Hurricane Beryl is nearing Jamaica as a Category 4 storm, and forecast to make landfall on Wednesday. Officials there have declared a “major disaster area” and implemented an island-wide curfew. (Image credit: Joe Raedle) Read More
Anyone who shops or uses the internet probably has encountered a TikTok trend, whether they know it or notRead More
To save West Coast spotted owls, US officials plan to use trained shooters to kill hundreds of thousands of barred owlsRead More
U.S. wildlife officials are embracing a contentious plan to deploy trained shooters into dense West Coast forests to kill almost a half-million barred owls in coming decadesRead More
Biden’s bad week gets worse. Texas Rep. Lloyd Doggett is the first House Democrat to publicly call for him to withdraw his reelection bid. Plus, NASA says Boeing’s Starliner can’t come home (yet). Read More
The Supreme Court will hear a case on gender-affirming care in the next term after a flurry of legislation. Lower courts have come to conflicting conclusions when these bans were challenged. Read More
TikTok and its bite-sized videos arrived in the United States as a global version of the Chinese app DouyinRead More
Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Texas is the first congressional Democrat to publicly call for President Biden to withdraw from his reelection bid after last week’s poor debate performance. Read More
The ruling on presidential immunity vastly expands the power of a sitting president. NPR’s Steve Inskeep talks to Will Scharf, an attorney who represented former President Trump in his immunity case. Read More
Clark and Reese developed a rivalry after facing off in the 2023 NCAA women’s basketball championship, and have played against each other since they both were drafted to the WNBA earlier this year. (Image credit: Charles Rex Arbogast) Read More