Three inmates have escaped from a county jail east of Atlanta, including one charged with murder
Golden Gate Park’s dazzling holiday light display brings joy to the season
A new night-time holiday display in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park is delighting visitors with music, colors and over a million twinkling lights
Sudan’s prime minister takes his peace plan to the UN, but US urges humanitarian truce now
Sudan’s prime minister is proposing a wide-ranging peace initiative to end a nearly 1,000-day war with a rival paramilitary force
Flash flooding in northern California leads to soaked roads, water rescues and one death
Heavy rain and flash flooding have soaked roads in northern California, leading to water rescues and at least one confirmed death
Federal judge to decide whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia should return to immigration custody
A federal judge must decide whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia should return to immigration custody after being free for just over a week
Here’s what stores are open, and which ones are closed, on Christmas
From department stores to grocers, many companies across the U.S. close early on Christmas Eve and shut their doors entirely on Christmas Day — while others opt to cut back hours
Man charged with murder after bow and arrow killing in New Jersey
A man in New Jersey who authorities say killed someone with a bow and arrow has been charged with murder
Trump announces he’s appointing Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry to serve as US special envoy to Greenland
President Donald Trump has announced he is appointing Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry to serve as the U.S. special envoy to Greenland, the vast, semi-autonomous territory of Denmark that Trump has said the U.S. needs to take over
Georgia’s hunters take aim at rural hunger
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WABE, Atlanta’s NPR station. On the outskirts of Savannah, Georgia, a line of large chest coolers waits outside Wise Brothers Processing. Inside them, skinned deer lie packed in ice, ready to be cut into cubes, ground up, or made...
The Pentagon is hoarding critical minerals that could power the clean energy transition
Pete Hegseth, who has taken to calling himself the Secretary of War, says the Defense Department “does not do climate change crap.” Just last week, he asserted that the agency “will not be distracted” by climate change or “woke moralizing.” But a new report suggests that the Pentagon is engaging...