clock — helped bolster attendance and new enthusiasm for America’s pastime. One of the charms of baseball is its relatively long history and reverence for the past. The National League began play in 1876 as the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs. A few years…

In September, American oil production reached an all-time high. What comes next? — The United States produced 13 million barrels of crude oil per day in September, according to an energy markets consultancy. That amount also represents the highest level of current crude production of any country in the world and more than double the level production just a decade ago. If other…

The heavy main American tank was designed in the 1970s for use in a large conventional ground war. Its utility has evolved along with its deployments. — President Biden announced on January 25 that the U.S. would send American-made M1A1 Abrams battle tanks to Ukraine as it battles the ongoing invasion from Russia. Media reports — as well as Ukrainian leadership — indicate that the first Abrams tanks have now arrived in Ukraine.

“The Thin Red Line” was released in December 1998 (limited release initially), five months after Steven Spielberg’s epic World War II film Saving Private Ryan arrived in theaters. …