'This is an embarrassment': MKE County chief judge sounds off on 90-degree courtrooms
July 17, 2026
Eight people were killed and 34 others are still missing after a landslide in a county in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing on Friday, local government officials
July 17, 2026
Wildfire smoke, which is increasing in the Northern Hemisphere as the climate warms, attacks nearly every system in the body
July 17, 2026
A United Nations meeting this week heard calls for an end to ageism and better protection against what campaigners say are hidden abuses as negotiations began
July 17, 2026
Heavy rains sweeping central and southern Chile have left three people dead in addition to power cuts, multiple floods and road closures, authorities said Friday.
July 17, 2026
Firefighters backed by 30 aircraft struggled on Friday to
July 17, 2026
Amazon.com self-driving car unit Zoox said Friday it will recall its fleet of 105 autonomous vehicles because they may not detect heavy smoke and
July 17, 2026
Almost a year after President Trump authorized preemptive law enforcement measures based on political or ideological beliefs, a wave of terrorism prosecutions against left-wing protesters has begun.
July 17, 2026
Will smoke smother out the World Cup final? Here’s the forecast
July 17, 2026
People are making wildfire bets on prediction markets. Experts say it could lead to disaster
July 17, 2026
Governments across Latin America are stepping up preparations as El Nino strengthens across the Pacific, raising concerns about drought, extreme heat, flooding and wildfire risk
July 17, 2026
Researchers were surprised to find how widespread this magnetic property was, not only across families of bees but also beetles, wasps and flies.
July 17, 2026
When you’re tired and distracted, an online ad’s claims can be more effective in pitching a product when they’re assertive and explicit.
July 17, 2026
Studies increasingly show that how kids are using screens is more important than the exact amount of time they’re spending on them – and parents and caregivers tend to know what’s best for their families.
July 17, 2026
If Congress didn’t believe habitat destruction and degradation constitute ‘harm’ under the statute, why would it require permits and plans to offset habitat loss?
July 17, 2026
Water activities provide a refreshing escape from the heat, but without proper safety precautions, they can be a source of danger for autistic kids.
July 17, 2026
Wildfire smoke is driving terrible air quality as new wildfire plumes arrive from Canada
July 15, 2026
Hungarian authorities have been channeling water into a vast area within the country's Hortobagy National
July 17, 2026
By interfering with how communities collect data and how researchers access it, the CDC risks undermining the hard-won trust needed for effective public health.
July 08, 2026
Salmon fishing returns to Sacramento River after 3-year closure as restoration efforts continue
July 17, 2026
For five years, China imported an average of 11.5 million barrels of oil per day. Since April, it has averaged just 8 million bpd.
July 17, 2026
To air or not to air
July 17, 2026
When you breathe in wildfire smoke, harmful particles can travel deep into your body.
July 17, 2026
Shredded iceberg lettuce supplied to Yum Brands' Taco Bell restaurants by California-based supplier Taylor Farms has been identified by investigators as a potential source of
July 17, 2026
Torrential rains killed two people in Texas as floodwaters swept them away in their vehicles while the state braced for "record-shattering" rainfall over the next
July 17, 2026
The U.S.
July 17, 2026
Authorities in Texas have rescued hundreds of stranded drivers and people trapped in homes and at least two people have died due to catastrophic flooding
July 16, 2026
Severe storms have dumped over 20 inches of rain in parts of Texas, causing significant flooding
July 17, 2026
The start time for the MLB game between the New York Mets and the Phillies on Thursday in Philadelphia was moved up one hour due to air quality concerns due to wildfire smoke from Canada and northern Minnesota, and an MLS game in Chicago was postponed
July 17, 2026
A tick disease researcher explains the risks and how she avoids bringing home ticks from both work and walking her dog in the woods. Lint rollers, tick checks and some types of chemicals play a role.
July 16, 2026
Heavy smoke from wildfires is darkening skies from the U.S. Midwest to the East Coast
July 16, 2026
U.S. refiner margins registered a fresh record high for the third consecutive session on Thursday, as low stockpiles and worsening tensions in the Middle
July 17, 2026
Brazil's ethanol and sugar producers on Thursday despaired at the imposition of new 25% tariffs on Brazilian goods by the U.S.
