Border Agents Caught Posting Racist, Sexist Messages About Migrants & AOC in Secret Facebook...
Customs and Border Protection has opened an investigation into the posting of racist and xenophobic messages by current and former Border Patrol agents on a private Facebook group. More than 9,500...
100’s shut down San Francisco streets to protest migrant camps
Several hundred people shut down a busy intersection Tuesday in San Francisco, calling on the Trump administration to close detention facilities along the southern border where hundreds of children are being...
Earliest evidence for cannabis smoking discovered in ancient tombs
Traces of potent pot were identified in 2,500-year-old wooden artifacts buried with people who lived along the Silk Road in China.
The earliest direct evidence for human consumption of cannabis as a...
Earth’s Freshwater Future: Extremes of Flood and Drought
By Ellen Gray, NASA's Earth Science News Team,
and Jessica Merzdorf, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
This article is part of a series that explores areas of NASA research into Earth's freshwater and...
This 40,000-Year-Old Wolf Head Was Found in Siberian Permafrost
The severed head of a wolf that lived in Siberia roughly 40,000 years ago has been recovered in an astonishingly intact state, according to the Siberian Times.
Because the head was buried...
The 25 Most Beautiful Places on Earth
The world is full of many stunning and surreal destinations. There are a number of places on this earth where you have to stop and pinch yourself when you visit. However,...
New York City Whale Sightings Jump From Just Five to 272
Reuters / David Gray
Whale sightings in New York City have seen an incredible rise over this decade, starting at just five in 2011 to a total of 272 this year. Experts...
Trump, pressed on the environment in U.K. visit, says climate change goes ‘both ways’
His eldest daughter, Ivanka, could not change his mind.
His former secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, could not change his mind. Scores of international scientists could not change his mind.
And now, President Trump,...
Commodity Prices Surge as Severe Weather Hampers Spring Planting
At the Chicago Board of Trade, commodity prices for corn and soybeans have soared in recent days, as severe weather continues to hamper the spring planting season. Farmers across the Central...
U.S. Battered by Extreme Weather, with 500+ Tornadoes in 30 Days
In the Central U.S., officials in seven states issued tornado warnings on Wednesday, making it the 14th straight day of severe weather that’s shattered previous records for the month of May....