Authorities and environmentalists in Zambia fear the long-term impact of an acid spill at a Chinese-owned mine that poisoned a major river and could potentially affect millions of people after signs of pollution were detected at least 100 kilometers downstream.

South African minister ‘considering options’ after plea for help from member of team on remote base

The president sent a chilling warning to people pardoned by former President Joe Biden.

The invented term, which describes those who criticize the president, is en vogue again after making the rounds during his first term.

How did we get here? Ehrlich claims he found a legal loophole to reach mayor-ville, turning to an obscure New York state law dubbed the Citizen Empowerment Act to create what he calls the “Incorporated Village of Sea Cliff Residents” — and proclaim himself its mayor. (Per the state of New York, a successful dissolution of village government requires 10 percent of its population — or 500 people in Sea Cliff — to sign a petition.) Ehrlich’s claim to food fame is Pirate’s Booty, the airy corn-and-rice snack he founded in 1987. The popular pantry staple made Ehrlich rich, to say the least; B&G Foods bought Pirate Brands for $195 million in 2013, and Hershey scooped up the cash-cow conglomerate for a whopping $420 million in 2018.

Economically depressed young men are aggressively targeted with the oldest, most seductive pitch there is — money for nothing — by bad faith actors with enormous wealth

As the NIH braces for cuts of up to 5,000 of its 20,000 positions, “people are scrambling and freaking out,” a researcher said.

“Dead” Ned Johnson turns out to be very much alive. It took him weeks to convince the system he was breathing and to start clawing his benefits back.

After drawing rebukes from public health officials for his Feb. 27 comment downplaying the Texas measles cases, Kennedy later acknowledged the outbreak is "serious." However, during Tuesday's Fox News appearance, he was back to peddling falsehoods, including the suggestion that getting measles was the best way to combat its spread.

A historian answers Bolts readers’ questions on the deep roots of forced labor in U.S. prisons, how it operates today, and efforts to challenge it.

In West Texas, some with severe illness have not been taken to a doctor until their conditions worsened, officials said.

Trump also told Iran it needed to immediately stop supporting the Houthis. He said if Iran threatens the US, “America will hold you fully accountable and, we won’t be nice about it!”

Dr. Rasha Alawieh flew into Logan Airport Thursday after visiting family in Lebanon. She's being detained now at Logan without legal counsel.

Infants barely three days old are receiving antibody injections to help protect against the virus. Nearly 300 cases have been reported in the outbreak.

Professor Karl Blanchet, of Geneva University's Centre for Humanitarian Studies, believes the aid agencies are being set up to fail: "The decision has already been made. It's highly likely the US is going to stop its involvement in any UN system.

There were more copies of genes promoting DNA repair and immune function in this shark than in shorter-lived species. The same was true for genes managing NF-κB signaling – which is linked to keeping cells intact and functioning, and reducing inflammation.

The suit is over details in a pair of articles about Kotick's rumored interest in buying TikTok

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) is facing a defamation lawsuit filed by one of the four men she has publicly accused of sexual abuse in a floor speech, in a case that could test the legal protections members of Congress have for their official conduct.

A Hmong American woman who has lived in the Milwaukee area since she was 8 months old was deported last week to Laos, a country she has never visited, and says she is stranded in a rooming house surrounded by military guards. Ma Yang, 37, a mother of five, said she does not speak the Lao language, has no family or friends in the country and that the military is holding all her documents. She was born in Thailand, the daughter of Hmong refugees after the Vietnam War, and she was a legal permanent U.S. resident until she pleaded guilty to taking part in a marijuana trafficking operation. "The United States sent me back to die," she said. "I don't even know where to go. I don't even know what to do."

A directive from the National Institute of Standards and Technology eliminates mention of “AI safety” and “AI fairness.”