Hundreds of flights at the busiest airports in the U.S. are being scratched this weekend
Voters’ anger over high electricity bills and data centers loom over 2026 midterms
Voter anger over rising electricity costs is shaping next year's midterm elections
Some states are requiring gun safety lessons in schools that teach kids ‘stop, don’t touch’
Along with stop, drop and roll, some states are teaching students to 'Stop and don't touch that gun.'
People in some states get SNAP food aid while others still wait for their November benefits
People in some U.S. states have started receiving their November SNAP benefits after delays caused by a legal battle over the government shutdown
After Hurricane Melissa, Jamaica’s climate resilience plan faces its biggest test yet
Trelawney Parish sits in a rural, agricultural region of Western Jamaica that borders the country’s largest contiguous rainforest. Under normal circumstances, the parish is relentlessly green — covered in lush vegetation and long rows of orange trees — but the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa has “almost completely annihilated” the area,...
The ocean has been hoarding heat. Now it is building up a massive ‘burp.’
Consider your morning cup of coffee. Your kettle’s heating element — or flame on a stove — warms up water that you infuse with beans and pour into a mug. Maybe you get busy and the cup of joe sits there for a while, releasing its heat into the atmosphere...
With SNAP in crisis, America’s epic food waste problem has become a lifeline
The government shutdown, now the longest in U.S. history, is making it much less likely that many Americans will have enough food to eat this month. Last week, before the funds for federal grocery benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, ran out due to the shutdown, District...
‘We could be winning or losing – it doesn’t matter as long as we’re together’: the friendships forged on football terraces
It starts with singing, banter or enthusiastic goal celebrations – and leads to so much more. Six groups of fan friends share how they met Like so many football fans, I have my own routines and rituals with which I tie together the home games of a league season. Last...
Winston’s mystery ban halts racing comeback after just two rides in Bahrain
Jockey returning to Britain after licence suspended Banned in 2007 for passing information for reward The former top Flat jockey Robert Winston, who made an unexpected and successful return to race-riding in Bahrain last week, has had his licence to ride in the country suspended and is believed to have...
F1’s three-way title fight echoes the glorious battles of yesteryear
Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen battle for the title, just as Juan Manuel Fangio, Nino Farina and Luigi Fagioli did 75 years ago With no little pleasing symmetry, 75 years on from a three-way fight for the inaugural Formula One title, the championship is entering its decisive phase...