For decades, scientists have struggled to understand the potential link between global warming and El Niño — and whether human activity is making the already powerful climate phenomenon even more extreme and disruptive.

Evidence of a connection has remained elusive however, as El Niño is notoriously variable, making it difficult to ...Read more

NEW YORK — In the days and weeks after 9/11, as those working the pile began coughing, New York City Hall denied knowing anything about the hazardous toxins that wafted above ground zero.

Then, as people began dying, City Hall still denied having any information.

And even as the number of dead from 9/11 illness climbed to 6,000 — double ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A contagious airborne disease spreads. The tally of cases climbs higher as a vaccine debate rages among the public and their elected officials. Politicians point fingers at each other, arguing over the release of information and the steps that some consider “draconian.”

The measles outbreak this year represents a far ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal judge has blocked the Postal Service from enforcing new limits on mail-in voting through the Nov. 3 midterm elections, extending a short-term pause as North Carolina began sending ballots on Friday and the U.S. Justice Department was urging the Supreme Court to intervene.

The decision on Friday from U.S. District Judge ...Read more

MIAMI — Despite being from a famous political family, Kai Trump is a lot like other kids who have mixed feelings going off to college.

The University of Miami freshman documented her bumpy start to school last week, and having to leave home for the first time.

In her YouTube confessional, posted Sunday, the D1 golfer broke down in tears in ...Read more

The U.S. Constitution doesn’t provide a right to clean drinking water or accurate information from public officials, a divided federal appeals court ruled.

The decision affirms the dismissal of a lawsuit over alleged lead-contaminated drinking water in Jackson, Mississippi.

The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit found that the ...Read more

PLYMOUTH, Mass. — Lindsay Clancy’s civil attorneys vow to stand by the Duxbury mother and prove the medical system “failed” her.

“We plan on holding each and every doctor and ... hospital responsible for how they failed Lindsay time and time and time again,” attorney Rosemary Scapicchio said outside Plymouth Superior Court on Friday...Read more

Venezuelan asylum-seekers in the U.S. who faced persecution under the Nicolás Maduro regime will also have to prove potential harm under the current government in Caracas to win their cases, an immigration appeals board ruled Friday.

In a ruling released Friday afternoon, the Board of Immigration Appeals reversed the asylum protections for a ...Read more

PLYMOUTH, Mass. — The judge in the Lindsay Clancy triple murder case declared a mistrial after a last-minute appeal to the highest court in Massachusetts failed.

Judge William Sullivan had been ready to say the jury of nine women and three men were deadlocked Friday morning after a note from the jurors that read:

“It is with a heavy heart ...Read more

BALTIMORE — American Airlines diverted a flight to Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport on Thursday to remove a passenger.

“The safety and security of our customers and team members is our top priority, and we do not tolerate violence. We thank our team members for their professionalism and our customers for their ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho Supreme Court has ordered state officials to rewrite “unclear” language concerning a reproductive healthcare ballot initiative that will appear in front of voters in November. The rewrite is scheduled just a day after the justices issued their expedited decision, as election deadlines approach.

The justices filed ...Read more

A Novartis AG drug billed as a potential blockbuster failed to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes in a final-stage trial, marking a major setback for a new approach to prevent cardiovascular disease.

The drug, called pelacarsen, did lower levels of lipoprotein(a), a largely genetic risk factor for cardiovascular disease that affects ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A U.S. judge has blocked the Postal Service from enforcing new limits on mail-in voting through the Nov. 3 midterm elections, extending a short-term pause as North Carolina began sending ballots on Friday and the Justice Department was urging the Supreme Court to intervene.

The decision on Friday from U.S. District Judge Indira ...Read more

PLYMOUTH, Mass. — The judge in the Lindsay Clancy triple murder case declared a mistrial after a last minute appeal to the highest court in Massachusetts failed.

Judge William Sullivan had been ready to say the jury of nine women and three men were deadlocked Friday morning after a note from the jurors that read:

“It is with a heavy heart ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Right-wing content creator Nick Shirley announced Friday that he is suing California officials over the so-called “Stop Nick Shirley Act,” a bill aiming to protect immigration support service providers from doxxing and harassment.

Assembly Bill 2624, named the “Safe at Work Act” by author Mia Bonta, a Democrat, ...Read more

DENVER — The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a single-vehicle crash that killed five teenage boys when the car drove off the road and over a cliff in Grand Junction in August.

Federal investigators published a preliminary report about the crash this week detailing what little is known – that five 17-year-old boys were ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Johnny Doc is free.

Convicted former Philadelphia labor leader John Dougherty was released Friday afternoon from a federal penitentiary in Lewisburg, his lawyer said, capping a surprise outcome that was the result of President Donald Trump’s decision to commute the remainder of Dougherty’s six-year prison term.

Dougherty�...Read more