Warm winters mean there’s more nitrate pollution in drinking water
When pollution gets bad enough in the rivers supplying Iowa’s largest city with drinking water, it costs Des…
Big change for California: No more SBA loans for non-citizens
Green-card holders no longer qualify for loans from the Small Business Administration, eliminating a longtime source of financing…
High-jumping kangaroo escapes petting zoo and roams free for three days
How does a kangaroo escape a petting zoo? It’s not the opening line to a dad joke. If…
Forced to sell medications at a loss, rural Texas pharmacies seek new survival tactics
Crystal McEntire lives two lives. Every morning, she wakes up to tend to her family’s ranch near the…
Feds trying to bilk Miske granddaughter out of inheritance, lawyer says
An attorney representing the estate of the late Hawaiʻi crime boss Michael J. Miske Jr. is accusing federal…
New Mexico jury says Meta harms children’s mental health and safety
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico jury determined Tuesday that Meta knowingly harmed children’s mental health…
The reasons air travel can be stressful has multiplied in recent months
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The list of reasons why air travel can be stressful has grown as long…
Hawaii suffers its worst flooding in 20 years with more rain coming
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii officials urged people in hard-hit areas to evacuate Saturday due to the state’s worst…
Trump’s EPA is paving the way for hazier national parks, activists say
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A year ago, federal environmental regulators told West Virginia officials that their plan to…
Extreme heat across the US in 4 graphics
A burst of unusual March heat is hitting the United States this week and into next, busting previous…
New parents are shunning proven preventive care for their infants in effort to be ‘natural’
One day at an Idaho hospital, half the newborns Dr. Tom Patterson saw didn’t get the vitamin K…
Scientists say Southwest heat is latest in parade of ultra extremes
WASHINGTON (AP) — The dangerous heat wave shattering March records all over the U.S. Southwest is more than…