A 5.8 magnitude earthquake has struck northern Afghanistan, killing at least eight members of a refugee family near Kabul
April 04, 2026Fossils from China show complex life evolved millions of years earlier than once thought
April 04, 2026Finance ministers from five European Union member states are urging the bloc to introduce a windfall tax on energy companies as surging oil and gas prices raise inflation fears
April 04, 2026Crews are battling a smoky and fast-growing wildfire in windy Southern California that has forced some residents to evacuate and a community college to temporarily close its doors
April 04, 2026One crew member has been recued after an American aircraft was shot down in Iran
April 03, 2026The Trump administration said Friday it is rejoining two agencies that were split up in the aftermath of the 2010 Gulf oil spill
April 04, 2026‘I’m not dying here’: Father of 3 describes rescue from flash flooding
April 04, 2026Dog survives bear attack while guarding family's chickens
April 04, 2026Mother accused of forcing unneeded medical treatments on son, warrant says
April 04, 2026State police troopers came to the rescue of a bear cub found in a ditch along the side of a major interstate highway in northern New Jersey
April 04, 2026United Airlines is raising checked bag fees starting Friday
April 03, 2026A California producer of raw milk and cheese products is recalling some of its products under pressure from federal officials
April 03, 2026The Las Vegas Review-Journal will no longer print its rival the Las Vegas Sun for the first time in decades, sharpening a longtime legal dispute between the southern Nevada newspapers
April 03, 2026Schools awarded $1.5M FEMA grant for safe room
April 03, 2026NASA releases stunning first images of Earth taken by the Artemis II astronauts
April 03, 2026What a surprisingly strong March jobs report means in the face of war
April 03, 2026Different kinds of Americans are generous in different ways.
April 03, 2026Fast food consumption is soaring in the cradle of haute cuisine. Quelle horreur!
April 03, 2026Massachusetts heart transplant recipient's foundation offers underserved communities improved access to health care
April 03, 2026Despite soaring jet fuel prices, air fares aren’t up that much. But they will be
April 03, 2026The U.S. Army’s top uniformed officer has been asked to step down by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
April 02, 2026There has been little sign Friday of the war in the Mideast winding down as Israel says it faced incoming fire from Iran, and Kuwait and Bahrain also reported being under attack
April 02, 2026The Environmental Protection Agency proposed Thursday to include microplastics and pharmaceuticals on a list of contaminants in drinking water for the first time, a step that could eventually lead to new limits on those substances for water utilities
April 03, 2026EPA claims ‘major win’ on drinking water safety, but regulations may be years away
April 03, 2026Sales of Tesla vehicles rose in the last three months after a brutal year of boycotts over Elon Musk’s politics but still fell short of expectations
April 02, 2026Skyrocketing diesel costs impact fishing industry on the Central Coast
April 03, 2026Train carrying more than 100 passengers slams into garbage truck in South Carolina, officials say
April 03, 2026Property owner fined $50K for 'illegally pruning trees' cited by insurer
April 03, 2026School leader using new wastewater testing results to warn about drugs
April 03, 2026An inspection at the nation’s largest immigration detention facility found dozens of violations of national standards that potentially exposed detainees to excessive force, disease, and other unsafe conditions
April 03, 2026Scientists have discovered fossils in China that reveal a crucial transition from simple to complex life on Earth
April 02, 2026Meet the weather observer helping NWS for almost 50 years
April 03, 2026Eagles in Omaha: How the raptors are adapting to suburban environments
April 03, 2026'Burning sage to cleanse the house': Family escapes to safety after home catches fire
April 03, 2026A late winter rainstorm that lashed southern Greece over the last 24 hours turned the sky a surreal red, felled trees and resulted in the death of one man
April 02, 2026Gas station shocks drivers with prices near $10 a gallon
April 02, 2026Reports of the death of Jonathan, the world’s oldest living land animal, have been greatly exaggerated
April 02, 2026Residents blast city response after home explosion leaves woman critically injured
April 02, 2026Hallucinogenic chocolate bars were removed from six Denver-area gas stations.
March 17, 2026Doctors prescribing books to help children traumatized by Minnesota ICE surge
April 02, 2026Space is extremely dangerous, but people can still do more than robotic explorers can – in terms of technical achievements and inspiring public interest.
March 27, 2026Evolving views about parental gun ownership and liability will likely have ramifications in custody battles.
