Authorities confirm six dead, including a child, in Mississippi mass shooting
Daniel Walker Howe, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, dead at 88
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Daniel Walker Howe has died at 88
Winning numbers drawn in Saturday’s Powerball
The winning numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the "Powerball" game were: 05-19-21-28-64, Powerball: 14
Greenland’s harsh environment and lack of infrastructure have prevented rare earth mining
Greenland’s harsh environment, lack of key infrastructure and difficult geology have prevented anyone from building a mine to extract the sought-after rare earth elements that many high-tech products require
Mobile homes already have huge utility bills. Congress may make it worse.
On Friday morning, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill that would get the Department of Energy out of the business of energy standards for mobile homes, also known as manufactured homes, and could set the efficiency requirements back decades. Advocates say the changes will streamline the regulatory process...
How Chevron played the long game in Venezuela
On Saturday, hours after U.S. forces in Caracas killed at least 80 people and kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Donald Trump sounded less like a wartime commander than a developer surveying a newly acquired property. The country’s future, he told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort, belonged to “very large United...
The Miccosukee Tribe blocked Alligator Alcatraz. Then Trump blocked a bill to return their land.
On Thursday, Republicans in the House failed to override President Donald Trump’s first two vetoes in office: a pipeline project that would bring safe drinking water to rural Colorado, and another that would return land to the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians in Florida. Their inability to block the president’s move...
How community solar turned a Superfund site into savings in Illinois
As someone who spent several years as a workers’ rights organizer, Fredy Amador is intimately familiar with the financial struggles people face in the current economy. Northern Illinois’ skyrocketing energy bills make the situation even tougher. Now, Amador has become an evangelist for something that can provide a modest measure of relief:...
Williams sparks 18-point fightback as Bears oust Packers for first playoff win in 15 years
Williams engineers late comeback in playoff debut Bears erase 18-point hole to stun rival Packers Chicago earn first playoff win since 2010 season Stafford’s last-minute TD lifts Rams over Panthers Caleb Williams dropped back, pump-faked and found DJ Moore wide open down the sideline for the go-ahead touchdown. His latest...
Warriors’ Steve Kerr rips US government’s response to ICE ‘murder’ in Minneapolis
Kerr says video contradicts federal account of shooting Timberwolves held moment of silence before home game Killing sparks protests and scrutiny of ICE tactics Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr delivered a blistering condemnation of the US federal government on Friday, criticizing official accounts of the fatal shooting of Renee...