July 17, 2026
Standard Nuclear's shares slid about 10% in their New York Stock Exchange debut on Thursday after the company slashed its offering size by
July 16, 2026
Heavy smoke from hundreds of wildfires in Canada enveloped a swath of the U.S. from the Midwest to the Northeast on Thursday, prompting warnings
July 16, 2026
With the sun obstructed by haze, Spain’s players practiced ahead of the World Cup final outside in northern New Jersey while air conditions are hazardous because of smoke from Canadian wildfires
July 17, 2026
The National Transportation Safety Board says the remains of several geese were found on the wreckage of a New York City sightseeing helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River last year and killed 6 people
July 17, 2026
Missouri 19-year-old uses toy drive to help Missourians impacted by historic floods
July 17, 2026
President Donald Trump's administration has worked to stop offshore wind development on the grounds it’s a national security risk since late last year, halting work on major projects and buying back leases
July 17, 2026
Ontario requested federal assistance to evacuate people from remote northern Canadian communities ravaged by wildfires on Thursday, as smoke brought poor air quality to
July 16, 2026
Oil prices settled about 1% lower on Thursday but remained near their highest level since mid-June as the Iran war escalated, with Tehran asking Yemen's
July 16, 2026
The National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday it found evidence of a bird strike before a tourist helicopter plummeted upside down into New
July 17, 2026
The U.S. will hit Brazil with new 25% duties on its furniture, ethanol, machinery, footwear,
July 16, 2026
One Utah community will keep its fireworks ban even if the rest of the state doesn't
July 17, 2026
Tracking cyclospora outbreak in the Kansas City metro | How can you protect yourself?
July 17, 2026
'I'm thanking God': Boys knock on stranger's door after creek flood traps 2 in rushing water
July 17, 2026
Oklahoma cyclosporiasis cases spark fear over fresh produce, and local farms answer with food safety
July 17, 2026
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers on Thursday urged the Trump administration to crack down on imports of what they say are partially finished solar cells that are being used to
July 16, 2026
An Italian court has convicted the former CEO of Italy's main highway operator and 31 others in the Genoa Morandi bridge collapse in 2018
July 16, 2026
Small plane crashes in Plymouth, Massachusetts pond, pilot critically hurt. "We heard the plane stall."
July 16, 2026
Tractor-trailer goes off road, slams into homes
July 16, 2026
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Thursday said it was denying a 2024 petition filed by Tesla to avoid a recall fix for nearly
July 16, 2026
Smoke from Canadian wildfires has blanketed much of the northeastern United States, triggering health alerts, but a cold front expected on the weekend will
July 16, 2026
Children, 42 dogs removed from 'very filthy' southern Indiana home; mother arrested
July 16, 2026
Racing to work, to pick up your children from school, or go from one errand to the next not only wastes money and sends harmful emissions into the air, it barely saves you time, new research says
July 16, 2026
Increasing flash flooding is exhausting communities as they’re hit again and again.
July 13, 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron pledged to replant the historic Fontainebleau forest south of Paris on Thursday after wildfires scorched at least 10% of the 20,000-hectare
July 16, 2026
Courts have long let utilities seize private property to build transmission lines. Does that hold if the power flows to a single data center?
July 16, 2026
I’ve spent years studying economic data. These Americans taught me what ‘affordability’ really means
July 16, 2026
Flash flood emergency issued for Camp Mystic disaster area as rivers rise in southern Texas
July 15, 2026
There have been three recent contamination events inside the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station, South Africa’s nuclear regulator said
July 16, 2026
US shoppers are seeing higher fruit and vegetable prices thanks to trade tensions, extreme weather and geopolitics, just to name a few reasons.
July 16, 2026
The missions the foundations’ original donors champion during their lifetimes can become outdated after they’ve died.
July 16, 2026
Iran has asked Yemen’s Houthi movement to stand ready to close the Red Sea oil route if the United States strikes Iranian
July 16, 2026
Hawaii Health Department's enforcement of hemp retailers is helping compliance
July 16, 2026
Kilauea ends episode 51 after over 8 hours of volcanic activity
July 16, 2026
From Michigan Avenue, Saline Township looks like any other farming community, with its corn and soybean fields,
July 16, 2026
Eleven people, including children, were killed and 19 injured in a fire at an orphanage close to the Algerian capital Algiers early on Thursday, authorities said.
July 16, 2026
More than 500 missing after two refugee boats vanish off Myanmar coast, UN agencies say
July 16, 2026
Americans are waiting longer for disaster aid under President Donald Trump, with delays often lasting weeks or months
July 16, 2026
Fewer vessels travelled through the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, the first day after the U.S. reimposed its naval blockade on Iranian ports with both countries
July 16, 2026
A flash flood watch was posted across a broad swath of Texas on Wednesday as heavy downpours turned rivers
July 16, 2026
The full implementation of China's rare earth export restrictions could put $6.5 trillion of downstream production outside the country at risk, the International Energy
July 16, 2026
The twice-yearly changing of the clocks could be a thing of the past if legislation currently in Congress that calls for permanent daylight time makes it through
July 16, 2026
The U.S. launched two waves of attacks on Iran's coastal defenses and missile sites on Wednesday after reimposing a naval
July 15, 2026
New Zealand and Fiji signed a renewed five-year Duavata Partnership on Thursday, setting out cooperation priorities for 2026 to 2030 across trade, security, democracy,
July 16, 2026
There are opportunities at every level of the US energy market to save consumers money – if governments, companies, communities and individuals choose to act.