April 02, 2026Residents say postal workers won't deliver mail on their street due to turkey takeover
April 02, 2026Sunken warship found off Danish coast after 225 years in ‘remarkable’ discovery
April 02, 2026A scenic escape along Louisiana’s Creole Nature Trail
April 02, 2026The Big Cypress fox squirrel is losing its habitat to urban and suburban development. But a few design changes could help to save this and other species.
April 02, 2026For decades, the US seriously pursued the idea of ‘peaceful nuclear explosions.’
April 02, 2026Europe didn’t want an Iran war, yet Trump is saddling it with the consequences
April 02, 2026U.S. gas prices are climbing fast, and drivers are paying the highest pump prices since 2022 as the Iran war shakes oil markets
April 02, 2026‘Like relying on a drug dealer:’ The world’s dependence on oil and gas has exposed a dangerous vulnerability
April 02, 2026A seabird native to Hawaii is flourishing in the middle of Honolulu's concrete towers, traffic-clogged roads and Waikiki hotels
April 02, 2026$200 oil isn’t as crazy as it sounds
April 02, 2026New Zealand and Cook Islands have signed a defense and security pact, easing over a year of tension between them
April 02, 2026Expanding electricity access is transforming lives across Africa, from Nairobi’s informal settlements to rural fishing communities in western Kenya
April 02, 2026An undersea magnitude 7.4 earthquake toppled buildings in parts of northern Indonesia, sent people fleeing from their homes, killed at least one person and generated a small tsunami
April 02, 2026President Donald Trump says U_S_ forces will “finish the job” in Iran soon as “core strategic objectives are nearing completion.”
April 01, 2026U.S. President Donald Trump’s prime-time address at 9 p.m. EDT offers an update on the progress made toward achieving his goals in the war with Iran, which are to destroy the country’s missile production and Navy, ensure its proxies can no longer destabilize the region and guarantee Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon
April 01, 2026An activist ship operated by the Captain Paul Watson Foundation struck a Norwegian krill trawler in Antarctic waters, raising accusations by its owner that it amounted to a “terroristic attack” against legal fishing activities
April 01, 2026Artemis launch, flipping voters, fed-up drivers: Catch up on the day’s stories
April 02, 2026Watch D.O.G.S. program brings mentorship and safety to school
April 02, 2026Fire caused the evacuation of a historic building owned by Wayne State University in Detroit
April 02, 2026Garbage truck driver punched, kicked teen after mother tried to pass his vehicle, lawsuit says
April 02, 2026Louisiana residents should look out for stinging caterpillars falling from trees
April 02, 2026Foster parent specializes in being "bonus mom" to teens
April 02, 2026Aluminum spool falls from crane onto worker, killing him at warehouse
April 02, 2026Porsche SUV splits entirely in half after slamming into tree in wild Dunwoody crash
April 02, 2026Hydrologists working high in the Rocky Mountains have measured what they say is Colorado’s driest winter of snow moisture on record
April 01, 2026Business owner sentenced after returning false ashes to grieving pet owners
April 02, 2026More than 3,000 adult trout stocked in Huron River & Spring Mill Pond in Southeast Michigan
April 02, 2026Small-town Iowa newspapers on the chopping block
April 02, 2026The committee voted to exempt some oil and gas operations from the Endangered Species Act in the name of national security.
March 28, 2026A federal judge has dismissed a civil rights lawsuit filed by the parents of an environmental activist who was killed while protesting the construction of an Atlanta-area police and firefighter training center that critics dubbed “Cop City.”
April 01, 2026Metro Transit driver being praised as hero after rescuing man from burning car in Minneapolis
April 01, 2026General Motors temporarily laying off 1,300 workers at Factory Zero plant in Metro Detroit
April 01, 2026Family seeks closure as Kenosha PD makes arrest in decades-old cold case
April 01, 2026Streamflows the West relies on for drinking water and farms used to follow a fairly predictable arc as winter snow melted. Rising temperatures are changing that.
April 01, 2026Homeland Security is pausing plans to buy new warehouses for immigrant detention as it reviews contracts signed under former secretary Kristi Noem
April 01, 2026Being in public parks and natural environments with other visitors is a powerful opportunity to enhance enjoyment rather than detract from it.
