Dick Cheney was the public face of the Bush administration’s boundary-pushing approach to surveillance and intelligence collection in the years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks
Solar geoengineering in wrong hands could wreak climate havoc, scientists warn
Blocking the sun may reduce global heating – but ‘rogue actor’ could cause drought or more hurricanes, report finds Solar geoengineering could increase the ferocity of North Atlantic hurricanes, cause the Amazon rainforest to die back and cause drought in parts of Africa if deployed above only some parts of...
What’s on the ballot in the first general election since Donald Trump became president
Donald Trump features prominently in state and local elections happening Tuesday, a year after he retook the White House
NYC mayoral candidates make final push ahead of Election Day
New York City’s mayoral candidates are set to make a final push to get voters to the polls as the race to lead America’s biggest city nears its finale
After mistaken deportation, Abrego Garcia fights smuggling charges
The man whose mistaken deportation galvanized opposition to President Donald Trump's immigration policies is charged in federal court in Tennessee with human smuggling
Class-action lawyer Stan Chesley dies in Ohio
Stanley Chesley, a pioneer and long-dominant force in class-action lawsuits whose five-decade legal career ended after accusations of unethical conduct, has died
Hunger crisis authority says famine has spread to two regions of Sudan where fighting intensified in recent months
Hunger crisis authority says famine has spread to two regions of Sudan where fighting intensified in recent months
Driver convicted of murder after his truck plowed into July 4 BBQ in NYC, killing 4
A driver who crashed his pickup truck into a July Fourth barbecue and killed four people has been convicted of murder in the 2024 wreck in a New York City park
Judge rejects plea deal for funeral home owner accused of stashing nearly 190 bodies
A Colorado judge has rejected the plea deal of a funeral home owner accused of stashing nearly 190 decaying bodies in a bug-infested building
Voter ID measure violates California law, appeals court says
A California appeals court has ruled that a Huntington Beach measure requiring voter identification at the polls violates state law