Between the Australia fires, the Puerto Rico earthquakes and Iran tensions, it’s been a busy week. Here’s a roundup of all the good news you missed.
Author: Grace Hauck, USA TODAY
Magnitude 5.9 earthquake rocks Puerto Rico and causes landslide in Peñuelas
Another earthquake has shaken Puerto Rico, this time a 5.9 magnitude quake on Saturday causing damage along the southern coast.
Once a delicacy eaten by Chinese emperors, one of world’s largest fish just went extinct
The Chinese paddlefish, once common to the Yangtze River, has gone extinct due to overfishing and habitat fragmentation, according to a new study.
Australia’s devastating fires are still burning. Here’s how you can help
Here’s how to help victims of the Australia fires and where to donate to support fire and animal relief efforts.
Protests planned across US to condemn Trump administration actions in Iraq and Iran
More than 70 demonstrations were planned across the country to protest the Trump administration’s killing of top Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani.
New Year’s Eve sees gun violence across nation, concluding record-high year of mass killings
2019 was a deadly year for gun violence, and New Year’s Eve was no different. Within hours of the new decade, many people had lost their lives.
Legal weed sales begin in Illinois as state pardons more than 11,000 marijuana convictions
Weed dispensaries across Illinois opened their doors Wednesday morning to long lines of customers eager to purchase recreational marijuana.
20 predictions for 2020: Here’s what people thought would happen by this year
Decades ago, academics, futurists and government agencies cast their predictions of what would happen by the year 2020. Here’s what happened.
6 dead and 13 injured in Las Vegas apartment fire, the ‘worst’ blaze officials have ever seen
Six people were killed and 13 were injured in a fire that broke out early Saturday morning in a three-story motel apartment complex in Las Vegas.
Legal weed sales are about to begin in Illinois. But some say dispensary owners are too white
As Illinois becomes the 11th state to allow recreational marijuana, some in Chicago are calling for more racial diversity among dispensary owners.