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The silhouettes of the container cranes in the Port of Balboa in Panama City on Feb. 24, 2026. Martin Bernetti/ AFP via Getty Images

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Far from random, China’s global port network is clustering near the world’s riskiest trade routes

Staff Writer - March 4, 2026

A banner reading, ‘Regrettably, Putin did not die today. We are waiting …’ hangs in the City Garden of Odesa, Ukraine, on April 1, 2023. Viacheslav Onyshchenko/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images News

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Front lines of humor: Dark humor voices Ukrainians’ hopes for victory

Javon Jackson, center, was able to register to vote following passage of a 2019 Nevada law that restored voting rights to formerly incarcerated individuals. AP Photo/John Locher

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The nation is missing millions of voters due to lack of rights for former felons

Anti-trans bills effectively restrict transgender people’s ability to participate fully in society. AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson

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Kansas revoked transgender people’s IDs overnight – researchers anticipate cascading health and social consequences

A group of demonstrators in Tehran wave Iranian flags in support of the government on Feb. 28, 2026. AP Photo/Vahid Salemi

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Despite massive US attack and death of ayatollah, regime change in Iran is unlikely

A baby orangutan was seized by Thai police in an anti-trafficking operation in May 2025. Thai police Central Investigation Bureau via AP

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New technologies are stepping up the global fight against wildlife trafficking

Staff Writer - February 8, 2026

Violent immigration enforcement in Minneapolis has drawn protests nationwide. Congress has yet to investigate, but hearings may be inevitable at this point. AP Photo/Adam Gray

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Congress has exercised minimal oversight over ICE, but that might change

Staff Writer - February 4, 2026

President Donald Trump attends the premiere of the ‘Melania’ documentary at the Kennedy Center on Jan. 29, 2026. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

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Trump wants to shutter the Kennedy Center for 2 years –...

Staff Writer - February 4, 2026

Trucks leave a smoggy Port of Long Beach in 2008, the year before the endangerment finding was released. Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

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Trump’s climate policy rollback plan relies on EPA rescinding its 2009...

Staff Writer - February 2, 2026

U.S. Border Patrol agents stand guard at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Minn., on Jan. 8, 2026. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images

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I’m a former FBI agent who studies policing, and here’s how...

Staff Writer - February 1, 2026

Kevin Warsh has been tapped by Donald Trump to lead the Federal Reserve. AP Photo/Alastair Grant

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3 things to know about Kevin Warsh, Trump’s nod for Fed chair

Staff Writer - January 31, 2026

The U.S.-WHO collaboration has been critical in the country’s response to mpox, shown here, as well as Ebola, Marburg, flu and COVID-19. Uma Shankar sharma/Moment via Getty Images

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US exit from the World Health Organization marks a new era...

Staff Writer - January 31, 2026

In Detroit, Mich., volunteers with the Detroit People’s Assembly put together whistle kits designed to alert the community when immigration agents are nearby. Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

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Anti-ICE protesters are following same nonviolent playbook used by people in...

Staff Writer - January 30, 2026

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Coffee farming is critical to the economies of several African countries. Wang Guansen/Xinhua via Getty Images

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Coffee crops are dying from a fungus with species-jumping genes –...

Staff Writer - February 17, 2026

Lily Peck, University of California, Los Angeles For anyone who relies on coffee to start their day, coffee wilt...

Warmer winters in normally snowy places can interfere with the important activities of microbes in the soil. Seogi/500px via Getty Images

Warming winters are disrupting the hidden world of fungi – the...

February 17, 2026

Rising global temperatures are increasing the risk of heat stroke on hot days, among many other human harms. Ronda Churchill/AFP via Getty Images

Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...

February 12, 2026

Portland cement, widely used for concrete, is responsible for about 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Photovs/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Polymers from earth can make cement more climate-friendly

February 12, 2026

There is still a great deal unknown about RNA and its modifications. Christoph Burgstedt/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

RNA is key to the dark matter of the genome −...

February 10, 2026