Global hunger declines while food affordability is on the rise
The report said "the proportion of people who cannot afford a healthy diet remains 'extremely high.'"
California’s salmon fishery reopens after three-year shutdown, but the recovery is fragile
Federal managers cleared a limited, tightly controlled 2026 season and Washington sent $21.3 million in disaster aid, yet drought, hatchery dependence and a warming Pacific still threaten a fish central to coastal economies and tribal life.
How technology is rewriting the way we write
As keyboards and touchscreens replace pens and pencils, the decline of handwriting raises questions about cognition, culture, and creativity.
Trump’s war at home
The administration's ruthless deportation policy is wrecking lives, communities, and the U.S. economy. It may turn out to be a political albatross as well.
US-Iran war intensifies as Trump orders nightly strikes and American casualties mount
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told senators the campaign has already cost $37.5bn and asked for nearly $70bn more, even as oil tops $86 a barrel, allied Gulf states absorb Iranian reprisals, and no ceasefire holds.
ICE officers at fatal Maine shooting had body cameras they couldn’t turn on, sources...
Homeland Security told a U.S. senator there was no footage. Four ICE officials say the agents were wearing camera-equipped devices whose recording function stays switched off under a federal contract.
Trump-backed Andy Biggs wins Arizona GOP governor primary, setting up November clash with Katie...
The former Freedom Caucus chair's landslide nomination hands President Trump another primary win, but a Democratic-leaning midterm environment could complicate the GOP's bid to retake the governor's office in a top battleground state.
Nine months into ceasefire, Israel expands control to nearly 70% of Gaza
Israeli forces have pushed west along a shifting 'yellow line' and a new 'orange zone,' squeezing 2 million Palestinians into a shrinking sliver of the territory.
US measles cases hit 2,260 as vaccine exemptions fuel worst outbreak in decades
With summer travel accelerating transmission and childhood immunization rates sliding, public-health analysts warn the nation is on track to forfeit the measles elimination status it has held since 2000.
Federal court orders EPA to enforce stronger soot pollution limits, rejecting delay
Judge sets a February 2027 deadline for the agency to name communities breathing unhealthy fine-particle pollution, a step advocates say opens the path to cleaner air for tens of millions.