Early voting is underway in the primary election for two seats on the Georgia Public Service Commission, the powerful panel of regulators with final say over the rates and energy plans of the state’s largest electric utility, Georgia Power — a subsidiary of one of the largest utilities in the...
This Alaska Native fishing village was trying to power their town. Then came Trump’s funding cuts.
For the fewer than a hundred people that make up the entire population of Port Heiden, Alaska, fishing provides both a paycheck and a full dinner plate. Every summer, residents of the Alutiiq village set out on commercial boats to catch salmon swimming upstream in the nearby rivers of Bristol...
Senate Republicans want to sell 3 million acres of public land
Over 3 million acres of public land could be sold in the next five years, after Senate Republicans on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee reintroduced land sales into the party’s major spending bill. Released on Wednesday night, the megabill text includes a proposal for extensive transfers of U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of...
Temba Bavuma’s gutsy fightback shows South Africa’s never-say-die spirit | Andy Bull
This team never know when they are beaten and their captain led the resistance when Australia looked on top You can defeat a South African team – Australia may very well themselves before Friday is over – but you don’t ever seem to be able to make them realise they’re...
An ugly pack and backs worth paying to watch: Bath have taken us back to the 1990s | Andy Bull
There was a time when the team playing at the Rec were the dominant force in English club rugby and there are signs they may be on the rise once again The first thing anyone who cares says when they find out you’re a sports journalist is to ask whether...
Lewis Hamilton has ‘zero doubts’ that he will be in F1 for several more seasons
Hamilton: ‘There is no question as to where my head is at’ 40-year-old is 115 points off lead in world championship Lewis Hamilton insisted he will be in Formula One for several years as he moved to defend the disappointing start to his Ferrari career. Hamilton described the recent Spanish...
Emma Raducanu leapfrogs Katie Boulter to British No 1 after beating Sramkova at Queen’s
Raducanu wins 6-4, 6-1 to reach the quarter-finals Boulter falls to fifth seed Diana Shnaider 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 Emma Raducanu will regain her status as the best female tennis player in Britain for the first time in two years after she continued her solid start to the grass-court season by...
Chess: Carlsen stumbles at finish but wins sixth title in seven years at Stavanger
The world No 1 colourfully described his Norway experience and his desk fist-bang against Gukesh Dommaraju “Winning by half a point after a lot of results go my way doesn’t feel like a statement,” was how Magnus Carlsen summed up the Stavanger tournament, where he finished just half a point...
Michael Johnson cancels Los Angeles Grand Slam Track meeting
Emergency meeting held with athletes over decision Decision leaves LA without major meeting this summer Michael Johnson cancelled the final leg of the new Grand Slam Track series in Los Angeles before an emergency meeting with athletes on Thursday night, leaving the host of the 2028 Olympics and the country’s...
Extreme heat poses a danger to players and fans at Club World Cup
Already controversial because of extra fixtures and Fifa involvement, the new tournament in the US is likely to be played in temperatures above 30C Across this weekend, the US National Weather Service is predicting “moderate” heat risk for Miami and Los Angeles. With temperatures likely to exceed 30C, the agency...