College students and young adults comprised 30 percent of eligible U.S. voters in 2016, but only half of them showed up on Election Day. A slightly bigger turnout of younger voters in a handful of battleground states could have altered the outcome of the 2016 presidential election.

ON THIS DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY On November 5, 1930 Sinclair Lewis becomes the first American writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Lewis won “for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters,” according to the award citation. Some of Lewis’ most popular books include Main Street (1920), Babbit (1922), Arrowsmith (1925) and Elmer Gantry(1927). One theme that ran through much of his work was a satirical criticism of American capitalism and materialism. Lewis was offered the Nobel prize in 1926, but turned it down.

VIDEO: According to the most recent Environmental Protection Agency data, about 262 million tons of municipal solid waste were generated in the U.S. in 2015. But while trash proliferation remains a global problem, there is a growing trend to help combat it. Repair Cafés are cropping up around the world, building community while teaching people how to fix their broken items instead of tossing them out .

Defense and security officials worry that as part of Moscow’s plan to sow division and discord, it is trying to conquer the U.S. military — not with bullets or missiles but with tweets and memes .

VIDEO: Tina Benawre’s paintings are made to be felt, as well as seen. The Kenyan-based artist uses Braille in her artwork so her pieces can be experienced by the visually impaired .

VIDEO: Natural disasters like wildfires and earthquakes are not a rare occurrence in California. Julia Vassey introduces us to people who are trying to be prepared to not only survive these cataclysms themselves, but help others do so as well