Days before Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica in October 2025, it was still just a Category 1 storm. But inside the National Hurricane Center, forecasters were watching something unusual. Model after model, including a new artificial intelligence system from Google DeepMind, arrived at the same alarming conclusion: this storm was about to explode into […]
Two former NBA players say they plan to declare for the 2027 WNBA draft. Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White, both former NBA players, announced separately on social media that they intend to seek WNBA eligibility. Their statements came amid a broader national debate over transgender athletes in women’s sports and after public comments from […]
It’s peak moving season, but most people are staying put, according to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Americans have been moving less for years now. Renters are no exception, researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said in a report. The bank’s Survey of Consumer Expectations showed that renters […]
Lake Mead just dropped to its lowest elevation on record. As of Aug. 6, 2026, the surface level sits at 1040.50 feet above sea level, marking the least amount of water sitting in the reservoir since it was filled in the 1930s. While it seems like a milestone to gawk at, experts who have studied […]
Forest fires tore through the West. Colorado roads cracked from extreme heat and drought. Local officials identified the culprits they thought should pay to repair the damage: the giant oil companies Suncor Energy and ExxonMobil. Boulder County, Colorado, sued the companies, alleging that by “producing, promoting, refining, marketing and selling fossil fuels,” they had altered […]
It may have mostly been American consumers footing the bill for the global “Liberation Day” tariffs President Donald Trump imposed last year, but it’s big corporations getting the refunds. The Trump administration has refunded about $100 billion in tariffs since the Supreme Court declared the levies illegal — to major corporations. According to a new […]
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will soon equip its agents with body-worn cameras, recording their interactions with the public, falling in line with a tradition law enforcement across the nation follows. However, the agency’s policy on the devices won’t bring the same levels of accountability other departments commonly have. The new policy, first reported by […]
President Donald Trump unveils a new strategy to limit birthright citizenship, signing executive orders designed to succeed where his earlier effort failed in court. Plus, Thailand reels from its deadliest school shooting in years, as investigators work to determine what drove a student to carry out the attack. And Mitch McConnell returns home after nearly […]
President Donald Trump is taking another shot at birthright citizenship, signing a pair of executive orders on Thursday designed to succeed where his last attempt failed. The move comes just weeks after the Supreme Court rejected his broader effort to limit automatic U.S. citizenship. What the orders say One targets what he calls “birth tourism”, […]
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said Friday she won’t vote to confirm Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to the role, citing the “weaponization” of the Justice Department and its “slash fund.” Her decision makes for an even narrower vote to confirm Blanche, who needs a simple majority in the Senate to be confirmed. Murkowski shared the […]
