A Sea Star “Baby Boom” Offers Hope After Disease Devastated Pacific Tide Pools
Sea stars along the West Coast are showing signs of a surprising recovery more than a decade after a devastating disease nearly wiped them out. Biologists studying tide pools in Oregon and other parts of the Pacific Coast are seeing a new wave of young sea stars, raising hopes that some populations may be rebounding […]
Dozens of Immigrant Families Re-Separated Under Trump’s Renewed Deportation Push
The Trump administration has separated dozens of immigrant children from their parents for a second time, despite legal protections created after the first family-separation crisis. Families previously separated under Trump’s 2018 border policy are again being pulled apart through arrests, deportations and immigration enforcement actions during Trump’s second term. The findings show that one of […]
AI Job Fears Move From Theory to Politics as Washington Searches for Worker Protections
Artificial intelligence is no longer just a technology story. It is becoming a major political and economic fight over jobs, wages, worker power and who benefits from automation. As companies move faster to adopt AI, lawmakers are trying to understand whether the technology will create new opportunities, eliminate millions of jobs, or do both at […]
Wildfire Smoke Is Reversing Years of U.S. Progress on Cleaner Air
Worsening wildfires are reversing more than a decade of U.S. progress in reducing smog, making the air dirtier and more dangerous for millions of Americans. National ground-level ozone pollution fell sharply from 2003 to 2015 because of stricter regulations on power plants, cars and diesel engines. But since 2015, larger and more frequent wildfires have […]
From 8 Buses a Day to Building a Million-Dollar Brand: The Rise of “The Millionaire Nanny” Mila Markson
Brazilian-born entrepreneur and digital creator Camila Markson, widely known online as “Mila Markson” and “The Millionaire Nanny,” is proving that success does not require a perfect résumé, connections, or a traditional path. After arriving in the United States in 2016 with less than $1,000 to her name, Markson transformed her life from struggling nanny to […]
White House Moves Toward AI Oversight With 30-Day Review of Frontier Systems
President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order aimed at increasing federal oversight of the most powerful artificial intelligence systems before they are released to the public. The order asks AI companies to give the administration access to advanced models 30 days before public release, allowing government officials to examine potential national-security and cybersecurity […]
Iranian Drones Hit Kuwait Airport, Killing One and Testing Fragile Ceasefire
Kuwait says Iranian drones struck its main airport, killing one person, wounding dozens and briefly shutting down air operations, in another dangerous test of the fragile ceasefire between Iran and the United States. The attack heavily damaged a passenger terminal at Kuwait International Airport and showed that Gulf countries once seen as safer havens are […]
Trump Funding Cuts Will Shut Down Key Ocean Sensors and End a Critical Climate Record
A major U.S. ocean monitoring system is being dismantled after federal funding cuts, threatening to erase one of the most valuable real-time climate and ocean data records in the country. Scientists are preparing to remove a research buoy from deep in the Pacific off the Oregon coast, beginning the shutdown of a large part of […]
Farmers Face New Solar Limits as Congress Moves to Protect Cropland From Renewable Development
A provision in the new U.S. farm bill could make it harder to build solar projects on farmland, creating a new clash between renewable energy expansion and agricultural protection. The proposal would restrict the use of certain federal funds for solar developments on prime farmland, raising concerns among clean-energy advocates, farmers, and rural communities that […]
Financial Adulthood Feels Out of Reach for Gen Z and Millennials Facing High Prices and Low Wages
Many young Americans are struggling to reach financial independence as the cost of living rises faster than their wages, leaving them stuck between work, debt, rent, family support and uncertainty about the future. Young adults are entering adulthood in an economy that looks stable in some headline numbers but feels deeply unaffordable in daily life. […]
