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Members of the U.S. men's gymnastics team pose with their bronze medal following the men's team final on Monday. It's the first Olympic medal for the U.S. in the event since 2008.

U.S. men's gymnastics team breaks 16-year Olympic drought with a team bronze

The U.S. hadn't won an Olympic team medal in men's gymnastics since 2008. With a nearly flawless and gutsy performance Monday night, the boys are back on the podium in Paris.

Don Cameron, the Vice President and General Manager of Terranova Ranch, stands near the canal on the ranch on Feb 21, 2025. Cameron has installed several miles of canals, headgates, and pump systems to bring more water to his Terranova Ranch from the Kings River during floods. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local

Even in wet years, wells are still dry. Why replenishing California’s groundwater is painfully slow

The governor vowed to clear the way for more groundwater recharge. Has it worked? “We’re still tinkering around with small numbers,” one expert says.

British F1 driver Lewis Hamilton signs autographs during the Ferrari Drivers' presentation event in Piazza Castello in Milan, Italy, on March 6, 2025. For the first time in a dozen years, Hamilton has a new team as he aims to return his F1 winning ways.

A new team and a new attitude, Lewis Hamilton cruises into the 2025 Formula 1 season

Lewis Hamilton has a new team, a new outlook and a new hope. Led by the sport's most successful driver, Formula 1's closest season in recent history starts on Sunday at the Australian Grand Prix.

High winds and dry vegetation set the stage for the explosive wildfires in Los Angeles. Scientists are finding that climate change fueled some of the extreme conditions.

Here's how climate change fueled the Los Angeles fires

Extreme conditions helped fuel the fast-moving fires that destroyed thousands of homes. Scientists are working to figure out how climate change played a role in the disaster.

Family members gather by a stove in Afghanistan, which has been hit by droughts over the past three years. The country is ranked one of the most vulnerable and ill-prepared nations in coping with climate change. Global support for projects to address climate-related issues has been largely on hold since the Taliban took power.

For the first time ever, Taliban reps were invited to the big U.N. climate conference

Since the Taliban took power 2021, Afghanistan has not been invited to big climate conferences. And money for projects addressing climate-related issues has been frozen. Are things about to change?

"Unprecedented destruction of heritage sites has severed vital connections between the people of Gaza and its urban fabric," the World Monuments Fund says in its 2025 Watch list. Above, Al-Hassaina Mosque and the seaport in Gaza City pictured on Jan. 26, 2021 (right), and again on January 6, 2024, (left).

Gaza and the moon make biennial most-endangered list

The World Monuments Fund list seeks to raise awareness and funds to help preserve the sites it spotlights. Africa's Swahili Coast, Maine's lighthouses and Buddhist grottoes in China are also in peril.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin testified before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on his nomination in January.

EPA announces dozens of environmental regulations it plans to target

The Environmental Protection Agency didn't provide details about what it wants to do with the regulations — whether it will try to weaken them or eliminate them entirely.

Rain on the windshield of a car stuck in freeway traffic in Spring Valley, Jan 19., 2017.

Blustery winter rainstorm douses San Diego area

A mild winter storm is moving out Friday but brought much-needed widespread rainfall along with high winds to the San Diego area.

North Dakota went big for Trump. Now many farmers say they face an uncertain future

In North Dakota, many farmers are still recovering from the 2018 trade war and are now bracing for more losses as President Trump levies sweeping tariffs on everything from soybeans to pork.

This may be the most lead polluted place on Earth. Is there any hope?

The U.N. has identified Kabwe, a city of almost 300,000 people in Zambia, as one of the most polluted places on the planet. Who is to blame? And can justice be done?

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