April 01, 2026Pollution levels in Iowa's water have been abnormally high this winter
April 01, 202620-year sentence for Baltimore pet crematorium owner who gave sand instead of ashes
April 01, 2026‘I’m done’: Rideshare drivers on the brink of quitting over higher gas prices
April 01, 2026Used electric vehicles can still be found at a bargain price, regardless of the federal tax credit
April 01, 2026Trump’s threats of targeting water plants in Iran, a potential war crime, alarm Gulf allies
April 01, 2026U.S. consumer confidence inched higher in March despite soaring energy prices brought on by the war in Iran
March 31, 2026Democrats have run California for years
April 01, 2026This small city has the world’s worst air
April 01, 2026The European Union's energy commissioner says skyrocketing oil and gas prices in Europe as a result of the ongoing Iran war won’t return to normal levels any time soon, even if peace is declared tomorrow
April 01, 2026Environmentalist groups say Mexico’s government lied about the origins of a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, accusations authorities promptly denied
April 01, 2026A federal judge ruled against conservation groups in their efforts to block a proposed lithium-boron mining project in Nevada
April 01, 2026The Trump administration says it will be moving U.S. Forest Service headquarters from the nation's capital to Utah as part of a broad overhaul
April 01, 2026Travelers should expect delays when they fly through San Francisco International Airport after the Federal Aviation Administration this week cut a third of its arrivals because of safety concerns and runway construction
April 01, 2026In the 1960s and ’70s, his arguments also resonated on the left, including with the head of a powerful environmental group.
March 26, 2026A federal judge in Rhode Island has ruled that the Trump administration's effort to change the criteria for using tens of millions of dollars in funding to aid homeless people was unlawful
April 01, 2026A Russian oil tanker has reached Cuba with a huge shipment, easing a dire fuel shortage after months without deliveries
March 31, 2026Trump administration officials are exempting oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act
March 31, 2026US stocks move higher on hopes for an end to war with Iran, but it’s been a volatile month
March 31, 2026Latin America’s generational shift: What’s causing record-low birth rates across the region?
April 01, 2026Only 50 of these whales are left in existence. Trump’s ‘God Squad’ just chose oil drilling over protecting them
March 31, 2026April’s full pink moon rose in the night sky this week
April 01, 2026The Iranian government uses the threat of sea mines to control access to the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow sea lane that is vital to the global economy.
March 31, 2026A fire destroyed the main meditation hall at Tassajara Mountain Zen Center in Central California, as monks neared the end of a long retreat
April 01, 2026Children find skeletal remains in South Carolina while playing near a creek, investigators say
April 01, 2026A veteran South African politician is campaigning for mayor of Johannesburg by snorkeling in a giant, water-filled trench
March 31, 2026Thousands gave. Now thousands will be helped through Giving Machine donations
April 01, 2026Massive sphere art exhibit in Salt Lake City draws attention to Great Salt Lake
April 01, 2026Man accused of setting multiple grass fires in Oklahoma says he 'misses being a firefighter'
April 01, 2026One of the world’s rarest whales, the Rice's whale, is in the way of the Trump administration's desire to expand oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
March 31, 2026Man jailed after sewage leaked into county waterway
April 01, 2026Nashville International Airport announces a $40 million renovation to improve passenger flow
April 01, 2026A jury has deadlocked in the trial of two fired FirstEnergy Corp. executives charged for their roles in Ohio's $60 million bribery scandal
March 31, 2026Afghan authorities say that flooding in many parts of the country has killed a further 14 people in the past 24 hours
March 31, 2026Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says it's important to closely monitor inflation amid a spike in energy prices from the Iran war as the average price for for gasoline nears $4 a gallon in the U.S. But he also said Monday, addressing students at Harvard University, that there isn't a lot Fed policymakers could do
March 30, 2026A humpback whale that has become stranded repeatedly off Germany’s Baltic Sea coast in recent days has got stuck again, less than a day after swimming free
March 31, 2026The Clean Air Act gave California the authority to issue tough pollution standards for vehicles, with EPA approval. The Trump administration is now trying to stop it.
March 31, 2026A University of Pittsburgh researcher is studying why Pennsylvania residents who regularly encounter ticks still underestimate their risk of Lyme disease.
