A record-breaking heat wave is entering its third week in Texas, as temperatures reach triple digits in the broader US south and tens of thousands of people in affected states are without power and lack air conditioning.More than 40 million people in the US ar... More »
Published24 JuneShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Ross Mantle/BBCBy Holly Honderichin WashingtonWhen Kristan Hawkins was 23, she started sleeping in her office. It was years before her organisation, Students for Life of America (SFL... More »
After an intense two-year buying frenzy during the pandemic, the once-hot US housing market has started to cool.The US Federal Reserve set interest rates to its highest level in over a decade, and mortgage rates are sitting well above 6% for a 30-year fixed ra... More »
The Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade — which happened a year ago Saturday — immediately tore down almost 50 years of federal abortion rights.Just as quickly, it created a deluge of legal and political consequences by giving state governments and ... More »
There are moments when an ancient object emerges from the soil and seems, for a second, to close the gap between you and the deep and slumbering past. Then, almost as soon as a picture has shifted into bright focus, the illusion of connection passes: one is le... More »