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Fires in the West are becoming ever bigger, consuming. Why and what can be done?
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Venezuelan election could lead to a seismic shift in politics or give President Maduro 6 more years
Venezuelans are voting in a presidential election whose outcome will either lead to a seismic shift in politics or extend by six more years the policies that caused the world’s worst peacetime economi... -
Minnesota prepares for influx of patients from Iowa as abortion ban takes effect
Minnesota medical providers and public officials are preparing for the arrival of new patients before an Iowa law banning most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy goes into effect.
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Two meteor showers will flash across the sky around the same time starting this week
There will be back-to-back meteor showers in late July. The Southern Delta Aquariid meteor shower peaks early Tuesday. And this year, it will coincide with a second smaller meteor shower, the Alpha Ca... -
Edna O'Brien, Irish literary giant who wrote ‘The Country Girls, dies at 93
Edna O’Brien has died at age 93. She was one of the world’s most admired and controversial writers who scandalized her native Ireland with her debut novel, “The Country Girls,” which was censored and ...