March 31, 2026Millions of preterm births and thousands of infant deaths linked to plastic chemical
March 31, 2026Plastic is the hidden cost of the war in Iran
March 30, 2026Authorities say a wolf has bitten a woman in a Hamburg shopping area, in what experts call Germany’s first known wild wolf attack on a person since 1998
March 31, 2026Indonesian search teams rescued 21 people from a raft a day after their boat sank in rough seas
March 31, 2026U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to target Iran’s energy infrastructure, including its desalination plants
March 31, 2026Driving a car, van or truck is a big part of many Americans’ workdays
March 30, 2026A law requiring that most materials in federally funded affordable housing are made in America is fully kicking in
March 27, 2026GOP leaders plan to keep Congress out of session even as pressure to end DHS shutdown grows
March 31, 2026The Trump administration has carried out on a threat to sue the state of Minnesota and its school athletics governing body for allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls sports
March 30, 2026Cuba is preparing to receive a sanctioned Russian oil tanker as the island struggles under a U.S. oil blockade
March 30, 2026Air Canada says CEO Michael Rousseau plans to retire
March 30, 2026Scientists have found an alarming environmental impact of vast data centers
March 31, 2026Trump allowed a Russian oil tanker to reach Cuba, breaking the island’s fuel blockade. Here’s the latest
March 30, 2026The Saudis found an escape hatch for some of the world’s oil. The Houthis could slam it shut
March 31, 2026About 100 of the nation’s most contaminated toxic waste sites are in areas prone to flooding and wildfires, a potential public health threat to millions of Americans
March 31, 2026DOJ whistleblower complains to Congress that internal watchdog isn’t doing its job
March 31, 2026Officials to remove up to 1,500 wild burros from Lake Pleasant area
March 31, 2026Community unites to build inclusive park for all children
March 31, 2026Denver asks restaurants to only serve water by request amid drought conditions
March 30, 2026Children find skeletal remains while playing near a creek, investigators say
March 30, 2026‘And then we saw the little head.’ Scientists witness rare sperm whale birth
March 30, 2026Airports, plants and ports: The civilian targets increasingly under threat in the Middle East
March 30, 2026She transformed Paris for tourists — and divided the city
March 21, 2026Baby kangaroo escapes from home, safe return after search effort
March 30, 2026Today’s basic income proponents say cash payments would be good for everyone. In the 1790s, the idea’s inventor argued something else: It was owed to everyone.
March 30, 2026With Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey, Galdikas changed the face of science and opened the world’s eyes to how similar humans are to orangutans and other primates.
March 27, 2026Researchers are using machine learning models to identify gentrification in imagery. Community insights help keep the models on track
March 30, 2026It’s about more than just beating China. As a space lawyer puts it, a Moon base would come with strategic, economic and scientific advantages.
March 30, 2026U.S. 64 reopens for public traffic marking a major milestone for Helene recovery
March 30, 2026President Donald Trump says he has “no problem” with a Russian oil tanker off the coast of Cuba delivering relief to the island, which has been brought to its knees by a U.S. oil blockade
March 30, 2026Farmers around the world are facing fertilizer shortages and rising costs after the war in Iran disrupted shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, which handles a third of global fertilizer trade
March 27, 2026Regional powers met in Pakistan to discuss how to end the fighting in the Middle East after about 2,500 U.S. Marines arrived in the region and Iranian-backed Houthi rebels entered the monthlong war
March 29, 2026Pakistan’s foreign minister says Islamabad will soon host talks between the U.S. and Iran
March 29, 2026Mother turning to donating eggs, surrogacy to make ends meet for family
March 30, 2026The USS Massachusetts has joined the Navy fleet
March 28, 2026Dark matter and dark energy are mysteries that have confounded scientists for decades, even though they comprise 95% of the universe's mass
March 29, 2026Afghan authorities say that severe flooding, a landslide and thunderstorms in parts of Afghanistan have left 17 people dead and 26 injured over the last 24 hours
March 29, 2026The Iran war has a new front in Yemen. Here’s how it could escalate
March 29, 2026A stranded humpback whale in Germany’s Baltic Sea looks weaker, and experts fear it won't be able to find its way back to the Atlantic
March 29, 2026Mexico’s navy has located two sailboats that went missing while carrying humanitarian aid to Cuba
March 28, 2026Hawaii is taking control of the aging Wahiawa Dam after floodwaters pushed it to near-failure and prompted mass evacuations
March 28, 2026Scientists are learning to dive beneath polar ice to study the flora and fauna below
March 27, 2026As electric-bike usage has risen, so have e-bike injuries, and regulations in cities and states throughout the country are rapidly changing
March 29, 2026The number of American service members wounded in the Iran war has grown beyond 300, with more than two dozen troops injured this week from attacks on a Saudi air base
