When researchers founded Anthropic in 2021, they said the race to build powerful AI was moving too recklessly. They inserted detailed safety measures into their products and marketed their commitment to safety as the corporate quality that distinguished them from competitors – notably OpenAI, the rival company they had left. In March 2026 ...Read more

Bison are political animals. A federal decision to revoke grazing leases for bison on public lands on the rolling plains of eastern Montana is the latest manifestation of long-standing contention. The largest land animal in North America, bison are considered a “keystone” species, meaning they have high ecological and cultural importance....Read more

Tennessee set out to execute Tony Carruthers on May 21, 2026, but he lived to tell about it.

Carruthers, who was sentenced to death for a 1994 triple murder, survived his date with death when the execution team members could find only one suitable vein in which to secure an IV, but not, as USA Today reports, the “backup line, which ...Read more

In April 2026, Dr. Cerina Wanzer Fairfax was shot and killed by her husband while their divorce was pending.

She had done what she was supposed to do. She had initiated the legal process to leave Justin Fairfax, the former lieutenant governor of Virginia. It didn’t save her.

What happened to Wanzer Fairfax has a name: ...Read more

In the case of United States v. James Brien Comey Jr., the U.S. president’s security is pitted against the bedrock right to free speech enjoyed by Americans.

Two federal charges have been lodged against former FBI Director James Comey and are based on his Instagram post that depicted seashells spelling out “86 47.”

Comey...Read more

WASHINGTON — One month from America’s 250th birthday, events and celebrations to commemorate the adoption of the Declaration of Independence are as fragmented as the nation’s politics and culture in 2026.

President Donald Trump’s plans for a concert affiliated with the Great American State Fair in the weeks leading up to July 4 have ...Read more

Families and human rights organizations denounced the transfer of an undetermined number of political prisoners from El Helicoide prison to other detention facilities across Venezuela, a move that comes amid growing questions over the purported closure of the facility, long considered one of the most notorious symbols of political repression in ...Read more

WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Except for the stained-glass windows, much of the inside of Temple Israel is now unrecognizable.

Flooring that was once inside the large West Bloomfield synagogue has been removed, revealing the building's concrete foundation. The seats inside the sanctuary are gone, too. And pipes usually hidden in the ...Read more

The U.S. Department of Justice’s recent decision to downgrade the drug classification for medical cannabis will help medical marijuana businesses. Companies will be able to claim some federal tax benefits. New research can start up at state universities.

But the broader divide between federal and state marijuana policy remains largely intact,...Read more

Vaccine hesitancy fed by misinformation is causing new surges of measles and whooping cough, while COVID-19 hotspots persist in some states and a new threat looms from an Ebola outbreak in central Africa.

Nationally there have been 1,983 measles cases this year, nearly the 2,288 total for all of 2025, which in itself was the worst year since ...Read more

In at least four states, migrants detained in ICE facilities have launched hunger strikes in recent weeks to protest the conditions in which they are being held.

An ongoing hunger and labor strike at the 1,000-bed Delaney Hall facility in Newark, New Jersey, reportedly involves roughly 300 people and has sparked daily protests outside the jail,...Read more

On April 10, 2025, several hours after finishing a hike in Sedona, Arizona, Jan Anderson started repeating herself.

"Did we hike this morning?" she asked.

"Yes, we hiked," said her husband, Steve Francks. "And you did really well."

But 15 seconds later, she asked the same question: "Did we hike today?"

Anderson, 65, a retired finance ...Read more

CHICAGO — When David Bippes recently brought his parents to see a small plot of land tucked between a raised railway track and a row of homes in Englewood, he was hoping to show them his latest community project.

Bippes, an Eagle Scout whose passion for community gardens began with a high school service project in Missouri, now helps lead ...Read more

For more than 30 years, manufacturers of ski and snowboard waxes used PFAS – per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances – to make skis and snowboards glide faster over snow. These synthetic chemicals were highly effective and common in competitive racing just about everywhere.

Then studies began finding PFAS in human bodies, and research...Read more

Haiti still does not have a date for its first general elections in a decade. But the process is already mired in controversy, raising the prospect of a new electoral crisis.

On Wednesday, the country’s Provisional Electoral Council issued a document barring its executive director, Uder Antoine, from entering the premises in Pétion-Ville. ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats are threatening to block an extension of a controversial spy powers law if the White House refuses to withdraw its appointment of Bill Pulte as the acting director of National Intelligence.

Senator Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee and a key vote on the extension, warned Majority Leader...Read more

WASHINGTON — A U.S. House debate over Rep. Rashida Tlaib's resolution to withdraw U.S. troops from Lebanon devolved into personal attacks Wednesday night, with an Ohio Republican lawmaker accusing the Michigan Democrat of "advocating for terrorists on a daily basis" and advocating for "butchers" — a reference to the militant group Hezbollah....Read more

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County prosecutors are reviewing two sex assault cases against Sean “Diddy” Combs that stem from allegations made by a Florida music producer last year, law enforcement officials and the alleged victim said Wednesday.

Investigators from the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s ...Read more