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Trump’s aid cuts leave ‘critical’ Jane Goodall chimpanzee conservation project in crisis. Foundation warns USAID’s withdrawal could have wider ecological consequences ...
A major chimpanzee conservation initiative in Tanzania supported by renowned primatologist Jane Goodall has reportedly lost nearly $30m (£22m) in US government funding. The five-year “Hope ...
Fort Gregg-Adams has been redesignated as Fort Lee, honoring Private Fitz Lee, a Buffalo Soldier and Medal of Honor recipient. Private Fitz Lee, born in Dinwiddie County, served in the Spanish ...
President Trump: “June 14th 1775 Liberty Got Its Shield and the Freedom Got Its Sword” Posted: June 16, 2025 | Last updated: June 17, 2025. From the 250th Anniversary of the US Army Military 6 ...
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — More than a decade after discovering a snake on a Peruvian mountain top, Robert W. Harrington Endowed Professor of Biology Edgar Lehr and his team of researchers have identified ...
Ponce Bank President and CEO Carlos Naudon has been named a recipient of the prestigious 2025 Ellis Island Medal of Honor, recognizing his lasting contributions to business, community service, and ...
President Donald Trump says he’s renaming seven military bases, including one named after a Central New York woman. “We won a lot of battles out of those forts. It’s no time to change ...
Dr. Jane Goodall remarked, ''All ecosystems are intricately connected, from land to sea, from corals to humanity. I'm pleased to see the enterprise in Taiwan actively promoting ocean conservation.
TAIPEI, June 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Delta Electronics Foundation announced a new collaboration with the Jane Goodall Institute and the National Museum of Marine Science and Technology (NMMST) to ...
In 2021 she stood beside President Joe Biden in the East Room of the White House as he signed the bill declaring Juneteenth a federal holiday. She had actually done the thing she’d set out to do.
Lee was named the 2021 "Texan of the Year" by The Dallas Morning News. In 2024, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Joe Biden.[(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer) ...
FORT WORTH, Texas — Opal Lee, considered the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," was recently hospitalized, but her family says she is doing well. "She is doing well and in good spirits," Lee's ...