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A new study from USC scientists reveals the EarthǃÙs inner core is undergoing structural transformation.

Earth’s inner core isn’t just slowing, it’s also shape-shifting, study finds

A new study from USC scientists reveals the EarthǃÙs inner core is undergoing structural transformation.

February 16, 2025, 6:00am Life

USC scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery about the nature of the Earth’s enigmatic inner core, revealing for the first time that this 1,500-mile-wide ball of iron and nickel is changing. Read story

A Mexican long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris nivalis) feeds on agave nectar in Nuevo León, Mexico, in July 2022.

Arizona has added an endangered bat to the list of night-flying creatures that frequent the state

A Mexican long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris nivalis) feeds on agave nectar in Nuevo León, Mexico, in July 2022.

February 16, 2025, 6:00am Life

Scientists have long suspected that Mexican long-nosed bats migrate through southeastern Arizona, but without capturing and measuring the night-flying creatures, proof has been elusive. Read story

A message reading, “Bless This House,” is seen on the remains of a home destroyed by the Palisades Fire, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C.

Fires and floods are eviscerating US communities, intensifying the housing crisis

A message reading, “Bless This House,” is seen on the remains of a home destroyed by the Palisades Fire, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C.

February 16, 2025, 6:00am Latest News

After nearly a month, the Eaton and Palisades wildfires that ravaged California have been contained. But for Southern California and state agencies, another challenge lies ahead: helping people find homes. Read story

FILE—A Joshua tree is silhouetted in front of the Bobcat Fire at sunset Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020, in Juniper Hills, Calif.

Mysterious land purchases within Joshua Tree National Park worry locals, environmentalists

FILE—A Joshua tree is silhouetted in front of the Bobcat Fire at sunset Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020, in Juniper Hills, Calif.

February 16, 2025, 5:59am Nation & World

JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — The vistas are sprawling and unspoiled. Mountains rim blue-sky horizons, and scrub brush scattered across the rocky desert hills sustain mule deer, bighorn sheep and other wildlife. Read story

Amnesty International details gruesome impact of gang violence on children in Haiti

February 16, 2025, 5:22am Nation & World

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Haiti’s children are increasingly caught in the crossfire of gang violence, forced to carry weapons, spy on police and rival gangs and run errands for gunmen, according to a report released Wednesday by Amnesty International. Read story

Displaced Syrian children play outside the Sarmada Health Center, which is now closed due to the suspension of U.S. support for several organizations in northwestern Syria, in Sarmada district, north of Idlib city, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025.

Trump’s foreign aid freeze forces health clinics in a vulnerable region of Syria to close

Displaced Syrian children play outside the Sarmada Health Center, which is now closed due to the suspension of U.S. support for several organizations in northwestern Syria, in Sarmada district, north of Idlib city, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025.

February 15, 2025, 4:00pm Nation & World

In the town of Sarmada in northern Syria, Dr. Mohammad Fares unlocked a clinic that once bustled with patients. Now it's empty, and shelves of medicine reduced to a few boxes of bandages and expired drugs. Read story

Maickeliys Rodriguez, 6, of Venezuela, right, cringes as her mother Margelis instructs her to eat breakfast Feb. 1 at the migrant shelter they are staying at in Tijuana, Mexico.

Migrants stranded in Mexico try to restart life after Trump eliminates legal pathway to US

Maickeliys Rodriguez, 6, of Venezuela, right, cringes as her mother Margelis instructs her to eat breakfast Feb. 1 at the migrant shelter they are staying at in Tijuana, Mexico.

February 15, 2025, 11:00am Nation & World

Margelis Rodriguez and her two children took selfies on their flight to Tijuana, showing off the T-shirts she had custom-made to mark what she expected to be her family’s life-changing moment. Read story

FILE - A lone home stands among residences levelled by the Eaton Fire in Altadena, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025.

Trump wants states to handle disasters without FEMA. They say they can’t

FILE - A lone home stands among residences levelled by the Eaton Fire in Altadena, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025.

February 15, 2025, 6:02am Nation & World

State and local emergency managers are facing a serious question in the wake of President Donald Trump’s first few weeks in office: When disaster strikes, will they be able to count on the federal government? Read story

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks on the phone with Taisia Leonova, a girl from Moscow region, as part of the Christmas tree of wishes nationwide charity campaign, fulfilling children’s Christmas wishes, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024.

Putin assembles team of heavyweights to negotiate Ukraine deal

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks on the phone with Taisia Leonova, a girl from Moscow region, as part of the Christmas tree of wishes nationwide charity campaign, fulfilling children’s Christmas wishes, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024.

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

Vladimir Putin is assembling a heavyweight team with decades of experience in high-stakes negotiations to face off against U.S. President Donald Trump’s representatives for a deal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine. Read story

A cat poses for a picture in London, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025.

House cats with bird flu could pose a risk to public health

A cat poses for a picture in London, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025.

February 15, 2025, 6:00am Health

More than 80 domestic cats, among many other types of mammals, have been confirmed to have had bird flu since 2022 — generally barn cats that lived on dairy farms, as well as feral cats and pets that spend time outdoors and likely caught it by hunting diseased rodents or… Read story