Current News

/

ArcaMax

Lindsay Pierce/The Denver Post/TNS

Despite Trump's anti-public lands stance, Colorado advocates still hope to protect Dolores River canyonlands

Current News / News & Features /

Proponents of creating a national monument to preserve one of Colorado’s “last, best wild places” are pivoting on strategy in the face of new President Donald Trump’s hostility to such designations and his plans to instead open more public lands to energy development.

Members of the “Protect the Dolores” coalition had hoped former ...Read more

Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times/TNS

Two transgender athletes navigate teen life on front lines of raging national debate

Current News / News & Features /

When M.L. walks the halls of her Riverside high school, the fact that her life is the subject of a swirling national debate is never far from mind. It's spelled out on the T-shirts of kids all around her.

"SAVE GIRLS SPORTS," read some. "WE'RE ALL EQUAL," read others.

The dueling shirts provide a stark visual of what her schoolmates think ...Read more

Mario Tama/Getty Images North America/TNS

Fires and floods are eviscerating US communities, intensifying the housing crisis

Current News / News & Features /

After nearly a month, the Eaton and Palisades wildfires that ravaged California have been contained. But for Southern California and state agencies, another challenge lies ahead: helping people find homes.

The wildfires levied significant long-term damage, with thousands of homes destroyed, billions in damages and a worsening of the state’s ...Read more

Herbruck’s Poultry Ranch/Herbruck’s Poultry Ranch/TNS

On the front lines against bird flu, egg farmers say they're losing the battle

Current News / News & Features /

Greg Herbruck knew 6.5 million of his birds needed to die, and fast.

But the CEO of Herbruck’s Poultry Ranch wasn’t sure how the family egg producer (one of the largest in the U.S., in business for over three generations) was going to get through it, financially or emotionally. One staffer broke down in Herbruck’s office in tears.

“The...Read more

Marc Lester/Anchorage Daily News/TNS

Mad at your ex? For Valentine's Day, this Alaska bird rescue center will name a rat after them and feed it to a raptor

Current News / News & Features /

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Inside a chilly enclosure, a 7-year-old peregrine falcon named Breland plucked at a frozen rat carcass with her beak, tearing off patches of fur and flesh with little head jerks until finally snatching up the complete pink tail.

“Rodents are a big part of their natural diet,” said Chandelle Cotter, the education and ...Read more

Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group/TNS

After the Moss Landing battery fire, should California limit where battery storage plants can be built?

Current News / News & Features /

A business park in South San Jose. Jack London Square in Oakland. The San Diego waterfront. Next door to a high school in Santa Barbara County.

Across California, large battery storage plants are being planned and constructed in dozens of locations at a pace faster than anywhere else in the United States. They are a critical part of the state�...Read more

Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel/TNS

Florida's Dreamers in crosshairs as lawmakers look to raise their tuition

Current News / News & Features /

Jose Carrera is three semesters away from getting his degree in biomedical sciences at the University of Central Florida, but at 22, the undocumented student who emigrated from Mexico when he was two and grew up in Florida faces an uncertain future.

The Legislature plans to repeal an 11-year-old law that has allowed him and thousands of other ...Read more

Emily Curiel/The Kansas City Star/TNS

Taylor Swift had a great reaction to being booed by Eagles fans at Super Bowl

Current News / News & Features /

The boo birds were out early Sunday at Super Bowl LIX in the Caesars Superdome.

Although fans were still filtering into the stadium when Chiefs players came out for pregame warmups, they were greeted by loud jeering from Eagles supporters.

It was merely prelude for what was to come during the Chiefs team introduction later in the afternoon. ...Read more

Emily Curiel/The Kansas City Star/TNS

Taylor Swift wears oversized jacket and her Grammys jewelry to her 2nd Super Bowl

Current News / News & Features /

For her second Super Bowl in a row, Taylor Swift opted for an understated look, walking into the game in New Orleans in an oversized cream-colored jacket.

Even her lip color, typically red and bold, was muted.

She and boyfriend Travis Kelce, the superstar Kansas City Chiefs tight end, must have pulled looks from the same mood board, because he...Read more

Hannah Ruhoff/Biloxi Sun Herald/TNS

Kendrick Lamar brings 'Not Like Us' to the Super Bowl halftime show

Current News / News & Features /

Kendrick Lamar brought his Compton hometown to New Orleans as the halftime performer at Sunday's Super Bowl LIX — the crowning achievement of a yearlong stretch in which hip-hop's most proudly cerebral star ascended to new heights of pop renown.

