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Rats! Climate change is helping increase their populations in cities

Winters are getting warmer and shorter as the climate changes. That's helping rat populations grow in several U.S. cities.

U.S. intel leaders are grilled again about the leaked Signal chat as more details emerge

The use of civilian software to discuss sensitive military and government matters came to light after a journalist from The Atlantic magazine said he was mistakenly added to a group chat on Signal.

Sen. Tom Sullivan hears testimony of opponents of a bill at Old Supreme Court chamber of Colorado State Capitol building in Denver, Colo., on March 8, 2023.

Colorado is poised to pass some of the toughest gun laws in the country

A proposal to severely limit guns that use detachable magazines is approaching final passage in the Colorado legislature. The state's Democratic governor, Jared Polis, is expected to sign it into law.

People demonstrate during a protest against federal employee layoffs at Yosemite National Park, California on March 1, 2025. Many workers at the U.S. Department of Interior and other agencies are being reinstated following court orders.

Firing federal employees was swift. Unwinding the terminations is proving complicated

Two federal judges have ordered the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of probationary employees it illegally fired. Agencies report they are doing so but placing most of them on paid leave.

In this Nov. 17, 1973 file photo, President Richard Nixon speaks near Orlando, Fla. to the Associated Press Managing Editors annual meeting. Nixon told the APME "I am not a crook."

After Watergate, Congress curbed the presidency. Now, Trump is testing those limits

President Trump's efforts to cut federal programs and fire watchdogs are drawing attention to 1970s-era government reforms.

Vice President Vance speaks during a meeting with President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office on Feb. 28.

Vance's comments about European peacekeeping plan for Ukraine draw ire abroad

Vice President Vance said the best security guarantee for Ukraine is to sign a mineral deal with the United States.

A civil rights leader's family airs its dirty laundry on Broadway in 'Purpose'

"Purpose" by playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, now on Broadway under the direction of longtime actress Phylicia Rashad, explores the generational conflicts in the civil rights movement.

A deep dive on U.S. reading and math scores, and what to do about them

New research drills down on poor student achievement and notes some school districts that are beating the odds.

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 25: Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard appeared during a Senate Committee on Intelligence Hearing on March 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. Despite a decline in fentanyl overdose deaths, her team ranked smuggling and drug cartels as top threats to U.S. security.

In new assessment, Trump team ranks fentanyl as a top threat to U.S.

Drug deaths are declining but the Trump administration's intelligence team has issued a new report describing street fentanyl as a top threat to the U.S.

Electric vehicle chargers are seen in the parking lot of South El Monte High School in South El Monte, Calif., Friday, Aug. 26, 2022.

California could offer electric vehicle rebates if Trump eliminates tax credit, Newsom says

California could offer state tax rebates for electric vehicle purchases if the incoming Trump administration eliminates the $7,500 federal EV tax credit.

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