Fact-checking RFK Jr.'s claims on vaccines, pesticides at confirmation hearing
Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation hearing on Wednesday to lead the Department of Health and Human Services saw senators question the environmental lawyer about his views on vaccines, abortion, pesticides and
Why experts say California is the best-equipped state to deal with wildfires
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — California has just experienced one of its worst wildfire seasons in years, despite the Golden State’s ample resources to combat the blazes once they spark. The Palisades and Eaton
Climate and environment updates: NASA could help solve mystery of 2024 warming
SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it’s happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes intensified by a warming planet and drought-fueled wildfires are destroying our communities.
Trump hires new lawyers, files notice of appeal for hush money conviction
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Top white shoe law firm Sullivan & Cromwell will represent President Donald Trump as he appeals his criminal hush money conviction in New York, according to court filings Wednesday. The new attorneys
Amid mass deportations, a boat packed with migrants intercepted trying to get into the US
Kevin Carter/Getty Images (SAN DIEGO) — Even as the Trump administration’s mass deportation of undocumented migrants was unfolding, the U.S. Coast Guard announced it had intercepted a boat packed with migrants off the California coast. A 40-foot panga-style boat
Harvey Weinstein begs to get out of Rikers Island 'hell hole' in court
Alec Tabak/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Harvey Weinstein begged a Manhattan judge on Wednesday to put him on trial earlier than planned, saying he isn’t sure he will live until the spring
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump speaks to Trump's DOJ directives
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Officials in the Trump Justice Department have ordered a temporary freeze on any ongoing cases being litigated by the Civil Rights Division, according to a new directive reviewed by ABC News. The memo
Idaho Republican legislators call on SCOTUS to reverse same-sex marriage ruling
Don and Melinda Crawford/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (BOISE, Idaho) — The Idaho House has passed a resolution calling on the Supreme Court to reconsider its 2015 decision on same-sex marriage equality. The court’s Obergefell v. Hodges decision established the
How a new NASA satellite could help solve the global temperature spike mystery
Yasin Baturhan Ergin/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Last year, 2024, was the warmest year on record for the planet, easily breaking the previous record set just a year earlier. Scientists say the unfolding El Niño event superimposed
DOJ, under Trump, moves to drop appeal of classified docs case against his co-defendants
Aaron Schwartz/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice, now under new leadership following Donald Trump’s inauguration, has moved to drop its appeal of the classified documents case that once accused Trump of mishandling some of the