Across the West, Record Heat Is Colliding With a Snow Drought
Snowpack, a crucial water source for the region, was already scarce after a mild winter. Now, intense heat could make matters worse.
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You’ve Lost Your Health Insurance. It Shouldn’t Have Been a Surprise.
You would think you’d get texts, emails, phone calls and letters if your insurer was about to drop you. But you may be wrong.
President Trump’s Ballroom Architect, Roasting in the Hot Seat
Shalom Baranes, who arrived in the U.S. as a Libyan refugee and went on to renovate the Pentagon, is baffling fellow architects for acceptin…
War’s Gravity
Many countries want nothing to do with the fighting in Iran. They’re being pulled in anyway.
High Gas Prices, Driven Up by the Iran War, Loom Over the Midterms
The war has complicated the Republican message on affordability. Democrats see an opportunity to drive their economic message while tying Pr…
What to Know About Electric Cars When Gas Prices Are Surging
War in Iran has disrupted global oil supplies, which is prompting some car shoppers to look for ways to climb off “the gas-price roller co…
Zelensky Sends Negotiators to the U.S., Hoping to Revive Peace Talks
The Ukrainian president has said he has a “very bad feeling” about the effects of the Iran conflict on Ukraine’s own war.
The Strait of Hormuz Was Supposed to Be Too Big to Fail
But at just 35 miles wide, it did. It’s just the latest evidence of how dependent the global economy is on a handful of choke points.
The Castro on Instagram Who Bumps, Grinds and Takes Trump on a Cuban Joyride
Sandro Castro has drawn scrutiny for his Instagram posts in which he flaunts a life of luxury while using satire to point out the very deter…
After Cosmic Crisp, Scientists Unveil an Apple for the Climate Change Era
Agronomists at Washington State University are unveiling a new apple, the Sunflare, which they say tastes as good as their Cosmic Crisp but …
Vertical Farms Tried to Compete With Open Field Farming. It Isn’t Going Well.
The industry was a darling of the venture capital world 10 years ago. With many farms out of business, the remaining companies have scaled b…
No Pills or Needles, Just Paper: How Deadly Drugs Are Changing
Lab-made drugs soaked into the pages of letters, books and even legal documents are being smuggled behind bars, killing inmates and frustrat…