Bennett H. Beach

There are an estimated 25,000 near-Earth asteroids at least 460 feet wide — large enough to destroy a city — and only 44 percent of them have been found. nytimes.com/2025/06/23/sci…

Charitable donations in the U.S. hit $592.5 billion in 2024. That’s a 3.3% jump from 2023 and the second-highest inflation-adjusted total ever recorded, according to a new report from Giving USA Foundation and Indiana University’s School of Philanthropy. axios.com/2025/06/25/cha…

In Trump’s first 100 days back in office, courts issued nationwide injunctions in 25 cases against the federal government, compared with six in his entire first term and four during the Biden administration.   wsj.com/politics/polic…

Plastic bag fees and bans help protect beaches and riverbanks, a study found. But even places with bag policies are seeing more plastic bags on beaches and riverbanks. washingtonpost.com/climate-soluti…

Are you in a senior living community and feeling lonely?Maybe you should call Meela. She never tires of hearing you tell old stories. And she offers sound advice. This trial seems likely to spread beyond Long Island. wsj.com/health/wellnes…

Nearly 16,000 D.C. Public Schools students — one-third of its K-12 enrollment — were truant in 2023-2024, meaning they missed at least two weeks of classes without an excuse. washingtonpost.com/investigations…

Travel and visa restrictions imposed by the Trump administration threaten patient care at hundreds of hospitals that depend on medical residents recruited from overseas. nytimes.com/2025/06/18/hea…

The red-hot Red Sox have won six in a row, five of them against the Bronx Bombers. Here's hoping for #7 tonight in Seattle.

Kudos to The Washington Post for investing so many resources in telling the story of the rising incidence of cancer among young adults. The portrayal of Shay, Tanner & AmyLou Martin is gripping. We need more research to find out why this is happening. washingtonpost.com/health/interac…

The National Science Foundation, which funds much of the fundamental scientific research at American universities, is awarding new grants at the slowest pace in at least 35 years. That's bad news for human health & the US economy.  nytimes.com/interactive/20…

"The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased, and not impaired, in value," said Theodore Roosevelt. But some GOP senators propose to sell millions of acres. nytimes.com/2025/06/12/cli…

Fifty-eight years ago today (June 12) the US Supreme Court ruled that laws banning interracial marriage violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loving_v.…

The Trump administration should not be imposing a political litmus test on the recipients of Fulbright scholarships. npr.org/2025/06/12/nx-…

In the first three months of this year, YouTube removed 192,586 videos because of hateful and abusive content, a 22 percent increase from a year earlier. nytimes.com/2025/06/09/tec…

More than 90 NIH staffers have signed a letter warning that Trump’s policies such as terminating peer-reviewed grants, interrupting global collaborations and firing essential staff are undermining NIH’s mission and harming people's health. washingtonpost.com/science/2025/0…

26% of Americans in 2023 said they ate all of their meals alone the previous day — a 53% jump from 2003. Young adults are driving this trend. axios.com/local/san-fran…

9% of seats that United fills on all its planes start or end their journeys at Newark Intl Airport. The airline operates more than 600 flights/day in & out of Newark. nytimes.com/2025/05/24/bus…

As of Sunday, Trump had posted 2,262 times to Truth Social in the 132 days since his inauguration, a Washington Post analysis has found — more than three times the number of tweets he sent during the same period of his first presidency. washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

From 1975 to 1994, the average MLB team struck out 867 times per 162 games. Over the past two seasons, it has been 1,365 times per team. washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/05…

The brands with the best reputations in this country are Trader Joe's, Patagonia, Microsoft, Toyota, and Costco. I was at Trader Joe's a couple of days ago &, once I finish editing a WORD document, I'm getting in my Toyota to go to Costco. axios.com/2025/05/20/axi…