A federal judge has found that a Trump-era rule change that allowed for the logging of old-growth forests in the Pacific Northwest violates several laws.
In response to North Korea's failed launch of a spy satellite last week, the U.S. on Thursday imposed sanctions on two men and a Moscow-registered firm accused of supporting North Korea's ballistic missile program.
Labor drives at iconic companies such as Starbucks and Amazon, plus the Biden administration's pro-union stance and recent polls showing public support for unions on the rise, have created a spark of optimism after decades of eroding influence.
President Biden will award the Medal of Honor for combat heroism to U.S. Army Captain Larry Taylor, who in 1968 Vietnam rescued four soldiers after a plan to save them was scrubbed because it was thought to have almost no chance of success.
Minnesota regulators voted Thursday to proceed with an environmental review for part of a proposed but disputed pipeline network that would carry planet-warming carbon dioxide from Midwest ethanol plants to a permanent underground storage site.