BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Invasive brown algae is destroying their sandy coastlines, emanating toxic gasses that are killing corals and turning hotel guests away, while increasingly deadly tropical storms and uncharacteristic hurricanes are threatening to sink their already vulnerable economies.

But as governments across the Caribbean region ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Two bills that would seek to draw film studios to Las Vegas by expanding the film tax credits available in Nevada were introduced in the Legislature this week, bringing the possibility of a large-scale studio project to the state.

Assembly Bill 238 would establish $80 million in annual transferable tax credits, available starting ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado lawmakers hope a scandal like the one that rocked the Colorado Bureau of Investigation last year — when officials discovered a DNA scientist had been manipulating testing for years — doesn’t happen again.

But if it does, they want to force the agency — and all crime laboratories in Colorado — to be more transparent...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Like something you’d see in the utopian future of TV’s “The Jetsons,” Orlando International Airport is trying to realize a long-desired dream of bringing flying cars to the region.

The Greater Orlando Aviation Authority on Wednesday took steps toward that future by seeking partners to develop and operate a flying car ...Read more

Here in Atlanta, the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum has been part of my daily life for years. Parks and trails surrounding the center connect my neighborhood to the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park downtown and everything in between.

At the end of December 2024, thousands of people walked to the library to...Read more

President Donald Trump has vowed to target his political enemies, and experts have warned that he could weaponize U.S. intelligence agencies to conduct mass surveillance on his targets.

Mass surveillance is the widespread monitoring of civilians. Governments typically target specific groups – such as religious minorities, certain ...Read more

Since arriving in the United States four years ago, Alex has worked at a primary care office. He has witnessed firsthand how difficult it was for immigrants to access preventive care.

When he heard of the implementation of Florida’s Senate Bill 1718, Alex feared it would have dire consequences for the patients he served.

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On top of efforts to fire potentially tens of thousands of federal workers, an early executive order from President Donald Trump’s second term seeks to reclassify the employment status of as many as 50,000 other federal workers – out of more than 2 million total – to make them easier for the president to fire as well.

The order ...Read more

Brazilian politics are getting more dramatic again.

The South American country’s attorney general filed five criminal charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro and 33 others in its Supreme Court on Feb. 18, 2025, detonating political shock waves. The charges include plotting a coup d’état to prevent Luíz Inácio Lula da ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans finally pushed through their blueprint for the first phase of President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda early Friday morning, after an all-night session that exposed some fissures in their ranks on issues such as cuts to health care and safety net programs.

But controlling 53 seats has its benefits, and GOP...Read more

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the military to intensify security operations in the West Bank following non-fatal bus bombings on Thursday night.

Three buses exploded near Tel Aviv, without harming anyone. Devices in two other buses failed to detonate, Israeli police said.

Netanyahu said it was an attempt at “a chain of...Read more

CHICAGO — The city has begun removing some tents this week from a controversial Northwest Side homeless encampment that has divided neighbors, city officials and homeless advocates on the best path forward for the people who have set up camp along Foster Avenue.

The future of the roughly 20 people in the Gompers Park encampment remains ...Read more

The Trump administration has begun dismantling the nation’s defenses against foreign interference in voting, a sweeping retreat that has alarmed state and local election officials.

The administration is shuttering the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force and last week cut more than 100 positions at the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure ...Read more

ATLANTA — One month into his return to the White House, President Donald Trump’s shock and awe campaign has reshaped the federal government at breakneck speed with sweeping implications for Georgia.

His administration has orchestrated the firings of thousands of federal workers, pushed to eliminate entire government agencies and picked ...Read more

Monitoring shipping traffic in Puget Sound. Maintaining the Navy's submarine force. Preventing power outages throughout the Pacific Northwest.

These imperatives rely on highly trained professionals based in Washington state. And, as federal government employees, all have been thrown into chaos and uncertainty, thanks to President Donald Trump's...Read more

Grimes took to X Thursday to publicly plead with Elon Musk to stop ignoring their child’s “medical crisis.”

In a series of since-deleted posts, the Canadian musician, whose legal name is Claire Boucher, tried to get a response from Musk about a seemingly serious issue.

“Plz respond about our child’s medical crisis,” she wrote in a ...Read more