Should builders permit their own projects? Post-fire LA considers a radical idea
The recent spate of Los Angeles County fires has led many different parties to re-examine state and local approaches to ...
Trump administration fires over 400 DHS employees as mass firings continue
The Trump administration on Friday moved to fire more than 400 employees at the Department of Homeland Security, the latest ...
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The LA Fires destroyed many homes and lives, but what did they do to firefighters? A new study could provide answers
In recent years, studies have shown wildland firefighters are exposed to dangerous toxins – with one late 2024 paper identifying 31 known carcinogens on the fireline. Researchers have already ...
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Trump admin fires CDC ‘disease detectives’ as bird flu fears rise: sources
Nearly half of an elite US epidemiology program known as the "disease detectives" were dismissed by the Trump administration ...
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California expands list of high-risk fire areas: Over 2.3M acres will face more stringent rules
REFLECTING INTENSIFYING WILDFIRES and updated science, new state maps designate more than 2.3 million acres of local land in ...
Brad Marchand fires back at Canadian fans booing US national anthem
Ahead of Team USA and Team Canada squaring off in the 4 Nations Face-Off, Brad Marchand sounds off on the US National Anthem ...
Lawmakers have lots of options if they're serious about ethics reform in Illinois
In the wake of Michael Madigan's conviction, lawmakers can restore public confidence in government. One idea: Rein in ...
A drone pierced the outer shell of Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear plant. Radiation levels are normal.
Radiation levels at the shuttered plant in the Kyiv region — site of the world’s worst nuclear accident — have not increased, according to the UN International Atomic Energy Agency.
Very cold weather is coming. US about to get 10th and chilliest polar vortex this winter
The coldest burst of Arctic air this season is coming to put an icy exclamation point on America’s winter of repeated polar vortex invasions, meteorologists warn.
Multiple people feared dead in horrific Green River tunnel crash in Wyoming
People in and near the Wyoming city of Green River told how the "really, really bad" smash in the tunnel under mountain terrain caused explosions which lasted around 30 minutes ...
Vance uses half-truths to lecture a European audience well aware of the threat of authoritarian rule
US Vice President JD Vance, taking the stage in Munich, to eviscerate totalitarianism in Europe. But not in Moscow, ...
US retail sales drop by most in two years amid fires, storms
U.S. retail sales slumped in January by the most in nearly two years, indicating an abrupt pullback by consumers after a ...