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Climate activism has intensified in the past few years as the planet warms to dangerous levels, igniting more extreme heat, floods, storms and wildfires around the world.
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A digital platform where college athletes can alert their administrations anonymously to improper or illegal conduct by coaches, teammates or others is expanding to allow them to report suspected gambling activity.
Stocks that are trading heavily or have substantial price changes on Monday: 3M, Boston Scientific rise; Abcam, NovoCure fall.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will call on lawmakers to pass legislation proactively protecting key provisions in the Affordable Care Act during a speech Wednesday where she’ll outline her legislative priorities for the second half of the year.
Florida officials are warning drivers of “potentially widespread fuel contamination” impacting gas stations across the state’s west coast as residents brace for Tropical Storm Idalia’s expected landfall later this week.
A new study says Alexa, Siri and other voice assistants could do a better job giving instructions on CPR to help bystanders respond in emergencies.
American Airlines is drawing the largest fine ever keeping passengers on delayed flights without giving them a chance to leave the plane. The U.S.
Germany’s rail workers will not go on open-ended strikes after less than 50% of union members voted for all-out strike action.
Gamblers lost over $400 million at the Forest County Potawatomi casino in Milwaukee over the last fiscal year. That’s more than they lost the previous year.
Iran has summoned a Swiss diplomat over the apparent U.S. seizure of Iranian crude oil from a ship that sat for months off Texas.
Britain’s air traffic control system says it has fixed a “technical issue” that caused heavy delays and cancellations.
China will no longer require a negative COVID-19 test result for incoming travelers, a milestone in its reopening to the rest of the world after an isolation that began with the country’s borders closing in 2020.
On Tuesday, the government reports on job openings for July; Pet food and supplies company Chewy reports financial results on Wednesday; On Friday, the Labor Department releases its August jobs report.
In the forest-covered mountains of Mexico City a brigade of farmers and forest rangers plant inches-high pine saplings in a recently cut stand of trees, even as the sound of chainsaws rings out nearby.
Stocks are rising on Wall Street as markets shift their attention from the Federal Reserve to more corporate earnings and economic reports.
Terry Gou, the founder of Apple supplier Foxconn, plans to run as an independent in Taiwan’s presidential election next year, ending months of speculation.
“Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story” and “Barbie” are in a dead heat for the box-office crown, with the video game adaptation just edging Greta Gerwig’s pop sensation, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The sound of treated radioactive water flowing to an underground pool could be heard as media toured Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo is the latest member of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet to visit China as his administration tries to mend the deteriorating ties between the world’s two largest economies.
Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have resumed their years-long negotiations over the controversial dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile River’s main tributary.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says his country’s role as the G20 host this year would focus on highlighting the concerns of the developing world, and has proposed the African Union to become permanent members of the forum.
