Supreme Court Rejects Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the Biden administration had overstepped its authority with its plan to wipe out more than $400 billion in...
Supreme Court Backs Web Designer Opposed to Same-Sex Marriage
The Supreme Court sided on Friday with a web designer in Colorado who said she had a First Amendment right to refuse to design wedding...
Two California Companies Will Soon Sell Lab-Grown Meat
Upside, which has facilities in Berkeley and Emeryville, has partnered with the chef Dominique Crenn, who will begin to serve the company’s lab-grown chicken at...
U.S. Air Quality: Wildfire Smoke Lingers in Midwest and Northeast
Air quality remained poor in the Northeast on Friday, but conditions were improving across much of the Midwest as rain and winds from the west...
Group Accuses Ukraine of Using Prohibited Land Mines
Ukrainian soldiers fired artillery rockets containing antipersonnel land mines into a Russian-controlled area of eastern Ukraine last year in apparent violation of international agreements banning...
11 Have Died in Rip Currents Along the Gulf Coast. Here’s How to Escape One.
At least 11 people have drowned after getting caught in rip currents that have been wreaking havoc along the Gulf of Mexico coastline in recent...
Heat Forecast: Temperatures Set to Rise in California as Southern U.S. Stews
When forecasters predicted that oppressive heat would settle over much of the South for days this month, one of the first thoughts for staff members at the...
Ex-Social Worker, 32, Pretended to Be a Boston High School Student, Police Say
At English High School, she went by Ellie. At Jeremiah E. Burke High School, she introduced herself as Daniella. But the authorities have now learned...
Why Does the Wildfire Smoke Sometimes Smell Like Burning Plastic?
As wildfire smoke continued to cloak parts of the United States and Canada, some residents reported that they smelled a burning campfire. But other residents...
Texas Reports Heat-Related Deaths, but the True Toll Could Take Weeks
The weekend is expected to bring some relief to parts of the South that have been smothered by a broiling heat wave. But the death...
TDI Towing in Philadelphia Charged in Catalytic Converter Scheme
A Philadelphia towing company has been charged with buying millions of dollars’ worth of stolen catalytic converters from a network of thieves over three years...
Pence Meets With Zelensky in Ukraine, Highlighting G.O.P. Split Over War
Former Vice President Mike Pence made an unannounced visit to Ukraine on Thursday, a detour from the presidential campaign trail that was intended to highlight...
Jury Acquits Scot Peterson, Deputy Who Failed to Confront Parkland Gunman
A former Florida sheriff’s deputy who failed to confront the gunman at a Parkland high school five years ago, and instead backed away from the...
Canadian Wildfires Have Mobilized Firefighters Across the World
Jon Blackstone, a forest ranger from Maine, who is working as a firefighter battling wildfires in northern Quebec, is happy he paid some attention during...