Two large wildfires were burning on Sunday near Greece’s capital of Athens, and authorities sent emergency messages for some residents to evacuate the area and others to stay at home and close their windows to protect themselves from smoke. The first blaze, south east of Athens, began in early afternoon. Local authorities said it burned […]
Concentrations of ozone-damaging aluminum oxides in Earth’s atmosphere could increase by 650% in the coming decades due to a rise in the number of defunct satellites burning up during reentry, a first-of-a-kind study has found. And, as satellite megaconstellations continue to pique the interests of private companies, this could be pretty bad news for our […]
Severe flooding in the Midwest has left at least two people dead as heavy rains caused a bridge to collapse, a historic dam to be on the brink of failure and an entire town to be cut off by floodwaters. More than 3 million people from Nebraska to Minnesota have been affected by the days-long […]
Last week, on a blistering day in Delhi, Kavya Mukhija travelled for hours to take a crucial government-run exam for entry-level teaching positions at Indian universities. The 25-year-old freelance researcher and disability activist uses a wheelchair as she has a rare congenital condition of stiff joints and found the exam centre difficult to access. The […]
Even if the U.S. avoids some of the worst-case scenarios, ballooning debt and the cost of servicing it could eventually slow economic growth and make the burden unsustainable, according to a former International Monetary Fund official. Debt held by the public, or the amount the U.S. owes to outside lenders after borrowing on financial markets, […]
Roxanne Perret, an organizer with People Power for Florida, registers Mark Wendell to vote at a May festival in Orlando, Florida. Third-party voter registration groups have been threatened with fines and workers with jail time if they violate new state laws. (Matt Vasilogambros/Stateline) ORLANDO, Florida — On a sticky Sunday afternoon in late May, Mark […]
California Democrats are facing blowback from Republicans over amendments to a package of retail theft bills that would void them if voters approve a ballot measure changing portions of Proposition 47. Assembly Republican leader James Gallagher of Yuba City and Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones of San Diego on Thursday sent a letter to Assembly […]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Sweden’s defense chief has expressed alarm over Beijing’s repeated dangerous maneuvers against Philippine vessels in the South China Sea, saying such actions threaten security, undermine stability and underscore the need to invest “for our security and freedom.” Defense Minister Pål Jonson spoke Thursday night in a diplomatic reception in Manila for […]
Sixty years ago in May, President Lyndon Johnson stood before a crowd of graduates and parents at the University of Michigan’s commencement and outlined a vision for a Great Society. He mentioned many policies that would later become part of LBJ’s War on Poverty, but most importantly, he stressed that “our society will not be […]
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump and attorneys general from 18 states in amicus briefs filed to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday urged that Trump be granted blanket immunity, reversing a lower court ruling. Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom. As the U. S. Supreme Court ponders whether to grant immunity to former President Trump […]
Eight U.S. Republican senators, including Florida’s Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, say they won’t vote to confirm any of President Joe Biden’s nominations for federal judges in retaliation for a New York jury finding Donald Trump guilty of falsifying business records to hide hush-money payments to a porn star. Their declaration, issued Friday after the […]
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — El Paso Police and Crime Stoppers of El Paso want your help in finding two men who threatened a bar employee with a rifle during a robbery attempt last month in South-Central El Paso. This is this week’s featured “Crime of the Week.” Shortly before 3 a.m. on Saturday, May […]