Summer weather is here: Heat advisories were in effect last week from California and Utah to Texas and Florida. In the coming days, the National Weather Service forecasts hazardous heat in 11 states across the Gulf and southern Atlantic coasts, with more than 34 million people facing what’s categorized as a major heat risk.  For […]

Nearly a week after a massive warehouse fire erupted in East Los Angeles, firefighters say they’re finally gaining ground, but a new concern is emerging. Crews spent the weekend battling hot spots inside a half-million-square-foot cold storage facility in Boyle Heights. They used helicopters, water cannons and excavators to tear into the building and reach […]

Britain is about to get another prime minister. Keir Starmer is stepping down following a bruising political collapse, and attention is already shifting to the man many believe could replace him. Plus, the U.S.-Iran peace deal barely survives its first week. New fighting in Lebanon has delayed talks, and President Donald Trump is openly discussing […]

Alan Greenspan, the economist and longtime head of the Federal Reserve, died Monday at the age of 100. His wife confirmed the news to NBC, saying he died of complications from Parkinson’s Disease. Greenspan presided over the Fed for five terms and oversaw one of the longest economic expansions in U.S. history before being faulted, […]

A right-wing lawyer who lacks any political experience — but does have President Donald Trump’s backing — appears to be Colombia’s next president. But his narrow victory is already triggering protests and expected legal challenges. With almost all the ballots counted, Abelardo de la Espriella held 49.66% of the vote while left-wing Senator Ivan Cepeda garnered 48.70%. Violent demonstrations broke […]

Questions are mounting on both sides of the political aisle over the growing amount of time it is taking U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to process renewal requests for recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. According to Politico, a process that typically took about two months is now taking six months […]

A small Florida liberal arts college seized in 2023 by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to triple in size come next week. New College of Florida, which is controlled by a board of trustees mostly appointed by DeSantis, is set to acquire the University of South Florida’s Sarasota-Manatee campus on July 1. The acquisition […]

After weeks of calls to step down from more than 100 members of his own party, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his resignation early Monday morning. In a statement outside 10 Downing Street, Starmer said he’s stepping down as the leader of the governing Labour Party, but will remain in office until a new […]