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Canada
British Columbia School Shooting
Canada’s deadliest mass shooting in decades took place Tuesday afternoon in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, leaving nine people dead and 25 injured. Local police sent officers to respond to a report of an active school shooter at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School around 1:20pm. Shortly thereafter, alarms sounded in the school, announcing a lockdown and ordering that classroom doors be closed. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) issued a “shelter in place” warning, instructing residents to lock their doors and stay inside. Six people were found dead when police arrived at the school, and another person died en route to the hospital. The suspect was found dead from what appears to be a self-inflicted injury, and is believed to have killed two more people, whose bodies were discovered at a private home in the township.
This map depicts the location of the secondary school in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, where a deadly shooting took place. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: BBC News
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World
U.S. Drops in Corruption Index
Transparency International has released the Corruption Perceptions Index for 2025, with the U.S. falling to its lowest-ever ranking there. The index is one of the most widely used measures of perceived public-sector corruption, ranking 182 countries based on how corrupt their government institutions are seen to be. In the latest report, the U.S. ranks 29th out of the countries assessed, receiving a score of 64 on a scale from 0 to 100, where lower scores indicate higher perceived corruption and higher scores indicate cleaner public sectors. Transparency International said the political climate in the United States has been deteriorating for more than a decade. The report cited concerns including the use of public office to target or limit independent voices, the growing acceptance of conflicts of interest and transactional politics, the politicization of prosecutorial decisions, and actions viewed as undermining judicial independence.
This map depicts the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index ratings of 182 countries. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: Forbes
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World
Over Half of Coral Reefs Bleached
Between 2014 and 2017, over half of the world’s coral reefs were bleached by marine heatwaves in what Nature terms as the “Third Global Coral Bleaching Event.” Bleaching occurs when coral and its algal symbiotes experience heat stress, which breaks down their relationship and causes the coral to turn white. This results in a decline in growth and reproduction, and even death if the heat stress is sustained. Around 51% of the world’s reefs experienced moderate bleaching in the three-year period, while 15% saw significant mortality due to extreme heat stress. The two previous bleaching events occurred in 1998 and 2010, each lasting for only one year. Researchers argue that coral reefs are currently enduring a fourth major bleaching event as ocean warming has intensified heat stress since 2023. The shrinking periods between each event are also affecting coral reefs’ abilities to properly recover before the next major bleaching occurs.
This map depicts water temperature readings during the last three major coral bleaching events, of which the 2014-2017 period was the worst on record. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: What is the biggest island in the mainland United States?
A: Long Island, New York
With a land area of 1,401 square miles (3,630 sq km), Long Island is the largest and longest island in the contiguous United States. It stretches approximately 118 miles (190 km) from the westernmost tip at Brooklyn and Queens to the eastern end at Montauk Point. With a population of 8,063,232 residents as of the 2020 U.S. census, Long Island constitutes 40% of New York state’s entire population. Long Island is the most populous island in any U.S. state or territory, and the third-most populous island in the Americas after Hispaniola (Ayiti) and Cuba. As a hub of commercial aviation, Long Island is home to two of the nation’s and New York metropolitan area’s busiest airports, JFK International Airport and LaGuardia Airport.
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