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Sharks aren’t mindless killers — they are smart, social creatures that play a vital role in the ocean ecosystem. But globally, tens of millions of sharks are killed every year. LX News host Tabitha Lipkin took a swim with some sharks to teach us more about why we should care about their fate, and what we can do to help...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ed Markey continue to promote the Green New Deal, and President Joe Biden announced a commitment to reduce carbon emissions. Energy policy analyst Hal Harvey tells LX we’re at an environmental turning point.

It’s tough to do a nature documentary when there’s less and less natural habitat space to film each year. Alex Williamson and Tom Hugh-Jones, executive producers of Apple TV+ series “Earth at Night in Color” and “Tiny World,” explain their process and their 2 different shows with celebrity narrators Paul Rudd and Tom Hiddleston.

There are 5 billion new Dogecoins created every year, compared to a hard cap of 21 million Bitcoins in total. But demand for the meme cryptocurrency has surged this year as at-home investors look to make a buck, raising the coin’s price. Matthew Fox, markets reporter at Insider, explains.

In his podcast “The Office Deep Dive,” Brian Baumgartner, who played Kevin Malone, explains how the show got made and what led to its current popularity. As Baumgartner digs into the origins of “The Office,” LX News asked him if anything could happen with the show in the future.

In states where marijuana is legal, dispensaries have to use cash or debit cards. They’re unable to accept credit cards or other forms of payment due to their product, cannabis, still being illegal under federal law. But the SAFE Banking Act, if it passes the Senate, would allow marijuana businesses to do more banking on the books and create a...

Evan Greer, the artist behind the song “Surveillance Capitalism,” is calling on Spotify not to use a technology the app developer has patented – that would allow the app to use your recorded conversations to recommend songs and ads to you. In a statement to LX News, Spotify says it may not use the technology.

Couples dealing with infertility should know they might have treatment options, and it’s OK to talk about their issues openly. OB/GYN and fertility expert Dr. Zaher Merhi joined NBCLX during National Infertility Awareness Week.

Before the verdict was read in the Derek Chauvin trial, Floyd family attorney Justin Miller spoke about the emotional trauma the family was still dealing with. You can get fairness with a verdict, “but it’s not justice, because a person died, they lost their life and we can never get them back,” Miller said.

As we approach Earth Day, NBCLX storyteller Cody Broadway asked three experts to imagine what a carbon neutral future would look like, and how the U.S. would get there. Changes would have to come to the auto industry and home heating, among other things – but we’ll also have to figure out who will pay for the shifts in our...

What was different about the Chauvin trial wasn’t the verdict, though it felt rare after other cops had been let off the hook for using force on people of color. It was the millions of people who used the case as a rallying cry to call for real change. But it’s just one case. Aya Gruber, professor of law at...

Almost a year after the world watched George Floyd die under Derek Chauvin’s knee, jurors found the former police officer charged with his murder guilty on all charges Tuesday. After days of tension across the country, with Americans braced for more outrage in the streets, the faces in a crowd that gathered outside the Minnesota courthouse showed relief as...

The Hulu docuseries “Sasquatch” digs into a triple homicide on a northern California weed farm. A local rumor circulated that the mythical creature Sasquatch, aka Bigfoot, was the killer. Director Joshua Rofe says the series explains how urban legends permeated the local talk about the crime.

Ebonie McMillan spoke to the New York Times about living near the Brooklyn Center Police Department which has seen protests after an officer shot and killed Daunte Wright. She’ll see chants and speeches during the day, but at night, cops and military are more aggressive and it’s a stressful situation for her and her children.

“We definitely don’t want to leave any easy money on the table” – hear from “Money Confidential” podcast host Stefanie O’Connell Rodriguez as she offers tips for saving money and building wealth.

After a long day of auditions in between attempts to go vote in the primary, Jonathan Kite ran into fellow actor Jamie Foxx at their polling place. Kite tells the story of how that chance encounter led to a part on Foxx’s new Netflix show, Dad Stop Embarrassing Me. Plus, Kite hits us with impressions of Tom Hanks and Vince...

President Biden said he would increase the cap of refugees admitted to the country this year – but so far this year about 2,000 refugees have been admitted, a new low. Ali Noorani, president and CEO of the National Immigration Forum, weighs in.

COVID cases spiked in Michigan as the nation looks for its way out of the pandemic. But many people still need to be vaccinated before it’s safe. Nurse Lydia Mobley has seen more crowds in hospitals in ICUs as cases rise, and is urging Americans to stay vigilant in fighting the pandemic and following safety measures.

After Heather Abbott lost a limb in the Boston Marathon bombing on April 15, 2013, she had help of an $81 million fund for the victims to pay for multiple prostheses, which are not covered by insurance if they are cosmetic or not deemed medically necessary. Now her foundation is helping other amputees get special prosthetic limbs they can use...

In the movie “Vanquish,” Ruby Rose stars alongside Morgan Freeman and plays a mother trying to retrieve her daughter from the clutches of a violent gang. We asked: what would the real Ruby Rose do in that situation? She brought up some combat training from past film roles and also discussed working with Freeman, and her time on Netflix show...