5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1419+ words) By SALLY GOLDENBERG and NINA AGRAWAL In the harrowing months that followed the attacks on the World Trade Center, New Yorkers were repeatedly assured that the air around the fallen towers was safe to breathe. But 10 months later, health officials…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1010+ words) By ANNA GRIFFIN, REBECCA FAIRLEY RANEY, KENDAL ASHBURY and DAVID IVERSEN President Donald Trump’s legal and rhetorical assault on voting by mail — and the flurry of contradictory court decisions around it — has left voters confused and local officials scrambling just…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (812+ words) By MUJIB MASHAL, ANUPREETA DAS, LAURA CHUNG and THOMAS FULLER The rescuers heard voices. They crawled through a sludge-filled tunnel deep underground where employees of a hydroelectric plant in Nepal had been trapped for nine days. “We are coming!” Lt....

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (1142+ words) From a secure, windowless room in northern Phoenix, technicians control the Colorado River water that sustains the United States’ largest desert metropolis. The vast canal system the team oversees has for four decades conveyed an increasingly scarce commodity across 330 miles…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (224+ words) Gasoline and diesel prices in Puerto Rico rose sharply this week as the ongoing conflict involving Iran continues to disrupt global oil markets, pushing crude and refined fuel costs higher worldwide. The increase, already visible at local stations, reflects the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (528+ words) Since the degenerative brain disease known as CTE was first scientifically linked to football about 20 years ago, and as hundreds of former professional football players have been diagnosed with the disease after their deaths, a haunting question has lingered: Just…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (746+ words) By DAVID YAFFE-BELLANY and SHARON LaFRANIERE President Donald Trump met with crypto executives at the White House earlier this week, voicing his support for an industry that has generated enormous wealth for him and his family and calling on Congress…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (587+ words) By MAIA SPOTO and VIK JOLLY A 30-year-old man accused of starting one of the most destructive fires in California history pleaded not guilty earlier this week after federal prosecutors recast the charges against him following a stunning mistrial. The…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1103+ words) Federal agents have been detaining small numbers of Haitians over the past week in Springfield, Ohio, according to community leaders and advocates, fueling widespread fear among the immigrants that is prompting many to stay home. At least 15 Haitians have been…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (323+ words) As a crumbling truce with Iran officially collapsed Monday, President Donald Trump signaled his frustration at his inability to resolve a war that he started but cannot seem to end. In an interview with Fox News, the president lashed out…...