This year's winners of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors Challenge were announced Tuesday, with 24 cities receiving $1 million each and expert support for projects that upgrade core services, often using AI and resident input
Blizzard prompts Boston Globe management to call off printing paper for first time in 153 years
A record-setting snowstorm has prompted managers of The Boston Globe to call off printing their daily newspaper for the first time in its 153-year-old history
Utah judge is set to rule on disqualifying a prosecutor in the Charlie Kirk case
A judge is set to rule on keeping a prosecutor on the case of conservative activist Charlie Kirk's killing in Utah
Trump’s State of the Union will seek to calm voters’ economic concerns ahead of midterm elections
President Donald Trump will use his State of the Union address to argue that his whirlwind first year back has made America stronger and that Republicans deserve to keep control of Congress after the midterms
Man convicted of killing a grocery store owner during set to be executed in Florida
A man convicted of killing a grocery store owner is set to become the second person executed in Florida this year
Electric buses are passing a brutal cold-weather test in Wisconsin
Jonathan Mertzig was wary when Madison rolled out a fleet of 62 electric buses in the fall of 2024. The city had tested a few of them four years earlier, and it had not gone well. Winter in Wisconsin gets mighty cold, and batteries do not like the cold. “Operationally,...
Did the USDA just forget about $400M in drought aid for farmers?
For those coaxing thirsty crops like alfalfa from the parched fields and withered pasturelands in Eloy, Arizona, water is as good as gold — and just as scarce. “We’ve had nothing from the Colorado River for the last two or three years. I mean, we’ve had to cut back the...
The US moved away from its heartland to set a Winter Olympics high in Italy
Other nations are catching up with the US in its traditional strengths such as snowboarding. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing for Americans In 2002, on home ice and snow in Utah, the USA obliterated its records for most gold medals (10, beating the previous high of six) and...
Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao to fight in September rematch on Netflix
40-something fighters will meet in Las Vegas Mayweather won previous encounter in 2015 Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao will face each other on 19 September in Las Vegas in a rematch of one of the biggest fights in boxing history. Their first fight, in 2015, was generally seen as a...
Constitution Hill’s win at Southwell showed the way to a brighter future for racing
The crowd of twentysomethings may not have impressed grizzled veterans but a near-record level of attendance at Friday Night Live! made a powerful impression There are times when it feels as though the entirety of British horse racing exists in a state of perma-gloom, bewailing an ageing fanbase, declining attendances...