You’ve been planning your dream beach vacation for months, only to arrive and find the shoreline covered in large piles of smelly, brown seaweed, with even more floating offshore. It’s disappointing, for sure – and increasingly common.

Since 2011, summer scenes like this have played out on beaches in South Florida and throughout...Read more

A recent decision by a French court requires a major European oil and gas company to report not only its own climate-warming emissions and those of its contractors but also those of its customers, who burn the oil and petroleum products the company sells.

The court’s ruling against TotalEnergies, under a French law passed in 2017, ...Read more

In recent years, a growing number of elected officials have questioned or outright denied the results of elections, sought to undermine freedom of speech, and attempted to bend electoral rules to benefit themselves.

Only a sliver of Americans say they support these kinds of antidemocratic actions. For example, just 8% of Americans ...Read more

Whether in an Oval Office proclamation signing about commercial fishing or during a Fox News interview while discussing Iran, President Donald Trump finds opportunities to share his views on transgender people.

During a June 2026 signing event, Trump claimed, in response to a question about proposed legislation regarding election ...Read more

As you may have seen in news headlines or social media memes, there’s explosive diarrhea going around. Understanding how the immune system responds to the parasite that causes the unfortunate disease called cyclosporiasis can help explain why the infection is mild in some people but can cause severe or long-lasting illness in others.

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John Jones knows about voter suppression. Currently the president of Dickinson College, Jones – nominated in 2002 by President George W. Bush and confirmed unanimously by the U.S. Senate – served for almost two decades as a federal court judge.

In that role, Jones presided over a case, filed just prior to the November 2020 ...Read more

World leaders, U.S. politicians from across the political spectrum and other officials gathered in Washington, D.C., to mourn Lindsey Graham, a prominent lawmaker from South Carolina who died suddenly earlier this month.

Graham’s D.C. memorials began in the U.S. Capitol rotunda Tuesday morning.

Graham’s remains were carried into the U.S. ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — This fog-shrouded patch of coastal forest in the heart of Northern California's Yurok Country was tended by the tribe for millennia.

But in the Gold Rush era it was taken away and, later, used by the logging industry, reshaping the landscape.

Now, as the land heals from the scars of a long-running lumber mill, it has been ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Immigration agents who descended on Los Angeles last summer referred to Latinos using slurs like "tonk" and "wet," according to body camera footage and text messages detailed in a court filing asking a federal judge to bar agents from making stops based on racial profiling.

After a June raid at Home Depot in Hollywood, body ...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump said he’d prefer to avoid another escalation in the war with Iran and urged Tehran to make a deal, laying the ground for further diplomacy after both sides paused tit-for-tat strikes.

“I think we have a very strong position right now,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News on Tuesday. He reiterated threats ...Read more

A tiny federal agency tasked with protecting the public from injuries caused by lawn mowers and coffeemakers is demanding that some of the nation’s biggest health systems turn over detailed, personally identifiable medical records of all patients who seek help at their emergency rooms.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission, responsible for ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS – A suspected street gang member has received a 4½-year prison term for stealing an FBI rifle during an ICE enforcement action in north Minneapolis in January, when federal agents shot and wounded a man.

Raul Gutierrez Jr., 33, of Inver Grove Heights, was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court after he pleaded guilty to illegal ...Read more

CHICAGO — The Illinois Federation of Teachers sued Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas Monday to try to force her to mail property tax bills and compensate school districts for recent revenue delays.

The suit was filed in Cook County Circuit Court on behalf of the estimated 50,000 Cook County members of the state Federation of Teachers, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The largest immigration detention center in California "lacks a reliable system to consistently provide adequate health care, placing individuals at serious risk of both immediate and long-term harm," according to a report issued this week by a court-appointed monitor.

In his report, Dr. Muthusamy Anandkumar, a physician with ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — With over a half-foot of rain measured already, what has been Philadelphia’s wettest month since March 2024 is very likely to become significantly wetter.

The National Weather Service has posted a flash flood watch effective from 8 a.m. Tuesday until 2 p.m. Wednesday for rain totals up to 4 inches, with downpours of 1 to 2 ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in the U.S. for talks with President Donald Trump on Tuesday, looking to reinforce a warming in relations and gain additional help to strengthen air defenses against Russian attacks.

“Our number-one priority is anti-ballistic defense and strategic cooperation with America,” ...Read more