Suspect has been held on bail totaling more than $2 million.
Global shares trade mixed as markets eye Fed decision
Wall Street inched a tad higher as markets look ahead to what most expect will be an interest rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve later this week
US designates Colombia as failing to cooperate in the drug war for first time in nearly 30 years
The Trump administration has added Colombia to a list of nations failing to cooperate in the drug war for the first time in nearly three decades
Endangered orca in Washington state seen carrying a dead calf
She is carrying her dead newborn calf in an apparent effort to revive it.
Mothers turn in sons to face charges for Florida grade school vandalism
Two boys allegedly caused $50,000 worth of vandalism damage.
How to get Georgia voters to turn out for the PSC election? Talk about their power bills.
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WABE, Atlanta’s NPR station. While any election brings ads, events, door-knocking, and other efforts to remind people to get to the polls, this year campaign workers concerned with Georgia’s Public Service Commission races have another hurdle: education. Climate and...
How low oil prices turned Trump’s call to ‘drill, baby, drill’ into a pipe dream
When President Donald Trump took office, he promised to “unleash American energy” — and quickly left no doubt that he meant fossil fuel energy in particular. In the months since, he has opened up vast stretches of public lands and U.S. oceans for drilling and reduced the royalty rates that...
Republicans are using an arcane oversight rule to permanently dismantle federal land protections
In the spring of 1996, lawmakers quietly buried a rider in a humdrum bill meant to make life easier for small businesses. That addition, the Congressional Review Act, granted Congress the power to kill new federal regulations with a simple majority vote. Thirty years later, Republican lawmakers are wielding it...
Ricky Hatton – a life in pictures
The boxer Ricky Hatton, who was one of the best-known British fighters of his generation and won several world titles, has died at the age of 46. We look back at his life and career Continue reading...
No ‘funky rugby’: new England coach Lee Blackett targets substance over style
Steve Borthwick’s new attack coach believes he has time to create a winning culture before the World Cup in 2027 To say England have been through a few attack coaches in recent times is an understatement. The latest cab off the rank, Lee Blackett, is the 11th individual to take...