Officials are issuing a boil-water advisory Tuesday in parts of Virginia’s capital city, leaving many residents without drinkable tap water following an operational issue at the city’s water treatment plant for the second time this year
Trump administration orders Michigan coal plant to stay open
The U.S. Energy Department has ordered a Michigan coal-fired power plant to remain open, at least until late August
Orphaned cub finds comfort in a teddy bear and costumed caregivers
An orphaned black bear cub in California is being cared for by biologists in fur coats and bear masks
US stops scheduling visa interviews for foreign students while it expands social media vetting
U.S. officials say the State Department has halted the scheduling of new visa interviews for foreign students hoping to study in the U.S. while it prepares to expand the screening of their activity on social media
Ex-NBA star Shawn Kemp pleads guilty to assault charge in Washington parking lot shooting
Former NBA star Shawn Kemp has pleaded guilty to an assault charge for shooting at two men inside a vehicle in a Washington state mall parking lot
Longtime Las Vegas freelance writer is found dead in a container, police say
Authorities say the body of a 56-year-old freelance writer was found May 20 inside a container in a downtown Las Vegas business
World’s nations to gather in France to tackle what UN says is global emergency
The world’s nations are gathering in France next month to tackle what the United Nations calls a global emergency facing the world’s oceans
Arizona’s rural groundwater deal stalls as legislative session nears end
Attempts to regulate groundwater in rural Arizona have stalled in the Legislature
How Big Ag thwarted wetlands protections in Illinois and Iowa
Two years ago this week, the Supreme Court’s decision in Sackett v. the Environmental Protection Agency significantly limited the agency’s ability to use the 1972 Clean Water Act to safeguard the nation’s wetlands from pollution and destruction. The decision determined that wetlands — waterlogged habitats that help filter water and...
Trump’s climate denial may help a livestock-killing pest make a comeback
To a throng of goats foraging in a remote expanse of Sanibel Island, Florida, the low whir of a plane flying overhead was perhaps the only warning of what was to come. As it passed, the specially modified plane dropped scores of parasitic New World screwworm flies through an elongated...