U.S. and Iranian forces clashed near the Strait of Hormuz overnight, highlighting the tension between the two sides even as they tout progress toward an interim peace deal.

The exchange of strikes came hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said negotiations with Tehran to extend their ceasefire and reopen the strait are proceeding, though ...Read more

With the battlefield largely at a stalemate, Russia is ramping up ballistic missile attacks on Ukraine to try to regain the strategic initiative by overwhelming air defenses and demoralizing its population.

The threat of sustained strikes indicates Russian President Vladimir Putin remains committed to his war aims despite a string of recent ...Read more

NASA had a big – and little – problem. For a small satellite, the agency needed a tiny antenna, with very specific communication capabilities and very strict limits on size and weight. The agency gave the problem to a design team adept at simulating the way natural selection engineers solutions.

Design using natural selection is ...Read more

About two-thirds of the U.S. is in some stage of drought in late spring 2026, yet at the same time the country has been seeing more intense downpours. It might seem contradictory, but both are symptoms of rising global temperatures.

The reason has to do with the water cycle.

Water influences every aspect of our lives through a...Read more

Along the California coast, from Bodega Bay to Morro Bay, commercial fishing boats have started pulling in salmon for the first time in three years, and local salmon are once again appearing on restaurant menus and in seafood markets across the state.

California’s commercial ocean salmon fishery began reopening in May 2026 for the ...Read more

In Colorado, a national debate about the role of Latinos in American society has deep roots in the state’s history, current identity — and future.

I’m a professor of ethnic studies at Colorado State University. I recently published a book titled “Latino Colorado: The Struggle for Equality in the Centennial State.” In it, I ...Read more

The number of abortions in the U.S. rose by 21% between 2020 and 2025 – despite the fact that 20 states have passed laws banning or severely restricting abortion care, overturned the constitutional right to abortion.

The increase is largely due to the growing adoption of medication abortion and the use of telehealth. States that ...Read more

With the release of his encyclical letter Magnifica Humanitas on May 25, 2026, Pope Leo XIV has signaled that he wants the church to respond to artificial intelligence much as a predecessor, Pope Leo XIII, responded to upheavals during the Industrial Revolution over a century ago.

Since the first act of his papacy – choosing his ...Read more

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov advised U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to evacuate U.S. citizens and diplomats from Kyiv as the Kremlin plans to continue heavy strikes on the Ukrainian capital, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow said.

Lavrov called his U.S. counterpart at the request of President Vladimir Putin to tell him that Russia ...Read more

Ebola is spreading faster in Democratic Republic of Congo than responders can contain it, the World Health Organization warned, as suspected deaths climbed above 220 and treatment centers came under attack in the country’s conflict-hit east.

Congo has reported 101 confirmed Ebola infections, 930 suspected cases and 221 suspected deaths, ...Read more

NEW YORK – Mayor Zohran Mamdani is expected to unveil his New York City housing plan Tuesday, including using modular housing to modernize construction and build new units faster and cheaper, the Daily News has learned.

Modular housing brings an assembly line format to construction, largely taking place in factories. Advocates for that type ...Read more

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Two state transportation workers were replacing a sign on the shoulder of U.S. Highway 6 in western Colorado one morning when a Jeep Grand Cherokee swerved off the road and struck them.

The workers, Nathan Jones and Trent Umberger, died in the September 2024 crash, as did a passenger in the Jeep. Tests found that the ...Read more

Hotel rooms in Los Angeles and other FIFA World Cup host cities could sit empty, despite high expectations that the global sporting event would be a boon to the city.

The soccer tournament, which has sold more than 5 million tickets so far, has historically triggered a surge of international and domestic tourism and infused host cities with an...Read more

In 1996, Guinea-Bissau seemed like an ideal research post for budding pediatrician Lone Graff Stensballe. Her supervisor, a fellow Dane named Peter Aaby, had spent nearly two decades collecting data on 100,000 people living in the mud brick homes of the West African country's capital.

Aaby and his partner, Christine Stabell Benn, believed that ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A coalition of conservation groups wants Southern California to get 85% of its water locally, up from the 50% it gets now, by 2045, and says a new plan shows how.

It’s urging state leaders to scrap plans for a 45-mile tunnel beneath the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and consider asking voters to approve a bond measure to ...Read more

CHICAGO — Cars whiz past, a few bikes too, as concrete bumpers and painted lines slowly grow at the edge of the busy street.

But as reliably as time passes, the two groups show up to the sidewalk, stand there a few feet apart and yell.

The protesters and counter-protesters who have demonstrated every week since early December share a belief ...Read more

Iran’s government could soon roll back some restrictions on a months-long digital blackout that has cut off millions of its citizens from the internet, the official Islamic Republic News Agency said, as diplomatic talks between the U.S. and Tehran gather pace.

The government’s new Special Task Force for the Regulation and Governance of ...Read more

Britain’s Prince William plans to sell off one-fifth of the Duchy of Cornwall, the estate created in 1337 to guarantee income for the heir to the throne, and use the estimated $670 million in proceeds to fund public housing and clean energy projects.

The 130,000-acre private estate spans more than 20 counties and nets the Prince of Wales more...Read more