The dismissals hamstring a key bipartisan agency just months before the midterms.

A new market analysis reveals that annual sales of pure electric vehicles have officially surpassed traditional petrol cars in the United Kingdom for the first time in history.

The actress and singer was a symbol of sexual revolution. She later became an animal-welfare campaigner and incendiary right-wing commenter.

The FDA detected Cesium-137, a radioactive isotope, in one shipment of Great Value frozen raw shrimp to Walmart. It said the affected shipment wasn’t sold.

Chikungunya, which can disable victims for years, is spreading rapidly, including in China and other places that have not seen it before.

Visuals from the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter reveal chaotic solar magnetism in the solar polar region. Even better images are expected in the years ahead.

It’s a new sign of how the tiny plastic particles are affecting the natural world.

The Trump administration appears to be flouting a judge’s order pausing the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D.

The president convened a task force to “prosecute anti-Christian violence and vandalism.” Critics said he’d turned religious freedom on its head by singling out one faith.

The plane, which had been contracted by the Pentagon, went down during a routine mission in the southern Philippines, the U.S. military said.

Earth’s prolonged streak of abnormal heat continued into 2025 despite the arrival of La Niña ocean conditions, which typically bring cooler temperatures.

Public health experts say U.S. withdrawal from the W.H.O. would undermine the nation’s standing as a global health leader and make it harder to fight the next pandemic.

The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department is in the third day of an outage of its computer-aided dispatch system in its vehicles, leaving deputies to resort to old methods as they respond to calls.

The county Health Department said that the outbreak at the 101 Best Restaurants event was linked to a broader outbreak from oysters that have since been recalled.

The virus has spread rapidly in California, the nation’s largest producer of milk. Farmers are frustrated that their herds are getting infected despite various precautions.

A resident of southwestern Louisiana has been hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu linked to a backyard flock.

Dallas-based American Rounds says it makes selling ammo safer and more convenient, but some public officials and health experts worry about impulse bullet buying.

Less than two weeks after a tsunami warning, residents were jolted awake before 6 a.m. to consider a new potential disaster scenario.

The move follows Meta’s donation of the same amount to the fund earlier this week.

Elon Musk’s charitable foundation ballooned to $9.5 billion in assets last year while handing out $237 million in gifts, most of which went to other entities controlled by the world’s richest person.

The bill reflected widespread public disapproval of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s imposition of martial law, a short-lived event that incited protests and political turmoil.

Francoise Bettencourt Meyers became the first woman to amass a $100 billion fortune, marking another milestone for the heiress and for France’s expanding fashion and cosmetics industries.

Apple’s warnings to users that it had detected possible efforts to install spyware on iPhones triggered an angry reaction from Indian officials.