• Carbon dioxide, methane levels in the atmosphere hit record highs last year

    Carbon dioxide, methane levels in the atmosphere hit record highs last year

    Apr 08, 2024 05:10 PM EDT

    ... atmosphere, comes from agriculture, burning of fuels, manure and industrial processes, according to the EPA. “As these numbers show we still have a lot of work to do to make meaningful progress in reducing the amount of greenhouse gases accumulating in the atmosphere,” NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory Director Vanda Grubisic ...

  • Can women's college basketball sustain its historic rise in viewership?

    Can women's college basketball sustain its historic rise in viewership?

    Apr 03, 2024 10:20 PM EDT

    John Yang: And beyond college basketball, are we seeing this shift in women's professional soccer and in other sports? Is it too early to say that we sort of crossed a threshold now? Nicole Auerbach: I think we have crossed a threshold. I mean, I noticed it anecdotally among ...

  • House Republicans invite President Biden to testify at public hearing as impeachment inquiry stalls

    House Republicans invite President Biden to testify at public hearing as impeachment inquiry stalls

    Mar 28, 2024 09:46 PM EDT

    ... to go forward with an actual impeachment. Nonetheless, leaders of the effort, including Comer are facing growing political pressure to deliver something after months of work investigating the Biden family and its web of international business transactions. The White House has repeatedly called the inquiry baseless, telling Republicans to “move ...

  • International team of doctors visiting a Gaza hospital are stunned by the war's toll on Palestinian children

    International team of doctors visiting a Gaza hospital are stunned by the war's toll on Palestinian children

    Mar 28, 2024 05:59 PM EDT

    “I spend most of my time here resuscitating children,” Haj-Hassan said after a recent shift. “What does that tell you about every other hospital in the Gaza Strip?” A different team of international doctors working at Al-Aqsa Martyrs in January stayed at a nearby guesthouse. But because ...

  • Immigrant workers face routine injuries, lack of protections on U.S. dairy farms

    Immigrant workers face routine injuries, lack of protections on U.S. dairy farms

    Mar 23, 2024 09:35 PM EDT

    ... what sort of an average day is like for these workers? Melissa Sanchez: The days are pretty wild. One thing to know is that workers work 60 to 80 hours a week kind of on a regular basis. And the shifts are scattered. They might start a shift from 4 ...

  • White House adviser discusses Biden's plans to counter spiking cost of housing

    White House adviser discusses Biden's plans to counter spiking cost of housing

    Mar 19, 2024 10:35 PM EDT

    ... stock. And the president talked about it in the State of the Union. There's a $20 billion proposal in the president's budget to work with state, local authorities, and other key stakeholders to build more affordable housing. We need more supply. There are already 1.7 million homes ...

  • The NYPD is using social media to target critics

    The NYPD is using social media to target critics

    Mar 08, 2024 11:19 PM EDT

    ... a concerted effort by the nation’s largest police force to engage the public and influence policy through a more aggressive online presence. The strategic shift has brought criticism from former NYPD officials and civil liberties groups who say police leaders shouldn’t use public resources to advance their own ...

  • RNC votes to install Trump's handpicked chair as the former president tightens control of the party

    RNC votes to install Trump's handpicked chair as the former president tightens control of the party

    Mar 08, 2024 07:47 PM EDT

    ... is secure, something her father-in-law has made a chief focus. In her speech Friday, Lara Trump declared: “I’m ready to get to work.” “The goal on Nov. 5 is to win, as my father-in-law says, ‘bigly,’” she said. In some ways, Trump’s GOP takeover ...

  • Texas Panhandle wildfire now the largest in state history

    Texas Panhandle wildfire now the largest in state history

    Feb 29, 2024 04:25 PM EDT

    ... counties. The encroaching flames caused the main facility that disassembles America’s nuclear arsenal to pause operations Tuesday night, but it was open for normal work Wednesday. Hemphill County Emergency Management Coordinator Bill Kendall described the charred terrain as being “like a moonscape. ... It's just all gone.” Kendall said ...

  • Firefighters try to tame Texas wildfires before hot, windy weekend

    Firefighters try to tame Texas wildfires before hot, windy weekend

    Feb 29, 2024 02:42 PM EDT

    Republican Gov. Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration for 60 counties. The encroaching flames caused the main facility that disassembles America’s nuclear arsenal to pause operations Tuesday night, but it was open for normal work Wednesday. Hemphill County Emergency Management Coordinator Bill Kendall described the charred terrain as being ...