A judge has barred the Trump-appointed U.S. attorney in Nevada from overseeing several criminal cases, ruling she is “not validly serving” as the state’s top federal prosecutor
Chunk wins Alaska’s popular Fat Bear Week contest
Chunk, a 1,200-pound behemoth with a broken jaw, swept the competition Tuesday in the popular Fat Bear Week contest — his first win after finishing in second place three previous years
Planned Parenthood closes Louisiana clinics after 40 years due to financial and political pressure
Louisiana's only two Planned Parenthood locations have closed after 40 years
LA running club monitors for immigration agents
Iris Delgado started the Huntington Park Run Club two years ago in her largely Latino suburb in the Los Angeles area to provide runners a way to connect to their community
New Mexico Democrats rush to shore up safety net programs after federal cuts
New Mexico's Democratic lawmakers are vowing urgent action to shore up safety net spending in a top state for participation in Medicaid and federal food assistance
Cuban FM says Rubio’s ‘personal’ agenda in Latin America risks Trump’s peace prospect
Cuba's top diplomat says recent U.S. escalations in the Caribbean are a result of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s “personal” agenda against the region
10 years after the Paris Agreement, countries are still missing climate deadlines
When the 2015 Paris Agreement was inked nearly a decade ago, it marked a consensus, agreed to by nearly all the countries in the world, that global temperature rise should be limited to well below 2 degrees Celsius over preindustrial levels. But the treaty hinges on those almost 200 countries...
In Alaska, a graphite mine races toward approval without the required tribal consent
The Kigluaik Mountains stretch across the Seward Peninsula of western Alaska like a spine, their jagged ridges keeping a record of time. The Inupiaq have long read these ridges and valleys as a living story: Fire and fracture have marked the rock, and glaciers’ slow grind polished it. The talus...
So many climate solutions, so few emissions reductions. A new book explains why.
In 2022, a small group of researchers came up with a bright idea: What if we were to install a network of lamps above tropical forests, flooding them with light at night in order to boost photosynthesis? Doing this in the Amazon alone, they argued, would increase plants’ uptake of...
Laura Muir’s former athletics coach banned for three years for serious misconduct
Andy Young’s ‘bullying’ leads to ban backdated to April 2023 Actions included abandoning athlete by roadside The coach who guided Laura Muir to Olympic and world championship medals has been banned for three years for serious misconduct, including driving at speed with an athlete in his car after a disagreement...