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Science

Policy changes and burn limits threaten wildfire prevention

It was a rare windless April day in southern Washington and Adam Lieberg was stuck in front of his computer. He was supposed to be burning acres of twigs and pine needles in the forests between the

Health

WHO Declares DRC Ebola Outbreak an International Emergency

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) a public health emergency of international concern on Sunday. However WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

World

Drone Strike Ignites Fire at UAE’s Barakah Nuclear Plant

Authorities say radiation levels remain normal, operations not affected. A drone strike has sparked a fire on the perimeter of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), raising new concerns over a potential new regional escalation amid a fragile ceasefire between Iran and...

U.S. News

Vilseck Fears Impact of Possible U.S. Troop Withdrawal

On his first day as mayor of Vilseck, Bavaria, Thorsten Grädler learned at an introductory press conference that his small town might lose 5,000 U.S. troops under President Trump’s announced cuts. The news, which a journalist relayed to him from a German media report, left Grädler visibly shaken.

Politics

Can Bill Cassidy Survive a Trump-Backed Primary?

BATON ROUGE, La. — Most of the seven Republican senators who voted to convict President Trump after the January 6th insurrection have retired. Not

World

US, Nigeria Say IS Leader Killed in Joint Raid

WASHINGTON — U.S. and Nigerian forces killed a leader of the Islamic State group in Nigeria in a mission carried out Friday, U.S. President

Politics

Supreme Court Blocks Virginia’s New Congressional Map

The U.S. Supreme Court refused Friday to allow Virginia to use a new congressional map that favored Democrats in all but one of the state's U.S. House seats. The map was a key part of Democrats' effort to counter the Republican