MINNEAPOLIS -- Kamala Harris' selection of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be the Democratic vice presidential candidate has revived the debate over how he handled the biggest crisis of his political career.Minneapolis and St. Paul erupted after a white Minneapolis... More »
MINNEAPOLIS -- MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz faced the biggest crisis of his political career when Minnesota’s two largest cities erupted in protests and riots after a white Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd.The Black man's murder in 2020 spark... More »
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As the remnants of Hurricane Ida barreled north in September 2021, Chris Erdner heard a startling warning on TV: Residents in he... More »
When I chose to attend UCLA, I never thought I’d be segregated from my peers for being a Jew. Nor did I suspect that my school’s administration would encourage and support antisemitic harassment, intimidation, and assault. This year, both nightmares became a ... More »
The late children’s book illustrator Jerry Pinkney won the Caldecott Medal for his book The Lion and the Mouse. Now his artwork and sketches for that book will be archived at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. Sponsor Message ... More »
Researchers at the Pasteur Institute in Paris working under strict biosafety conditions recently opened an old box that contained a virological time capsule: four poliovirus samples, each with a handwritten label on the vial, sent to the institute more than 60... More »
Some folks think the best way to travel is by private jet. Or yacht. My choice: by foot.Some think that the best thing about America is its wealth, technology and modernity. Others point to its Democratic institutions. But I’m with the writer Wallace Stegner t... More »
BepiColombo, a joint European-Japanese mission, completed its latest flyby of Mercury, sending back a sneak peek of the cratered planet it will begin to orbit in 2026.On Thursday, a spacecraft operated by the European Space Agency and Japan made its closest ap... More »
Kalina Borkiewicz, Malika Khurana, Karthik Patanjali and Bedel Saget The sizable support Vice President Kamala Harris has generated at her rallies has rattled former President Donald J. Trump, who has emphasized, and frequently exaggerated, his crowd sizes for... More »
“American Dream Properties” is the name of a McMansion developer in New Jersey. About a decade ago, Arlington, Texas, rebranded itself as “The American Dream City,” promising “diverse neighborhoods where the housing dollar stretches further than most cities.” ... More »
When a new owner takes over a rental building, there can be confusion about the status of the units inside.Q: I have lived in a rent-stabilized apartment on the Upper West Side for more than 12 years. Among the 48 units here, six are currently unoccupied due t... More »
NASABoeing's Starliner spacecraft has completed its journey back to Earth - but the astronauts it was supposed to be carrying remain behind on the International Space Station. More »