Monday, September 28, 2026
Land-surface temperatures around Phoenix during a record heat event. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech (public domain)

US heat deaths run five times higher than official counts, NPR investigation finds

The undercount traces back to how death certificates get written, researchers found, after NOAA confirmed 2026 brought the hottest summer on record.
FBI headquarters in Washington. Families of 9/11 victims are demanding answers about the bureau's investigation of Saudi suspect Omar al-Bayoumi. Photo: User:Aude, via Wikimedia Commons

25 Years After 9/11, Questions About the FBI’s Pursuit of Saudi Suspects in the...

FBI agents quickly identified a Saudi suspect who helped two of the 9/11 hijackers. But families of the victims are demanding to know what happened in the bureau’s investigation of Omar al-Bayoumi.
The California State Capitol, where Governor Gavin Newsom holds the power to commute the sentences of the 564 people on the state's death row. Photo: Andre m, via Wikimedia Commons

Why Newsom Might Commute 564 Death Sentences in CA

More than 560 people still face death sentences in California, despite a longstanding moratorium on executions.
A private jet on the tarmac. Photo: Bidgee/CC BY-SA 3.0 au

Treasury refuses to close private jet tax loophole senators call a giveaway to billionaires

The formula values a flight from New York to Washington at $236, against a fair market cost of up to $5,112
An aerial view of Boulder City and Lake Mead, Nevada. Photo: Doc Searls/CC BY 2.0

Federal panel halts first AI data center approved on US public land

The board found regulators treated an 88.5-acre data center as barely different from the solar farm it was supposed to replace.
The Be'er Sheva District Court, where the indictment was filed. Photo: Zairon/CC BY-SA 4.0

Israeli prosecutors indict 12 prison guards after Palestinian detainee beaten to death

Text messages seized by investigators show guards discussing the beating as it happened
River Street in downtown Troy, New York, whose last remaining hospital tried to close its birthing center. Photo: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0

A NY Hospital Tried To Close Its Birthing Center. This City United To Fight...

The people of Troy, New York, united to challenge a national Catholic health system determined to close the last birthing center in the county.
Industrial poultry sheds in the UK, where the chicken litter these houses produce is now short of a way to be safely disposed of. Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0

A stinking mess: government cuts leave UK facing chicken waste crisis

Closure of litter incineration plants could force tonnes of toxic waste into British waterways
Wetlands in Louisiana. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Trump EPA proposes rule that would strip protection from most US streams and wetlands

Environmental groups say the rule would eliminate protection for most freshwater wetlands nationwide.
New York City Hall. Photo: Kidfly182 / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Mamdani launches nation’s first city office dedicated to worker organizing

City Hall points to CEO pay ratios and outdoor worker risks in laying out what the new agency is meant to address.