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Research associate Terry McGlynn works surrounded by taxidermy animals at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles, where researchers are studying bird feathers to determine the effects of wildfire smoke on birds.

Smoke detectors in the sky: Will wildfire affect bird behavior?

Research associate Terry McGlynn works surrounded by taxidermy animals at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles, where researchers are studying bird feathers to determine the effects of wildfire smoke on birds.

March 16, 2025, 6:00am Latest News

LOS ANGELES -- As thick clouds of smoke rolled across Los Angeles in early January, Allison Shultz opened a freezer and took out a stash of pristine white pigeon feathers. Read story

The Emmett and Mamie Till-Mobley House Museum on Feb. 14, 2025. Behind it lies one of the alleys where Blacks in Green is planning a four-block geothermal network.

Clean geothermal energy to heat and cool Chicago homes: ‘An example for the entire country’

The Emmett and Mamie Till-Mobley House Museum on Feb. 14, 2025. Behind it lies one of the alleys where Blacks in Green is planning a four-block geothermal network.

March 16, 2025, 5:57am Nation & World

CHICAGO -- You can heat homes with gas, propane, oil or electricity. Read story

Migrants from Cameroon arrive at a shelter in Panama City, Tuesday, March 11, 2025, following deportation from the U.S., weeks of detention in a Panamanian immigration camp and release on a temporary humanitarian visa allowing a 30-day stay.

They crossed the world to reach the US. Now deported under Trump, they’re stuck in Panama

Migrants from Cameroon arrive at a shelter in Panama City, Tuesday, March 11, 2025, following deportation from the U.S., weeks of detention in a Panamanian immigration camp and release on a temporary humanitarian visa allowing a 30-day stay.

March 15, 2025, 11:30am Latest News

They crossed oceans to get to the U.S., fleeing conflict, religious persecution, poverty and government crackdowns in countries such as Afghanistan, Somalia, Cameroon, China, Pakistan and Iran. Read story

Matt Caldwell, left, a Lubbock Fire Department official, administers a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to Clair May, 61, at the Lubbock Health Department, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, in Lubbock, Texas.

RFK Jr.’s first month as health secretary: Touting French fries and casting doubts on vaccines

Matt Caldwell, left, a Lubbock Fire Department official, administers a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to Clair May, 61, at the Lubbock Health Department, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, in Lubbock, Texas.

March 15, 2025, 6:02am Health

There sat Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s top health official, at a Steak ‘n Shake with Fox News host Sean Hannity, raving about the fries. Read story

In this 2018 photograph, a humpback whale breaches out of the water in the Pacific Ocean in the area off San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties that is becoming the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary.

NOAA’s uncertain future brings tsunami of worry for wildlife, ocean

In this 2018 photograph, a humpback whale breaches out of the water in the Pacific Ocean in the area off San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties that is becoming the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary.

March 15, 2025, 6:00am Nation & World

When the Palisades fire raged and winds whipped ash and debris into the Pacific Ocean, scientists with the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration — already out in boats doing water-quality surveys — quickly gathered tainted saltwater samples, knowing the data would be vital to understand the impacts the wildfires would have… Read story

A Social Security Administration office building is seen Thursday, March 6, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn.

Under Trump, Social Security resumes what it once called ‘clawback cruelty’

A Social Security Administration office building is seen Thursday, March 6, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn.

March 15, 2025, 6:00am Nation & World

A year ago, a new head of Social Security set out to stop the agency from financially devastating many of the people it was meant to help. Read story

FILE - A poster with images of shooting victims from left, Cristina Irimie, Mason Schermerhorn, Richard Aspinwall and Christian Angulo is displayed at a memorial outside Apalachee High School, Sept. 10, 2024, in Winder, Ga.

Red flag laws are increasingly being used to protect gun owners in crisis

FILE - A poster with images of shooting victims from left, Cristina Irimie, Mason Schermerhorn, Richard Aspinwall and Christian Angulo is displayed at a memorial outside Apalachee High School, Sept. 10, 2024, in Winder, Ga.

March 15, 2025, 6:00am Nation & World

NOTE : If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” Read story

A woman looks at products in the aisle of a store as her daughter naps in the shopping cart Dec. 14, 2010, in Waco, Texas.

About 60% of U.S. diet is ultraprocessed foods, but what are they and are they bad for you?

A woman looks at products in the aisle of a store as her daughter naps in the shopping cart Dec. 14, 2010, in Waco, Texas.

March 15, 2025, 5:51am Health

In the Trump administration’s quest to “Make America Healthy Again,” there may be no bigger target than ultraprocessed foods. Read story

People protest the removal of the word ǃútransgenderǃù from the Stonewall National Monument website during a rally outside of The Stonewall Inn on Feb. 14, 2025, in New York City. The National Park Service eliminated references to transgender people from its Stonewall National Monument website on Thursday and now only refers to those who are lesbian, gay and bisexual. Located in New York City’s Greenwich Village neighborhood, the Stonewall Inn became a national monument in 2016 under former President Barack Obama, and was the country’s first national park site dedicated to LGBTQ+ history.

Transgender Americans weigh leaving US over Trump’s policies. Some already have

People protest the removal of the word ǃútransgenderǃù from the Stonewall National Monument website during a rally outside of The Stonewall Inn on Feb. 14, 2025, in New York City. The National Park Service eliminated references to transgender people from its Stonewall National Monument website on Thursday and now only refers to those who are lesbian, gay and bisexual. Located in New York City’s Greenwich Village neighborhood, the Stonewall Inn became a national monument in 2016 under former President Barack Obama, and was the country’s first national park site dedicated to LGBTQ+ history.

March 15, 2025, 5:38am Nation & World

Alexia Nunez presumed “things were going to be pretty bad” for transgender people under President Donald Trump, given his campaign rhetoric, but had decided to stick it out in the U.S. “as long as possible.” Read story

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with a crew of four aboard the Crew Dragon spacecraft, lifts off on a mission to the International Space Station lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, March 14, 2025.

SpaceX launches a new crew to the space station to replace NASA’s stuck astronauts

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with a crew of four aboard the Crew Dragon spacecraft, lifts off on a mission to the International Space Station lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, March 14, 2025.

March 14, 2025, 5:14pm Business

The replacements for NASA’s two stuck astronauts launched to the International Space Station on Friday night, paving the way for the pair’s return after nine long months. Read story