June 17, 2026
U.S. Coast Guard crews have suspended their search for three people missing after a boat sank in San Francisco Bay near Alcatraz Island
July 15, 2026
Who’s afraid of salad?
July 16, 2026
The driver of a Tesla Model 3 that killed a 76-year-old woman when it ploughed into her home at high speed in Katy, Texas in June had overridden the
July 16, 2026
Officials in Toledo, Ohio, say the presence of carbon monoxide was confirmed in a parked vehicle where five people were found unresponsive and three of them died
July 16, 2026
Meteorite that crashed into a New Jersey home contains ‘extraterrestrial’ amino acids
July 16, 2026
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department says more than 40 people have been rescued from high waters as heavy downpours drenching South Texas continue to raise the risk of flash flooding
July 15, 2026
The chief engineer at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been killed by a Ukrainian drone near the station, the head of Russia's state nuclear
July 16, 2026
The U.S.
July 16, 2026
Peru's President-elect Keiko Fujimori could face new protests in mining areas as her government tries to spearhead large copper and other mining projects that
July 16, 2026
Thousands of visitors have been told to evacuate a remote Minnesota wilderness area because of wildfires sending heavy smoke across the U.S. Midwest and Northeast
July 15, 2026
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool's new liner, once dubbed “American flag blue” by President Donald Trump, has faded to a color closer to gray
July 16, 2026
Arkansas girl swept into storm drain during heavy rain rescued safely
July 16, 2026
Kentucky couple working to rescue forgotten animals in rural areas
July 16, 2026
Chile's state-run copper miner Codelco expects production in the coming years to stay similar to current levels, chairman Bernardo Fontaine said on
July 15, 2026
Un nuevo estudio rastrea cómo las ranas jóvenes equilibran la energía entre crecer y combatir infecciones.
June 24, 2026
Sakolsky Forest: How a Pennsylvania teacher’s good deed 27 years ago grew into a 50,000-tree forest in China
July 15, 2026
Anglers encouraged to catch, keep fish in Northern Colorado reservoir as water levels to dry up
July 15, 2026
Tracking oil prices and US gas prices amid Iran conflict
March 09, 2026
The Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) has joined forces with four other trade groups to urge EU antitrust regulators to suspend
July 15, 2026
An Israeli airstrike killed a man, his wife and their six-year-old daughter in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, Palestinian health
July 15, 2026
Minnesota mom aids in rescue from afar when family's Boundary Waters trip ends in wildfire evacuation
July 15, 2026
Heartbroken homeowner praises camera alert after dog turned on toaster, caused fire
July 15, 2026
Electra said on Wednesday it has signed a production agreement with France's Safran Helicopter Engines for turbogenerators, as the hybrid-electric aircraft
July 15, 2026
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis will impose a maritime blockade on Saudi Arabia, they said on Monday, further throttling a global energy market already greatly restricted by Iran's
June 08, 2026
The United Nations human rights office on Wednesday called on states, businesses and parties linked to Sudan's globally-relevant gum arabic industry
July 15, 2026
In Georgia's Serenbe community, a philosophy of people and nature over cars takes center stage
July 15, 2026
Lumberjack World Championships draw competitors from more than a dozen states to northern Wisconsin
July 15, 2026
Information from NATO member nations, including Lithuania and Latvia, shows that Russia has made various attempts to conduct sabotage, Latvian president Edgars Rinkevics
July 15, 2026
In Arizona, dead fish lie in the dry bed of a reservoir.
July 15, 2026
What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets A torrent of new information hit markets on Tuesday, with a mostly
July 15, 2026
Peru's Congress approved late Tuesday a $2.8 billion budget expansion to fund infrastructure projects, essential services and other purposes, offering
July 15, 2026
New Zealand reported its first case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu after a migratory seabird found on a beach near the capital, Wellington, tested positive, Biosecurity
July 15, 2026
When Carlo Petrini founded the Slow Food movement in Rome in 1986 to protest the arrival of Italy's first McDonald's, Edward Mukiibi was not yet born.
July 15, 2026
A growing number of governments, regulators and cities around the world are moving to freeze, restrict or ban new data centre construction, as concerns mount over electricity costs
July 14, 2026
China has an increasingly important buffer against oil price shocks: electric taxis.
July 15, 2026
Health officials say a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Manhattan’s Upper East Side now counts 60 cases, but new diagnoses are slowing
July 15, 2026
The U.S.
