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Leaders attend the 45th Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in Kuwait City, Kuwait on Dec.01, 2024. Amiri Diwan of Kuwait/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images

Politics

Gulf state cooperation has long been shaped by the threat of Iran − but shows of unity belie division

Staff Writer - May 4, 2026

Barbed wire surrounds the GEO Group ICE detention facility in Adelanto, Calif. on July 10, 2025. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

Politics

When immigration detention becomes a system of concentration: Lessons from research on 150 historical cases

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

Politics

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

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

Politics

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

Politics

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

Will Larry Krasner, right, win a third term? Or will fellow Democrat Pat Dugan replace him? Jessica Griffin/The Philadelphia Inquirer, left, and AP/Matt Rourke, right, via AP Photo

Politics

Philadelphians will soon choose their next district attorney − so what...

Staff Writer - May 8, 2025

Piles of rare earth oxides praseodymium, cerium, lanthanum, neodymium, samarium and gadolinium. Peggy Greb/USDA-ARS

Business

How the US can mine its own critical minerals − without...

Staff Writer - May 6, 2025

Mike Waltz speaks with reporters in the press room at the White House on Feb. 20, 2025. AP Photo/Alex Brandon

Politics

National security advisers manage decision-making as advocates or honest brokers

Staff Writer - May 5, 2025

U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, center, introduces Russian and Japanese delegates during negotiations at the Portsmouth Peace Conference in Kittery, Maine, in August 1905. Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Politics

When presidents try to make peace: What Trump could learn from...

Staff Writer - May 4, 2025

Young Montanans, including Rikki Held, center, sued their state government and won a key ruling forcing the state government to consider greenhouse gas emissions when reviewing proposed development projects. William Campbell/Getty Images

Politics

Despite Supreme Court setback, children’s lawsuits against climate change continue

Staff Writer - May 4, 2025

The Women’s Health Initiative investigated the risks and benefits of menopausal hormone therapy. Kohei Hara/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Politics

The Women’s Health Initiative has shaped women’s health for over 30...

Staff Writer - May 3, 2025

Lots of presidents have said things they regret. Or most of them have. Carol Yepes/Getty Images

Politics

What is the biggest gaffe, blooper or blunder that a recent...

Staff Writer - May 3, 2025

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at an April 16, 2025, news conference in Washington, D.C. Alex Wong via Getty Images

Politics

What causes RFK Jr.’s strained and shaky voice? A neurologist explains...

Staff Writer - May 1, 2025

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EXPLORING NATURE

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