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A woman walks by a Cornell University sign on the Ivy League school's campus in Ithaca, New York, on Friday, January 14, 2022. Amid an increase in COVID-19 coronavirus cases and the omicron variant, the university moved final exams online in December and students will attend classes virtually through February 4. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

Cornell suspends frat parties after reports of drugged drinks and sexual assault

The suspension comes after reports of several students drugged between September and November and a sexual assault reported over the weekend.

FILE - Carbon dioxide and other pollutants billows from a stack at PacifiCorp's coal-fired Naughton Power Plant, near where Bill Gates company, TerraPower plans to build an advanced, nontraditional nuclear reactor, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022, in Kemmerer, Wyo. A major economic bill headed to the president has “game-changing” incentives for the nuclear energy industry, experts say, and those tax credits are even more substantial if a facility is sited in a community where a coal plant is closing. (AP Photo/Natalie Behring, File)

Investments of 125 billionaires have the same carbon footprint as France, study finds

Researchers at Oxfam, a nonprofit devoted to combating poverty, examined billionaires who collectively own $2.4 trillion in company equity, with investments across 183 companies.

A picture taken on August 28, 2019, in the Western Cape Province near Caledon shows wind turbines turning in a canola field. - Drought, climate change, economic downturn, security issues in rural areas, and uncertainty about the future of land reform in South Africa, are making agriculture in South Africa an increasingly challenging environment. (Photo by RODGER BOSCH / AFP) (Photo by RODGER BOSCH/AFP via Getty Images)

Investors have trillions to fight climate change. Developing nations get little of it

Private investment is crucial to addressing climate change. But a big barrier to private investment in developing countries is the perception that risks are higher than in industrialized nations.

'Fatty Fatty Boom Boom' details podcaster's battle with weight

Atypical of inspirational weight-loss books, Fatty Fatty Boom Boom by Rabia Chaudry — an advocate of Serial podcast subject Adnan Syed — is a love letter to the author's native cuisine.

Beautiful mixed race female in her 20's doing relaxing yoga in her backyard while the sunsets behind her.

Meditation works as well as a popular drug to reduce anxiety, study finds

Researchers compared a practice of daily mindfulness meditation to taking Lexapro to control anxiety symptoms. The meditators got equivalent relief, without the side effects.

A worker carries a board at a home construction site Tuesday, June 29, 2021, in Piedmont, Okla. On Friday, Aug. 5, the Labor Department delivers its July jobs report. America’s hiring boom continued in July as employers added a surprising 528,000 jobs despite raging inflation and rising anxiety about a recession.(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Voters approved more money for affordable housing around the country

Skyrocketing rents and home prices have been a major part of voters' economic pain. New spending will go toward building and subsidizing more housing, and helping people avoid homelessness.

OLATHE, KS - NOVEMBER 06: Kansas Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly speaks to volunteers at her campaign office prior to canvassing on November 6, 2022 in Olathe, Kansas. Kelly faces Republican state Attorney General Derek Schmidt in the state's gubernatorial race on Tuesday. (Photo by Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images)

Kansas voters reelect Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly over GOP challenger Derek Schmidt

After an extremely tight election, Democrat Laura Kelly, governor of Kansas, wins four more years in offer over her Republican challenger Kelly held off Republican challenger Derek Schmidt.

Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the Russian-backed Kherson administration, is pictured in his office, with a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin seen on the wall behind him, in the city of Kherson on July 20, 2022, amid the ongoing Russian military action in Ukraine. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP) (Photo by STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images)

A Russian-appointed official died in a car crash in Ukraine's Kherson

Born in Ukraine, Kirill Stremousov had switched to Russia's side and mimicked its claims about Nazi rule, becoming spokesman and deputy governor of the Moscow-installed administration in Kherson.

Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano, his wife Rebecca Mastriano, and running mate Carrie Lewis DelRosso pray on stage with supporters during his election night campaign gathering at the Penn Harris Hotel in Camp Hill, Pa., Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. Democrat Josh Shapiro won the race for governor of Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

No concession from Doug Mastriano in Pennsylvania governor’s race as Josh Shapiro thanks voters for victory

Democratic Attorney General Josh Shapiro is thanking voters for giving him a win in Pennsylvania’s governor’s race.

Winds blow an umbrella inside-out as guests leave the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022, as conditions deteriorate with the approach of Hurricane Nicole. All 4 Disney parks in Central Florida closed early Wednesday because of the impending storm. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

Florida braces for Hurricane Nicole, a rare November storm

The storm strengthened into a hurricane on Wednesday after pounding the Bahamas, as U.S. officials ordered evacuations that included former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club.

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