Eight people remain hospitalized after a skydiving plane crashed at Cross Keys Airport in southern New Jersey on Wednesday evening
California’s largest blaze this year explodes in size as hot weather raises wildfire risk statewide
A wildfire in a wilderness area of central California has exploded in size
Nitrogen execution set for man convicted of killing store clerk during 1997 robbery
Alabama has scheduled a September execution with nitrogen gas for a man convicted of killing a gas station attendant during a 1997 robbery
What to know about Julio César Chávez’s arrest by U.S. immigration officials
Federal officials say famed Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. has been arrested and will be deported to Mexico, where he faces organized crime charges
Scientists transplant crossbred corals to help save Miami’s reefs from climate change
Scientists from the University of Miami, the Florida Aquarium, and Tela Coral in Honduras are transplanting crossbred coral fragments onto a reef off Miami's coast
US military’s attempt to retain strategic land for training runs into Native Hawaiian opposition
The U.S. military wants to continue live-fire training at Pohakuloa, a high-altitude plateau on Hawaii’s Big Island
US military expands enforcement zone to 1/3 of southern border
Annexed militarized zones on public land will soon cover nearly one-third of the U.S. border with Mexico, empowering soldiers to arrest people who cross the border illegally and facilitating new criminal trespassing charges
Hospitals brace for financial hits or even closure under Republicans’ Medicaid cut
States and rural health advocacy groups are sounding the alarm that Congress’ slashing of Medicaid will devastate already financially fragile rural hospitals
A year before declaring independence, colonists offered ‘Olive Branch’ petition to King George III
Millions of protesters have denounced President Donald Trump as a would-be autocrat and marched under the banner “No Kings.”
After years of increases, Georgia power rates to hold steady — for now
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WABE, Atlanta’s NPR station. After six bill increases in the last three years, Georgia Power rates will now stay the same for the time being. Under a deal approved Tuesday by the Georgia Public Service Commission, Georgia Power’s rates...