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Father and son smoke shop workers arrested in Mississippi students’ suspected kratom deaths
A father and son working at a Mississippi smoke shop were arrested in connection with the suspected kratom-related deaths of at least two university students.
Ghana bans preaching on buses with jail terms for offenders
Ghana has enacted a law imposing prison sentences of up to eight months and fines for preaching on public buses, a widespread practice in the predominantly Christian nation that some view as religious duty and others as a safety nuisance.
Women given free shorts at Oktoberfest to prevent upskirting
The operator of Munich’s Teufelsrad amusement ride has distributed over 100 free cycling shorts to women during Oktoberfest to prevent upskirting, following thousands of voyeuristic videos circulating online.
Could El Niño mean there are no Atlantic hurricanes this year?
No Atlantic hurricane has formed through September 2026 for the first time in over 30 years, with strong El Niño conditions suppressing activity as the season enters its final two months.
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Gray whales are starving as the Arctic warms. Will the US protect them?
Gray whale populations along the U.S. West Coast have declined by half over the past decade, with scientists attributing the collapse to climate-driven reductions in their Arctic food sources.
‘Forcing a reckoning’: How Asia is preparing for a ‘supersized’ El Niño
Asian governments are preparing for an exceptionally intense El Niño weather event expected to peak later this year and into 2027, with warnings that tens of millions could face acute hunger amid extreme heat, heavy rainfall, and agricultural disruptions.
The fate of the Endangered Species Act rests on 2 simple words
The Trump administration has narrowed interpretations of “harm” and “take” under the Endangered Species Act, allowing incidental killing of protected animals and removing habitat damage protections in changes expected to face legal challenges.
Federal transit cuts could hit rural America hardest
Federal transit funding would decrease under the proposed BUILD America 250 Act, with rural communities and states like Idaho and Maine facing significant reductions in public transportation support.
Has the farm bill hit a dead end?
Congress faces difficulty passing a farm bill this year, marking four consecutive years without renewal. Democratic opposition centers on insufficient SNAP funding restoration following previous budget cuts.
Explainer: How sea level rise poses an ‘existential threat’ to humans, heritage and nature
Rising sea levels are reshaping economies and livelihoods globally, with world leaders adopting a UN declaration recognizing sea level rise as an existential threat affecting 770 million people.
Trump wants to open nearly all national forest trails to dirt bikes and ATVs
The Trump administration plans to reverse Forest Service rules, allowing motorized vehicles on national forest trails unless explicitly closed, replacing the current policy of trails being closed unless designated open.
A clean energy source is buried under the desert, but it takes water to use it
Geothermal energy companies are racing to tap heat beneath Western deserts to power data centers, but the technology requires significant water in an arid region already facing drought challenges.
Offshore wind job training built for a boom is facing down a bust
Offshore wind training programs face uncertain futures as the Trump administration pursues policies aimed at curtailing the emerging industry, leaving workers and educational initiatives questioning their long-term viability.
Simpler, older version of Stonehenge found three miles from famous site
Archaeologists discovered a simpler, earlier version of Stonehenge about 3 miles away, featuring two wooden posts aligned with solar solstices and dating back roughly 5,000 years.
Antarctica’s first ever dinosaur bone discovered in a drawer
Scientists have confirmed that a fossil stored in a drawer for 40 years is Antarctica’s first ever discovered dinosaur bone, a tail vertebra from a Titanosaur dating back 82 million years.
The clues that hint our planet might be heating faster than we realised
Scientists debate whether declining air pollution from clean-air policies is accelerating global warming by removing a cooling effect that previously masked greenhouse gas warming.