The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it is eliminating its research and development arm and reducing agency staff by thousands of employees
Lawyer says lawsuit is over between ex-NFL star Shannon Sharpe and woman who accused him of rape
A lawyer says NFL Hall of Fame member Shannon Sharpe has resolved a lawsuit that accused him of sexually assaulting a woman during their relationship
NY agrees to settle lawsuit with ex-aide who accused Andrew Cuomo of sex harassment
The state of New York has agreed to pay $450,000 to settle a lawsuit from an ex-aide to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo who alleged Cuomo sexually harassed and groped her while he was in office
Judge orders Tennessee to turn off inmate’s heart-regulating implanted device at execution
A judge is ordering state officials to turn off a death-row inmate's heart-regulating implanted device to avert the risk that it might try to shock him during his execution by lethal injection scheduled for Aug. 5
Makeup artist is one of the US deportees sent from El Salvador to Venezuela, congressman says
Andry Hernández Romero, a makeup artist from Venezuela who was deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration and held in a notorious mega-prison, was among the scores of migrants sent back to Venezuela in a three-nation exchange Friday
What to know as Texas’ search for flood victims stretches into a 3rd week
The search for victims of deadly flooding in Texas Hill Country is headed into its third week as officials try to pin down exactly how many people remain missing
Two surrogates speak out about California couple under investigation
Authorities are investigating a Southern California couple after their infant child was taken to a hospital with a traumatic head injury and 21 children were discovered in their custody
Royal Society suggested to Elon Musk he consider resigning science fellowship
Exclusive: Fellows called on academy to act over Tesla owner’s role in Trump administration’s attacks on research The Royal Society suggested to Elon Musk he should consider resigning his fellowship if he felt unable to help mitigate the Trump administration’s attacks on research, the Guardian has learned. The owner of...
This Jurassic-era relic has survived 150 million years on Earth – now it’s one big fire from extinction
Australian scientists say assassin spiders are a ‘window into the past’ – and many invertebrates face a similarly precarious situation Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast For the last five weeks, Jane Ogilvie has searched a...
Inside Elon Musk’s plan to rain SpaceX’s rocket debris over Hawaii’s pristine waters
Texas has long been under threat from the launches and explosions of SpaceX rockets. Now Hawaii is emerging as another possible victim The north-west Hawaiian island of Mokumanamana is said to be touched by the gods. Bisected by the Tropic of Cancer latitude line, it is deep in the Pacific...