March 28, 2026Missing aid boats bound for Cuba have been located, Mexican authorities say
March 28, 2026America’s long-haul truckers were already struggling. Then came $5 diesel
March 28, 2026Africa is hurting again from a global crisis it had no part in starting
March 28, 2026Airports serving Washington, D.C., Baltimore and some cities in Virginia briefly halted all flights Friday evening because of what federal authorities said was a strong chemical smell at the flight center that controls traffic into the airports
March 28, 2026Mexico’s Navy is searching for two missing sailboats carrying nine people and humanitarian aid on a route to Cuba
March 27, 2026Train derailment near Reno sends more than 20 railcars off tracks
March 28, 2026Thousands of striking workers at one of the nation’s largest meatpacking plants are extending their walkout to a third week
March 27, 2026As gas prices approach $4 a gallon nationally amid the conflict in Iran, some lawmakers are pushing to suspend the federal gasoline tax
March 28, 2026Kansas City 'Heart Forest' near KCI could open to public ahead of 2026 World Cup
March 28, 2026Microsoft is taking over a data center construction project in Texas after OpenAI declined to pursue it, in a move that will make the two companies neighbors at one of the nation’s largest complexes for running artificial intelligence
March 28, 2026Asheville 6-year-old aims to win national contest to help her school after Helene
March 28, 2026Arctic sea ice has shrunk to a tie for its lowest winter peak on record
March 27, 2026A judge has ruled that the government can convene a meeting next week to seek an exemption from the Endangered Species Act on the basis of national security for expanded oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
March 27, 2026A chemical signature in a lunar rock offers new insights into what early oxygen conditions were like on the Moon.
March 27, 2026Tech companies set ambitious climate goals at the start of the decade, promising to slash emissoins that contribute to global warming
March 27, 2026What we know on Day 28 of the US and Israel’s war with Iran: Trump extends deadline and global energy crisis deepens
March 27, 2026Countries don’t just switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. Each takes its own path, depending on its economy, international trade relations and government stability.
March 27, 2026Protests from Alabama to Wyoming — and on the Arctic Circle: What to know about Saturday’s third ‘No Kings’ rally
March 27, 2026A year after federal employees were hit by the Trump administration’s cost-cutting efforts through the Department of Government Efficiency, it remains unclear what the agency saved
March 27, 2026Mothers in a displacement camp in southern Somalia struggle to keep their children alive as drought and aid disruptions deepen hunger, a crisis that now also has a link to the far-away Iran war
March 27, 2026Fire season fears grow amid western heat wave
March 27, 2026Hundreds of used sneakers arrive each week at a workshop east of Paris, where workers inspect them for resale, redistribution or rejection
March 27, 2026Scientists have captured rare footage of a sperm whale giving birth, offering a window into the large mammals' behavior
March 27, 2026Missing ashes located after grieving Michigan woman believed they were lost in a chemical spill
March 27, 2026Washington’s cherry blossoms have reached peak bloom, and the city’s spring rush is in full swing
March 26, 2026An up-close, inside look at Amazon's new delivery drones flying in KCK
March 27, 2026Once-lethal insecticides now require concerningly high concentrations to effectively kill mosquitoes. Some mosquitoes are already immune to all classes of insecticides used to control malaria.
March 27, 2026The Trump administration is seeking an exemption from the Endangered Species Act for expanded oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, citing national security as it wages war on Iran
March 27, 2026'Zombie Lots' are leaving residents in crisis
March 27, 2026Holy cow! This stuck heifer required heavy machinery to free it from cattle guard
March 27, 2026Lineworkers test their skills at the Arizona Lineman's Rodeo
March 27, 2026German rescuers race to save humpback whale stranded off Baltic Sea beach
March 27, 2026Companies were storing hazardous waste in facility before chemical fires, AG says
March 26, 20268-foot python spotted on Beltline stuns Atlanta, man behind viral video speaks out
March 26, 2026Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Saudi Arabia on an unannounced visit
March 26, 2026A 7th grader built a solar invention for under $25. Now he's headed to Washington, D.C.
March 26, 2026Meet the cyclist who biked from Montreal to Virginia: 'I've learned a lot'
March 26, 2026Man fights to save his childhood home as city pushes toward demolition of the property
March 26, 2026New population estimates show that U.S. growth in metro areas slowed sharply as immigration dropped and hurricanes pushed people out of some Gulf Coast counties
March 26, 2026The Iran war is unleashing a toxic mix of chemicals, heavy metals and other pollutants that threaten everything from agriculture to drinking water to people’s health
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