Temporary legal protections for about 200,000 immigrants from El Salvador are in limbo as a deadline nears for the Trump administration to decide on ending them, as they have for hundreds of thousands from Venezuela, Haiti and other countries
Man whose 16 grandchildren found living in filth found incompetent to stand trial
An Ohio man has been found incompetent to stand trial after his 16 grandchildren were found living in filthy conditions
Pilot of cargo plane that careened off Miami runway warned it was coming in too fast
One of the pilots of the Amazon cargo plane that careened off a Miami runway and killed five people repeatedly warned they were coming in too fast roughly two minutes ahead of the collision
Global heat stuck on high. Scientists say August was Earth’s hottest month they’ve measured.
The European climate service Copernicus said the Earth just sweltered through its hottest month on record in August
Man faces execution for 1996 killing connected to ‘Hog Trail Murders’ in woods
A Florida man convicted in one of a series of suspected killings that became known as the “Hog Trail Murders” in the 1990s is scheduled to become the state’s 15th person executed this year
‘One of the biggest discoveries in science’: have scientists found dark matter? – podcast
For decades physicists have been puzzling over the enigma of dark matter. We think it makes up 85% of the matter in the universe, but the mysterious substance cannot be seen or detected, and we know about it mainly through observations of the gravitational effects it has on other things....
Indonesian foragers may have sucked on mind-altering nuts 25,000 years ago, research finds
Analysis of two skeletons reveals tooth wear and traces of psychoactive substance in what may be earliest known evidence for human drug taking What may be the earliest known evidence for human drug taking has been traced to ancient Indonesian foragers who sucked on mind-altering nuts as long as 25,000...
A NYC firehouse was 1st to respond on 9/11. 25 years on, Sal Argano is the last still on staff
The fire station across from the World Trade Center has become a key stop along the route for visiting the site of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people
Trump gave $45,000 holiday gifts to Natalie Harp and two other White House aides
President Donald Trump has given substantial holiday gifts to four White House aides, according to financial disclosures released by the administration
Hawaii’s western islands hit by fierce winds and heavy rain from Hurricane Lowell
Damaging winds and heavy rains from Hurricane Lowell are pelting Hawaii’s western islands