July 15, 2026
This chaotic 2,000-pound seal has returned to sea – but leaves behind a conundrum
July 11, 2026
Heavy downpours in South Texas washed out highways and stranded motorists Tuesday as forecasters warned that a threat of more severe weather could bring dangerous flooding to already drenched counties near the border with Mexico
July 15, 2026
A federal appeals court has ended more than 60 years of federal oversight of a Louisiana school system that had been ordered to eradicate segregation
July 15, 2026
The U.S.
July 14, 2026
Cuba is suffering another nationwide blackout, leaving the entire country without power
July 15, 2026
Rare high flood risk for potentially ‘catastrophic’ impacts issued for already inundated parts of Texas
July 13, 2026
Dozens of New York cooling towers test positive for Legionnaires’ bacteria as outbreak reaches 63 cases
July 15, 2026
ARC Resources said on Tuesday its shareholders have voted in favor of being acquired by Shell, clearing another step for one of this year's biggest energy sector deals.
July 14, 2026
The Trump administration was sued on Tuesday by nine environmental groups that said its recent decision to rescind a more than 50-year-old definition of "harm"
July 15, 2026
Australia will create an office at the heart of the government to manage the development of artificial intelligence standards and force
July 14, 2026
Americans could soon see gasoline prices top $4 a gallon again as renewed hostilities between the U.S. and Iran have pushed energy prices higher by
July 15, 2026
There will be no turning back the clock if the House has its way
July 15, 2026
Cuba's national power grid collapsed on Tuesday, the energy ministry said, marking the third major blackout in nine days on the island of about 10 million
July 14, 2026
One of the people arrested on suspicion of having started the fire in a historic forest near Paris was a volunteer firefighter who confessed on Tuesday, French media said,
July 14, 2026
President Donald Trump is sharply reducing the size of two national monuments in Utah
July 14, 2026
Senate Democrats have blocked a $1 trillion annual defense bill in protest of President Donald Trump’s war against Iran
July 15, 2026
Several people have died in a fire at a construction site in Brussels on Tuesday, with a search for six missing persons ongoing, local authorities said.
July 14, 2026
Subaru of America is recalling over 541,000 Crosstrek, Forester and Ascent vehicles in the U.S. due to an inaccurate label
July 15, 2026
China "has no geopolitical intentions and does not seek a so-called 'sphere of influence'" in its dealings with Pacific island nations, Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his
July 14, 2026
Top U.S. universities and research advocates urged President Donald Trump's administration on Monday to withdraw a proposed rule on federal grants
July 14, 2026
BP expects stronger oil and gas prices, robust oil trading and higher refining margins to lift second-quarter
July 14, 2026
Most people back the idea of providing refuge to those fleeing war or persecution, even in countries where governments have restricted refugee intakes, such
July 14, 2026
The chemical tanker Stolt Magnesium caught fire on Tuesday following the "explosion of an unidentified external device" as it was sailing in the Arabian Sea off the coast
July 14, 2026
Israel's security cabinet approved a budget of 1.3 billion shekels ($434 million) for establishing 34 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, right-wing Finance
July 14, 2026
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI has installed 59 natural gas turbines for its Colossus 2 data center project in
July 14, 2026
Sudan risks sliding backwards into deeper hunger as conflict, aid funding cuts and rising agricultural costs driven by disruption linked to the Iran
July 14, 2026
The price of Brent crude oil futures for prompt delivery rose on Tuesday to a one-month high over the price for oil six months later as traders priced in
July 14, 2026
U.S. inflation cooled last month as the cost of gas, clothes, and used cars fell, providing some relief to consumers, while underlying price pressures also slowed more than expected
July 14, 2026
Sold for a record price of more than $50 million, ‘Gus’ was described by Sotheby’s as more than 60% complete.
July 15, 2026
Trump administration policies that scaled back federal support for clean energy have led to the cancellation or delay of $83 billion in
July 14, 2026
New York became the first U.S. state on Tuesday to halt construction of large new data centers, imposing a one-year moratorium as concerns grow that the facilities
July 14, 2026
Outbreak of diarrhea from parasite expands to more states as US cases soar beyond last year’s level
July 15, 2026
Hundreds of firefighters are battling two blazes in the Fontainebleau forest south of Paris
July 14, 2026
Astronomers detect sugar in interstellar space for the first time
July 14, 2026
New York is blocking new large data centers that fuel artificial intelligence for up to a year to protect the environment and energy grid
July 14, 2026
Asian stocks rise as Mideast mediation takes oil lower
New Zealand and Philippines form comprehensive partnership
Trump administration sued by rights groups over attempted childcare funding cuts
US military completes its latest strikes on Iran, marking the 10th successive night of attacks
Georgia woman with cerebral palsy inspires community, becomes magazine cover model
Power surge: Guardians hit 7 homers against Twins, 1 short of franchise record
Topps to release a trading card of the photo of a young Messi holding infant Lamine Yamal