The U.S. Energy Department has ordered a Michigan coal-fired power plant to remain open, at least until late August
Orphaned cub finds comfort in a teddy bear and costumed caregivers
An orphaned black bear cub in California is being cared for by biologists in fur coats and bear masks
US stops scheduling visa interviews for foreign students while it expands social media vetting
U.S. officials say the State Department has halted the scheduling of new visa interviews for foreign students hoping to study in the U.S. while it prepares to expand the screening of their activity on social media
Ex-NBA star Shawn Kemp pleads guilty to assault charge in Washington parking lot shooting
Former NBA star Shawn Kemp has pleaded guilty to an assault charge for shooting at two men inside a vehicle in a Washington state mall parking lot
Longtime Las Vegas freelance writer is found dead in a container, police say
Authorities say the body of a 56-year-old freelance writer was found May 20 inside a container in a downtown Las Vegas business
World’s nations to gather in France to tackle what UN says is global emergency
The world’s nations are gathering in France next month to tackle what the United Nations calls a global emergency facing the world’s oceans
Arizona’s rural groundwater deal stalls as legislative session nears end
Attempts to regulate groundwater in rural Arizona have stalled in the Legislature
Geologically complex regions more prone to landslides, study suggests
Team in China demostrate that multiple geological factors contribute to a landscape’s predistribution to landslides We know that steep slopes and heavy rain help to trigger landslides, but are some types of landscape more susceptible than others? A study suggests that geologically complex regions are more likely to produce landslides....
Humans moving to ancient cities sent bedbug numbers soaring, say scientists
The insects had been in decline until people started cramming together in the first large settlements They survived the catastrophe that wiped out the dinosaurs, but bedbugs were in decline until the invention of the city, which sent their numbers soaring, researchers say. Genetic analysis of a group of bedbugs...
SpaceX Starship breaks up over Indian Ocean in latest bumpy test
Ship flew farther than on two previous attempts but sprang leaks and began spinning before re-entering the atmosphere out of control Another SpaceX Starship prototype broke up over the Indian Ocean on Tuesday, capping the latest bumpy test flight for the rocket central to billionaire Elon Musk’s dream of colonising...