Alabama has scheduled a September execution with nitrogen gas for a man convicted of killing a gas station attendant during a 1997 robbery
What to know about Julio César Chávez’s arrest by U.S. immigration officials
Federal officials say famed Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. has been arrested and will be deported to Mexico, where he faces organized crime charges
Scientists transplant crossbred corals to help save Miami’s reefs from climate change
Scientists from the University of Miami, the Florida Aquarium, and Tela Coral in Honduras are transplanting crossbred coral fragments onto a reef off Miami's coast
US military’s attempt to retain strategic land for training runs into Native Hawaiian opposition
The U.S. military wants to continue live-fire training at Pohakuloa, a high-altitude plateau on Hawaii’s Big Island
US military expands enforcement zone to 1/3 of southern border
Annexed militarized zones on public land will soon cover nearly one-third of the U.S. border with Mexico, empowering soldiers to arrest people who cross the border illegally and facilitating new criminal trespassing charges
Hospitals brace for financial hits or even closure under Republicans’ Medicaid cut
States and rural health advocacy groups are sounding the alarm that Congress’ slashing of Medicaid will devastate already financially fragile rural hospitals
A year before declaring independence, colonists offered ‘Olive Branch’ petition to King George III
Millions of protesters have denounced President Donald Trump as a would-be autocrat and marched under the banner “No Kings.”
Scientists spot mystery object believed to come from beyond solar system
Astronomer says object could be further evidence that ‘interstellar wanderers’ are common in galaxy It isn’t a bird, it isn’t a plane and it certainly isn’t Superman – but it does appear to be a visitor from beyond our solar system, according to astronomers who have discovered a new object...
Why British women are freezing their eggs abroad – podcast
The number of women choosing to freeze their eggs has increased sharply, according to figures from the UK’s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA). The number deciding to embark on the process abroad also appears to be rising. Madeleine Finlay speaks to the Guardian journalist Lucy Hough, who recently travelled...
Scientists warn US will lose a generation of talent because of Trump cuts
Political interference and chaotic cuts to staff, programs and grants at the National Science Foundation are producing ‘devastating consequences’ A generation of scientific talent is at the brink of being lost to overseas competitors by the Trump administration’s dismantling of the National Science Foundation (NSF), with unprecedented political interference at...