Extreme heat can affect every aspect of modern life, and heat waves aren’t going away. From metal failures to roadways breaking down to air conditioning loads, our warming climate is becoming a larger and larger problem.
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Sixty years ago tomorrow, Martin Luther King's most famous speech, "I Have a Dream," was not written in advance. He gave it off the cuff, in response to inspiration from Mahalia Jackson.
A University of Virginia law professor answers questions about the American bail system and how the bail amounts in the Georgia election interference case reflect that system.
A NASA engineer says, "Geoengineering is not a cure. At best, it’s a Band-Aid or tourniquet; at worst, it could be a self-inflicted wound."
State election officials could themselves, or in response to a petition of a citizen of that state, refuse Trump a place on the 2024 ballot because of the automatic 14th Amendment disqualification.
Based on the extensive scientific evidence presented at the trial the judge found that the Montana youth are being harmed by climate change occurring in Montana.
Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and others "constituted a criminal organization whose members and associates engaged in various related criminal activities," the indictment states.
The fourth charge against Trump—of conspiring against the rights of the voters to cast ballots and have them fairly and honestly counted—comes from a dark time in U.S. history.
X might strike you as a weird brand name, and the change may seem to have happened out of the blue, but Elon Musk has long been smitten with the letter.
The tactics that Ron DeSantis is using to censor the teaching of American history in Florida look a lot like those seen in the illiberal democracies of Israel, Turkey, Russia, Hungary and Poland.
Since we only know about Trump's "target letter" because of his complaints about it on Truth Social, the actual facts of what is in the letter are a matter of speculation.
The kidnapping of Ukrainian children offers a reminder of how Putin and other Russian leaders have historically used children as pawns in international politics.
These observations and new research suggest that Earth’s remaining ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are far more vulnerable to climate warming than models predict.
While the Wagner mutiny was short-lived and its goals unclear, it will have lasting effects—exposing the fragility of Putin’s grip on power and his ability to lead Russia to victory over Ukraine.
As the 2024 election approaches, various far-right candidates are promising pardons for anti-government extremists as a carrot for far-right voters.
There are a few issues that complicate the constitutional mandate that a crime should be prosecuted where it was allegedly committed. One is that a crime may be committed in more than one district.