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Gas prices were well over $4 a gallon on April 28, 2026, in Brooklyn, N.Y. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Government

What’s in the price of a gallon of gas?

Staff Writer - May 1, 2026

The U.K. Parliament passed legislation in an effort to control spiraling rental costs and reverse rising homelessness rates. Matt Cardy/Getty Image

Government

England’s ‘once in a generation’ housing law takes effect as US housing legislation sits in congressional purgatory

The Iranian closure of the Strait of Hormuz has largely brought oil traffic to a halt, hitting petroleum-exporting countries hard. Asghar Besharati / Getty Images

Government

The US has long used economic coercion to achieve foreign policy goals — the war in Iran shows how that power has declined

State governments have had trouble regulating what crisis pregnancy centers should tell their clients and donors. AP Photo/Mark Zaleski

Government

Supreme Court bolsters donors’ free speech rights in unanimous crisis pregnancy center ruling

The Emiratis are poised to turn their back on their oil cartel buddies. Karim Sahib/AFP via Getty Images

Government

UAE’s OPEC exit has been long in the works – and may mark the beginning of a Gulf realignment

Students at Stanford University, where at least six international students have had their visas revoked in recent days. Ben Margot/AP Photo

Government

International students infuse tens of millions of dollars into local economies...

Staff Writer - April 17, 2025

Sen. Cory Booker speaks to reporters in the Senate Chamber after delivering a record-setting floor speech at the U.S. Capitol on April 1, 2025. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images`

Government

Cory Booker’s long speech offers a strategy for Trump opponents in...

Staff Writer - April 16, 2025

A Southern California Edison employee measures radiation at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station on March 10, 2020. Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images

Government

How and where is nuclear waste stored in the US?

Staff Writer - April 15, 2025

The Epidemic Intelligence Service has produced a cadre of highly trained public health experts over its 74-year history. peterhowell/iStock / Getty Images Plus via Getty Images

Government

How the CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service protects public health at home...

Staff Writer - April 15, 2025

People stand in line to vote in Santa Monica, Calif., on Nov. 5, 2024. Apu Gomes/Getty Images

Government

Citizenship voting requirement in SAVE Act has no basis in the...

Staff Writer - April 12, 2025

Amazon partnered with Dominion Energy to build solar farms in Virginia to power its cloud-computing service. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Government

Companies will still face pressure to manage for climate change, even...

Staff Writer - April 11, 2025

Jared Isaacman, the nominee for next NASA administrator, has traveled to orbit on two commercial space missions. AP Photo/John Raoux

Government

Trump’s nomination for NASA leader boasts business and commercial spaceflight experience...

Staff Writer - April 11, 2025

Filing singly? You’re not alone. Alfexe/Getty Images Plus

Government

Tax Day highlights the costs of single living – but demographics...

Staff Writer - April 10, 2025

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Seagrass has made an unexpected return to Mosquito Lagoon. Captain William B. Wolfson, Grassroots Guide Service, New Smyrna Beach, FL

Environment

Hurricanes devastated Florida’s East Coast – then seagrass made an unexpected comeback

Staff Writer - April 22, 2026

Stephanie Insalaco-Wyner, Southwestern University and Hannah V. Herrero, University of Tennessee Florida’s Indian River Lagoon has been an ecosystem...

A German security guard checks for radiation after the Chernobyl accident in April 1986. Patrick Piel/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

Chernobyl at 40: Secret Stasi files reveal extent of Soviet misinformation...

April 22, 2026

A long-running experiment is testing tree mixes to develop the healthiest forests. Mickey Pullen/Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Don’t just plant trees, plant forests to restore biodiversity for the future

April 21, 2026

People tend to be offended when they get a personal note written by AI – if they know. Ekaterina Buravleva/iStock via Getty Images

Most people do not realize when a personal message they receive...

April 20, 2026

Cannabis plants are seen at Harborside Oakland Dispensary on Aug. 11, 2025, in Oakland, Calif. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Why the future of marijuana legalization remains hazy despite high public support

April 18, 2026