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Fishers’ boats are docked along the beach next to a new built highway in Gwadar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.

The sea was once a blessing for the Pakistani city of Gwadar. But it’s become a curse

Fishers’ boats are docked along the beach next to a new built highway in Gwadar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.

February 8, 2025, 1:02pm Nation & World

There was a time when few people in the coastal Pakistani city of Gwadar understood what climate change was. After a decade of extreme weather, many more do. Read story

Boeingís Starliner spacecraft is seen docked at the International Space Station.

Watchdog panel’s annual NASA safety report reveals new Boeing Starliner issue, questions viable future

Boeingís Starliner spacecraft is seen docked at the International Space Station.

February 8, 2025, 9:00am Life

The annual watchdog report tasked to gauge NASA safety commended the agency’s handling of last year’s beleaguered Boeing’s Starliner mission, but revealed yet another issue found during the flight and questioned NASA’s needs for the spacecraft in the future. Read story

Slain 6-year-old pageant princess JonBenet Ramsey in 1996.

Police say DNA technology still not good enough to find JonBenet Ramsey’s killer

Slain 6-year-old pageant princess JonBenet Ramsey in 1996.

February 8, 2025, 8:05am Nation & World

It’s been nearly three decades since Atlanta-born child beauty pageant queen JonBenet Ramsey was brutally killed in her Colorado home. Her family now hopes advances in DNA technology can help solve the case soon, but it’s unclear if police have engaged the private companies at the center of the cutting… Read story

FILE - A bald eagle rests on a tree next to Union Bay, Jan. 16, 2024, in Seattle.

American bald eagles are having a moment, ecologically and culturally

FILE - A bald eagle rests on a tree next to Union Bay, Jan. 16, 2024, in Seattle.

February 8, 2025, 6:19am Nation & World

WEST ORANGE, N.J. (AP) — Along the long road from American icon to endangered species and back again, the bald eagle — the national bird of the United States, often seen against a clear blue sky — is having a moment. Read story

FILE - A couple visits murals created to honor the victims of the shootings at Robb Elementary School, Aug. 25, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas.

Little tracking, wide variability permeate the teams tasked with stopping school shootings

FILE - A couple visits murals created to honor the victims of the shootings at Robb Elementary School, Aug. 25, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas.

February 8, 2025, 6:05am Nation & World

Max Schachter wanted to be close to his son Alex on his birthday, July 9, so he watched old videos of him. Read story

An early-morning a kayaker paddles through Colorado River that flows along Needles, separating California and Arizona. The city averaged 103.2 degrees in July, the hottest monthly average temperature in the U.S.

Cancer-causing ‘forever chemicals’ abound throughout the American West, study finds

An early-morning a kayaker paddles through Colorado River that flows along Needles, separating California and Arizona. The city averaged 103.2 degrees in July, the hottest monthly average temperature in the U.S.

February 8, 2025, 6:03am Nation & World

Many water managers have long been stumped on how to best control pesky, cancer-causing “forever chemicals” popping up in samples throughout the country. Read story

Calvin Gorman, 50, left, walks last year near Gallup, N.M., on the way from his job in Gallup to his home in Fort Defiance, Ariz., part of the Navajo Nation. American Indians in Western and Midwestern states had the lowest life expectancy of any group in the country in 2021.

Race and place can contribute to shorter lives, research suggests

Calvin Gorman, 50, left, walks last year near Gallup, N.M., on the way from his job in Gallup to his home in Fort Defiance, Ariz., part of the Navajo Nation. American Indians in Western and Midwestern states had the lowest life expectancy of any group in the country in 2021.

February 8, 2025, 5:57am Health

There’s growing evidence that some American demographic groups need more help than others to live longer, healthier lives. Read story

Elon Musk speaks Jan. 20 at a presidential inauguration event on behalf of President-elect Donald Trump in Washington.

Musk uses X to push Trump priorities

Elon Musk speaks Jan. 20 at a presidential inauguration event on behalf of President-elect Donald Trump in Washington.

February 8, 2025, 5:55am Nation & World

The emergence of X owner Elon Musk as the most influential figure around President Donald Trump has created an extraordinary dynamic — a White House adviser who’s using one of the world’s most powerful information platforms to sell the government’s talking points while intimidating its detractors. Read story

FILE - Smoke lingers over a neighborhood devastated by the Eaton Fire, Jan. 9, 2025, in Altadena, Calif.

Is it safe to breathe in LA? Lawmakers call for federal action to monitor wildfire pollutants

FILE - Smoke lingers over a neighborhood devastated by the Eaton Fire, Jan. 9, 2025, in Altadena, Calif.

February 8, 2025, 5:39am Health

The recent massive wildfires in Los Angeles County destroyed thousands of homes and vehicles, sending toxic chemicals into the air, soil and water — a health threat that a group of lawmakers say is going under-reported and poses serious long-term risks to residents in the L.A. region. Read story

Swea Zamel takes in the damage to her in-laws’ home in the mobile home park Tahitian Terrace in Pacific Palisades on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025.

Mobile homes by the beach: In Pacific Palisades, a middle-class dream is destroyed

Swea Zamel takes in the damage to her in-laws’ home in the mobile home park Tahitian Terrace in Pacific Palisades on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025.

February 8, 2025, 5:32am Nation & World

From Pacific Coast Highway, the mobile home park was mostly hidden by a steep, terraced hillside. Residents — many in their 80s and 90s — felt as if they were in on some great secret of wealthy Pacific Palisades, with their little houses on little rented lots with grand ocean… Read story