AUGUST 4. 2026
The agency spent hundreds of millions on lead remediation in Omaha, Nebraska, home of the nation’s largest residential Superfund site. New soil tests by the Flatwater Free Press and ProPublica show that many yards still have harmful levels of lead.
Texas remade its early warning system after last year's deadly inundation. July's flood revealed what it accomplished — and what’s left to do.
Swansea University backslides on commitment not to work with the fossil fuel industry
Latvia’s mosquito season started late this year. It was an unusually peaceful, bite-free month of June. But around Midsummer , they finally arrived.
AUGUST 3. 2026
Trump’s “imminent” deal remains elusive.
A Patchwork Approach to AI Regulation Is Best—for Now
From the New York Times to the EU, liberals defending Spain from far-right fearmongering are regurgitating the right’s anti-immigrant premise.
An abandoned project reveals why industrial policy must preserve technological options.
AI’s greatest mathematical successes have come from answers to problems posed by a mid-20th century iconoclast. By examining what makes the Erdős problems unique, mathematicians are trying to understand how AI might change the rest of math.
The Gulf needs a joint front on deterrence, engagement, and freedom of navigation.
Throwing paint on a Columbia statue seems minor, but the NYPD uses tremendous resources when pro-Palestine protesters are in the crosshairs.
Russia’s ballistic missile attacks on Ukraine pose an urgent question for NATO leaders.
Citing a ProPublica report on Paramount providing luxury Kennedy Center gala tickets to FCC officials, the complaints note that commissioners accepted the gifts while the FCC was reviewing or about to review megamergers involving Paramount.
The company, Avangrid, pulled its long-standing and controversial project following years of delays, as well as tribal objections spurred in part by High Country News and ProPublica reporting.
The ruling pauses a California law dictating how the recycling symbol is used, teeing up a First Amendment fight over environmental marketing.
Environmental defenders, wildlife rescuers and farmers are paying with their lives as Israeli strikes continue across southern Lebanon.
The Trump administration has rendered them as vulnerable to removal as other immigrants.
What happens when a demographic crisis meets an ever-expanding military-industrial complex?
The mall near my house once had a large shop for children's toys and school supplies. One year, it was replaced by a huge, thriving pet accessories store.
It’s easy to guess that AI made a video of singing cats or that an AI chatbot is talking us through a customer service problem.