Wildfires latest: 10 confirmed dead as firefighters work to contain blazes in Los Angeles area
The fires have burned more than 10,000 homes and other structures since Tuesday, when they first began popping up around a ...
Biden administration extends temporary status for more than 200,000 from El Salvador for 18 months
The decision is the Biden administration's latest in support of Temporary Protected Status, which he has sharply expanded to cover about 1 million people. TPS faces an uncertain future under Donald ...
How the EPA administrator protects public health, air, water and the environment
Other employees work in centers in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and in laboratories around the country. EPA’s scientists support the agency’s standard-setting work and ...
Trump tax cuts, if made permanent, stand to benefit highest income earners, Treasury analysis shows
For instance, the Treasury’s Office of Tax Analysis estimates that the top 0.1% of earners would get a tax cut of $314,000 ...
In their own words: AP photographers explain how selected images capture warming world
Around the globe, Associated Press photographers in 2024 documented what scientists on Friday said was the hottest year on ...
Brush fire danger 'high' Friday in Connecticut, officials say
All counties are at "high" risk of brush fire on Friday, according to the state Department of Energy and Environmental ...
Ed Sheeran goes back to school to launch new music foundation
Sheeran started writing songs from a young age, after encouragement from a teacher, and says he wants to help plug the gap ...
Funding public schools based on enrollment in the previous year may help keep their budgets more stable, research shows
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Many ‘impact investors’ aren’t fully tracking whether their investments are good for society or the environment − new research
After conducting 124 interviews with impact investors and an experiment with 435 participants, we found that, rather than evaluate impact risk directly, many impact investors presume that they will ...
With more Americans able to access legalized marijuana, fewer are picking up prescriptions for anti-anxiety medications – new research
Marijuana access introduces an alternative treatment to traditional prescription medication that may provide easier access for some patients. Many state medical laws allow patients with mental health ...
Even 1 drink a day elevates your cancer risk – an expert on how alcohol affects the body breaks down a new government report
Alcohol use remains one of the most preventable risk factors for cancer. And even moderate alcohol consumption – one or fewer drinks per day – may elevate cancer risk for some types, such as breast, ...
From anecdotes to AI tools, how doctors make medical decisions is evolving with technology
(THE CONVERSATION) The practice of medicine has undergone an incredible, albeit incomplete, transformation over the past 50 years, moving steadily from a field informed primarily by expert opinion and ...