Immigration authorities say they did not receive word of a court order blocking the removal of an Alabama father until after he had been deported to Laos
Supreme Court weighing case that could decide who can provide abortion care
The Alaska Supreme Court is weighing a case that’s expected to determine who can provide abortion care in the state
US strikes another alleged drug-carrying boat in the Pacific and kills all 4 aboard, Hegseth says
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the U.S. military has killed four people in a strike against a boat that was allegedly carrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean
Residents of rural community in southern Texas ordered to evacuate as firefighters battle blaze
Officials say thick smoke blanketed a rural community in southern Texas and many residents were ordered to evacuate as firefighters worked to contain a blaze
Parents of Nashville school shooting victims fight to keep records out of public view
The parents of children killed in a shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville are fighting to keep police investigative records a secret
Winning numbers drawn in Wednesday’s Powerball
The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the "Powerball" game were: 04-24-49-60-65, Powerball: 1
Former SC sheriff to plead guilty to drug-related crimes
A former South Carolina sheriff is set to plead guilty to federal charges that he stole from a benevolence fund and took pain medication meant for destruction
Trump killed a crucial disaster database. This nonprofit just saved it.
As the Trump administration deletes climate data and shutters resources that track the impacts of a warming world, nonprofits, state-level governments, and independent scientists are rushing to preserve the information. Last week, Climate Central resurrected one of the most prominent of those lost records: the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s...
Scientists have a dire new warning about the state of the planet
As the end of 2025 approaches, regular folk take stock of the past year, and maybe ponder their New Year’s resolutions. Climate scientists, on the other hand, have been busy parsing mountains of data from the last 10 months, ranging from global temperatures to measurements of polar ice to the...
Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground. Oklahoma regulators failed to stop it.
In January 2020, Danny Ray started a complicated job with the Oklahoma agency that regulates oil and gas. The petroleum engineer who’d spent more than 40 years in the oil fields had been hired to help address a spreading problem, one that state regulators did not fully understand. The year...