A coalition of preservation groups is suing to stop major physical changes at the Kennedy Center under President Donald Trump’s renovation plans
French company stops US offshore wind projects in $1B deal with Trump administration
The Department of Interior says a French energy company has agreed to give up two U.S. offshore wind leases and invest in fossil fuel projects instead
This $400B Biden climate program is surviving the Trump administration
In January, the Trump administration announced that it had completed its dismantling of yet another Biden-era climate program. This time, the target was the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office, which Democrats had injected with almost $400 billion to support ambitious new clean energy projects. The Biden administration pursued climate...
Can replacing Illinois’ toxic lead pipes lead to a workforce boon?
Illinois is in the midst of a public health crisis. Nearly 1.5 million service lines — the pipes that carry drinking water to homes and businesses — contain or are suspected to contain lead, a neurotoxin linked to cognitive, reproductive, and cardiovascular problems. Now, public health and workforce advocates want...
Teenage boxer Isis Sio out of coma after being knocked out in fourth professional fight
19-year-old taken to hospital after loss in California Knockout happened just 78 seconds into fight The promoter and family of junior flyweight boxer Isis Sio say she is awake and breathing on her own after initially being placed in a medically induced coma following a knockout loss last weekend. Sio...
English clubs’ plea for bigger Champions League squads rejected after Spanish backlash
Premier League clubs wanted 28-man squad Atlético Madrid among clubs with reservations Uefa has rejected requests from English clubs to increase the size of Champions League squads to 28 next season after a backlash led by their counterparts in Spain. Larger squad sizes was one of the matters discussed at...
Cycling, crystals and cutting-edge science: the secrets of Hodgkinson and Hunter Bell’s success
Trevor Painter and Jenny Meadows, who oversaw gold medal success in Torun for Keely Hodgkinson and Georgia Hunter Bell, believe the best is yet to come for the pair It was the architect of the London 2012 Olympics who said it best, shortly after Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson, Georgia Hunter Bell...
‘I enjoy when things get tough’: Alessia Russo on Arsenal’s trophy quest, family pride and staying focused
In an exclusive interview, the England forward explains she is ‘locked in’ for the Gunners’ Champions League quarter-final against Chelsea Alessia Russo is happy and it shows. The 27-year-old is playing some of the best football of her career for Arsenal and England. She has 15 goals and six assists...
ECB has taken a risk keeping McCullum and Key – who must now placate the public | Ali Martin
Anger remains after England’s heavy Ashes defeat and whatever happens next is on the ECB’s chiefs Having endorsed Brendon McCullum’s continuation as men’s head coach after an Ashes defeat riddled with self‑owns and kept Rob Key above him as team director, the England and Wales Cricket Board could in one...
Victoria Mboko and Mirra Andreeva lead new generation of friendly rivals
Teenage talent team up in doubles before playing each other at Miami Open in changing world of women’s game Victoria Mboko and Mirra Andreeva, the two highest-ranked teenagers in the world, prepared for their marquee Miami Open fourth-round match in an unusual manner. Aside from being the two protagonists of...