UNEP: World will Exceed 1.5º C., Bringing Catastrophes and Unknowable Risks
UNEP's own modeling now points to a peak above the treaty limit, not a gradual approach to it.
Federal panel halts first data center planned for US public land
The board found regulators reused a three-year-old environmental review written for a solar plant, never studying the data center's own effect on water, power or a threatened desert tortoise.
150 groups back think tank targeted by Trump’s $5 billion lawsuit threat
Trump's attorney gave the nonprofit four days to retract a report finding no crime-reduction effect from military deployments, or face a lawsuit seeking $5 billion in damages.
Shanghai Cooperation Org. Roundly Condemns War on Iran
A bloc representing 40 percent of the world's population, from Russia and China to India and Pakistan, jointly denounced the US and Israeli strikes on Iran at a summit in Kyrgyzstan.
California could soon end child marriage after years of debate
Before the new ban passed, California didn't even have a minimum age for marriage — unlike most other states.
New Mail Voting Rules Moved Forward Despite USPS Officials’ Concerns About Mass Disenfranchisement
In internal meetings, officials worried the rules they were drafting could delay or block ballots from reaching large swaths of eligible voters for the upcoming midterms.
DHS video shows shackled Haitians boarding deportation flight, days after TPS ends
A Miami archbishop who has lobbied Washington for Haitian migrants says the country is still "a house on fire," a week after a gang massacre in Port-au-Prince killed dozens.
House Democrats demand ICE cancel $16.7 million contract for electric shock gloves
Fifty House Democrats and sixteen senators say the devices leave no visible mark, and point to a Kentucky man who died after being shocked with similar gloves by corrections officers.
Plaguing the Americas with Misery in the Name of Liberty
From the January invasion of Venezuela to a $20 billion bailout for Argentina's Milei, the authors trace how Washington's money, military and media reach are driving a rightward turn across Latin America.
Tina wanted another baby. She also needed an abortion. Texas made both harder.
She endured eight hysteroscopies and years of IVF, turning to surrogacy to grow her family. When she unexpectedly became pregnant herself, the state's abortion ban made her next decision far more complicated.