News that the global Catholic church would get its first-ever U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholics across the ideological spectrum in Pope Leo XIV’s homeland, raising the question of whether he might be able to ease some of the deep divisions withi...
Late abortions are rare. The US just lost a clinic that offered the procedure for over 50 years
An abortion clinic in Colorado that for more than 50 years served people who looked to terminate their pregnancies in the second or third trimester quietly closed last month
Puerto Rico seeks to lure manufacturing to boost economy as Trump tariff war deepens
A global trade war is offering Puerto Rico hope as the island attempts to strengthen its fragile economy
1st group of white South Africans heads for US after Trump offers them refugee status
A group of 49 white South Africans has departed their homeland for the United States on a private charter plane having been offered refugee status by the Trump administration
Mother’s Day apartment building fire kills 4, critically injures others in Milwaukee
Four people are dead and four others critically injured in a Milwaukee apartment building fire
USAID is all but gone. For one family, 3 generations of service were defined by it
In a way, the requiem of a now dismantled agency that promoted U.S. security through development and humanitarian work abroad can be told through its people
Defendants in Georgia ‘Cop City’ case say they are in limbo as trial delays continue
It has been more than a year and a half since authorities in Georgia indicted 61 activists on racketeering charges in connection with protests against an Atlanta-area police training facility that critics derisively call “Cop City.”
FEMA is ending door-to-door canvassing in disaster areas
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is making significant changes to how it will respond to disasters on the ground this season, including ending federal door-to-door canvassing of survivors in disaster areas, Wired has learned. A memo reviewed by Wired, dated May 2 and addressed to regional FEMA leaders from Cameron...
Deforestation and illegal evictions threaten Malaysia’s Indigenous peoples
On October 20, 2022, Jeffery Nang, chief of the Rumah Jeffrey people in Malaysia, went to a community meeting and was handed a letter by a government official in Sarawak, a state on the island of Borneo in Malaysia. The letter was an eviction notice for Nang and the 60-some...
Skinner helps Exeter defeat second-string Saints but Baxter issues warning
Exeter 42-14 Northampton ‘We have a lot to work on,’ admits Chiefs director Sometimes there is just one acceptable outcome and, from Exeter’s perspective, this victory was the absolute minimum requirement. Had they been beaten by what was almost Northampton’s third team, having folded embarrassingly at Gloucester last time out,...