With Abortion and the Border, Arizona Becomes a 2024 Political Hothouse
To see the battle lines over Arizona’s political future, head to a patch of dirt along the Carefree Highway on the edge of Phoenix, where the state’s big ambitions and…
Florida Abortion Ban to Take Effect, Cutting Off Major Access Point
Florida has long played a significant role in the American abortion landscape, with dozens of clinics providing the procedure to tens of thousands of residents a year while also taking…
They Shoot Owls in California, Don’t They?
In the ancient forests of the Pacific Northwest, the northern spotted owl, a rare and fragile subspecies of spotted owl, is being muscled out of its limited habitat by the…
Here’s Where Pro-Palestinian Protests Have Embroiled U.S. Campuses
Police officers and university administrators have clashed with pro-Palestinian protesters on a growing number of college campuses across the country in recent days, arresting students, removing encampments and threatening academic…
Louisiana Will Get a New City After a Yearslong Court Battle
The original plan was to start a school district. That didn’t work. So a group of residents in a sprawling unincorporated suburb of Baton Rouge, La., expanded their idea: Create…
U.S. Lags Behind Other Countries in Hepatitis-C Treatment
In the 10 years since the drugmaker Gilead debuted a revolutionary treatment for hepatitis C, a wave of new therapies have been used to cure millions of people around the…
Tornadoes Sweep Through Nebraska and Iowa, Leveling Buildings
Tornadoes tore through parts of Nebraska and Iowa on Friday, leveling dozens of homes, causing the collapse of an industrial building and injuring at least nine people, extending an outbreak…
Large tornado seen touching down in Nebraska
Severe and powerful storms have moved across several US states, leaving many experiencing power shortages.
What Weinstein’s Overturned Conviction Means for His California Case
The decision by New York’s top court on Thursday to overturn the conviction of Harvey Weinstein on sex crime charges raised many thorny legal questions. Perhaps chief among them: Will…
California college cancels graduation ceremony as protests over Israel’s war in Gaza continue
Chisato Mimura, a law student and protest leader at Yale University in Connecticut, told the BBC that activists were upset at President Joe Biden as well as their school officials…