Study says global warming did more than El Niño to turbocharge Hurricane Polo

Both climate change and a strong El Niño combined to cause Hurricane Polo to explosively intensify from a tropical storm to a ...

Dodgers down 3-0 to Brewers in NLCS and must win 4 in a row for chance at 3rd straight championship

The two-time defending World Series champions are aiming to become the first National League team to win a third straight ...

Brewers stun Dodgers with back-to-back homers in 7th inning and take 3-0 lead in NLCS with 6-2 win

Jake Bauers and Garrett Mitchell hit back-to-back homers off Blake Snell in the seventh inning to help the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 in Game 3 of the National League Champions ...

Hot weather and winds raise California wildfire threat as power shutoffs start

California is bracing for fire weather, with thousands potentially losing power as utilities aim to prevent wildfires during hot and windy conditions ...

Cornell president pressed by faculty frustrated by his handling of fraternity rape allegations

Cornell University President Michael Kotlikoff acknowledged he never followed up on a student’s report of being gang raped at a fraternity house in 2024 ...

Pope Leo XIV's cancer diagnosis raises questions about the future and the very recent past

VATICAN CITY — When Pope Leo XIV was elected after the pained finale of Pope Francis' pontificate, there was hope that a ...

Everyone has the same question in the midterms — where's the beef? (And how much does it cost?)

Democrats have hammered on meat as well, but mainly just as one of the staples that cost more under Trump, squeezing voters' ...

With anger spreading over Iran war, Democrats hope to flip Republican seats with veterans' help

Veteran Jessica Killin is challenging first-term Republican Rep. Jeff Crank in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District, a conservative stronghold that includes five military facilities ...

Ex-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is returning to federal court to face torture allegations

Ex-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro returns Thursday to a New York courtroom to answer a rewritten drug trafficking indictment ...

Dale Smith Jr. arrested for second-degree murder in Michelle Parker case

Police used advanced digital forensics to arrest Dale Smith Jr. in the cold case of Michelle Parker's disappearance.

Iran-backed Houthis strike Saudi oil company Aramco's headquarters, officials say

CAIRO — Offices belonging to senior executives with Saudi oil giant Aramco were hit in an overnight Houthi strike on the company's headquarters, two regional officials said Wednesday, in the latest ...

From behind the podium, White House press secretaries had some memorable moments

NEW YORK — It's one of the most high-profile jobs in any presidential administration — the White House press secretary. A bridge between the national political media and the president they're trying ...