The Biden administration is proposing to tighten standards for pollution coming from coal-fired power plants. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Tuesday that it is proposing to strengthen restrictions under the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for the first time in more than a decade. The agency said it will update limits for pollutants, including...

A member of the Central Park Five has taken out a full-page ad in the New York Times as an open letter to former President Donald Trump after he was arraigned on 34 felony counts related to hush money payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election. “Over 30 years ago, Donald...

The Taliban are banning Afghan women from working for the United Nations in the country, the latest curtailment of women’s rights since the group took over Afghanistan in 2021.  Stéphane Dujarric, a spokesperson for U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres, said in a statement on Wednesday that Guterres “strongly condemns” the Taliban’s decision, which violates “inalienable fundamental...

AI is the most disruptive technology since the internet and, almost certainly, more revolutionary.

A North Carolina Democratic state representative announced on Wednesday that she would switch political parties and become a Republican, a move that hands the GOP a veto-proof supermajority in the state House in the middle of the legislative session. State Rep. Tricia Cotham, who represents a Democratic-leaning district in the Charlotte area, formally announced her...

A group of undercover police officers moved to file a lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles and its police department after photos of them were released. The group of 321 Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers filed the governmental claims against Los Angeles and LAPD for negligence, alleging that by releasing their photographs, their...

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley raised over $11 million in fundraising during the first six weeks of her 2024 White House campaign

A lawmaker in North Carolina announced she's leaving the Democratic Party and becoming a Republican, giving the GOP a veto-proof majority in the state legislature.

More than a thousand business leaders, including Elon Musk, wrote an open letter Wednesday to pause new AI developments for six months.

The Air Force is lowering its standards for the acceptable level of body fat among recruits as it tries to draw more members to its ranks.