The first rapper to headline pop music's biggest stage as a solo act, Lamar, 37, spent much of his...Read more

Emily Curiel/The Kansas City Star/TNS

President Donald Trump visits with family of Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes at Super Bowl LIX

Current News / News & Features /

President Donald Trump on Sunday became the first sitting president to attend a Super Bowl when arrived at the Caesars Superdome roughly an hour before the Kansas City Chiefs were set to face the Philadelphia Eagles.

President Trump went down to the field as the teams were going through pregame workouts. He shook hands with some people on the ...Read more

NFLonFox/TNS/TNS

Fox's massive new score bug for Super Bowl LIX draws strong reactions: 'We gotta talk about this'

Current News / News & Features /

Fox’s massive new score bug drew a similarly big reaction from viewers.

The network debuted a new graphic for Sunday’s Super Bowl LIX that featured the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles’ name abbreviations, the score, the game clock, and the down and distance in particularly large lettering.

It’s an otherwise simple design —...Read more

Nancy Lane/Boston Herald/TNS

Massachusetts Speaker warns federal cuts could be felt across the state budget

Current News / News & Features /

There isn’t much state budget writers can do to prepare for the potential suspension of federal revenue bolstering the Bay State, House Speaker Ron Mariano.

President Donald Trump’s push to shave off large swathes of the federal apparatus, including promises to do away with the Department of Education and freeze grant funding from ...Read more

Gregory Shamus/Getty Images North America/TNS

'Uncle Samuel L. Jackson … gangsta.' Actor is special guest during Super Bowl halftime

Current News / News & Features /

Uncle Sam — aka Samuel L. Jackson — nearly stole the Super Bowl halftime show.

The “Pulp Fiction” actor was Kendrick Lamar’s special guest during the Super Bowl halftime show.

Dressed in patriotic red, white and blue, Jackson introduced the show, exclaiming “this is the great American game.”

Fans liked seeing him out on the ...Read more

Emilee Chinn/Getty Images North America/TNS

Why was Serena Williams at Kendrick Lamar's halftime show?

Current News / News & Features /

During Kendrick Lamar's electric halftime show, the rapper kept teasing a performance of his Grammy-winning single, "Not Like Us."

When he finally performed it, he was joined by athlete Serena Williams dancing alongside him.

″Not Like Us," which has celebrated massive popularity, is famously a diss track against Drake. As the song has become...Read more

ICE fears sweep Washington's Yakima Valley after Trump takes office

Current News / News & Features /

Erik Molina and Elena Verduzco were headed to McDonald's in their Dodge Ram with their toddler son when they realized they were being followed by a pair of unmarked trucks with tinted windows.

"I think that's ICE," Verduzco told Molina, referring to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency responsible for deporting immigrants.

Here...Read more

Emily Curiel/The Kansas City Star/TNS

Donald Trump arrives at Superdome and is first sitting president to attend a Super Bowl

Current News / News & Features /

President Donald Trump on Sunday became the first sitting president to attend a Super Bowl when arrived at the Caesars Superdome roughly an hour before the Kansas City Chiefs were set to face the Philadelphia Eagles.

President Trump went down to the field as the teams were going through pregame workouts. He shook hands with some people on the ...Read more

Gregory Shamus/Getty Images North America/TNS

Paul Rudd, Kevin Costner, Adam Sandler... Stars (along with Taylor Swift) at Super Bowl

Current News / News & Features /

Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans has drawn a slew of celebrities.

Adam Sandler had a pregame chat with Jason Kelce, retired Eagles center and brother of Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.

Jay-Z and his daughters, former “SNL” cast member Pete Davidson and Kevin Costner visited the sidelines.

Loyal Kansas City Chiefs fans Paul Rudd, and his son, ...Read more

Emily Curiel/The Kansas City Star/TNS

Watch Taylor Swift's arrival at Super Bowl LIX to cheer on Travis Kelce, Chiefs

Current News / News & Features /

Nearly all of the attention this week was on the Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles ahead of their matchup in Super Bowl LIX.

But it wasn’t entirely about football.

Superstar singer Taylor Swift arrived late in the week and dined with boyfriend, Travis Kelce, and their friends, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and wife Brittany.

On Saturday, ...Read more

Emily Curiel/The Kansas City Star/TNS

Trump interview before Super Bowl: Takeaways on Chiefs vs. Eagles, Musk, DOGE, more

Current News / News & Features /

President Donald Trump said he will direct Elon Musk, one his most controversial advisers, to search for waste, fraud and abuse in the Education and Defense departments.

Trump said the orders could come within 24 hours of his interview with Fox News anchor Bret Baier, which aired a few hours before the Super Bowl on Sunday.

Trump will be the ...Read more