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Dairy farms that capture methane from their cows' manure can earn valuable pollution-cutting credits through California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard.

How dairy farmers are cashing in on California's push for cleaner fuel

Big dairy farms are profiting from California's tougher limits on greenhouse emissions. They're getting paid to capture methane from cow manure. But critics say the system subsidizes polluters.

After serving a year in the state House as Colorado's first lawmaker to use a wheelchair, Democratic Rep. David Ortiz uses the new House chamber lift to get to the podium and slam the gavel for the very first time.

Colorado's first lawmaker to use a wheelchair will finally get to wield the gavel

State Rep. David Ortiz was paralyzed from the waist down while serving in Afghanistan. To give him access to the House podium, legislative staff say they have built the first lift of its kind.

People hold signs in support of truck driver Rogel Aguilera-Mederos during a rally on the west steps of the Colorado state capitol on Dec. 22 in Denver.

A judge will reconsider a trucker's 110-year sentence following a public outcry

Around 5 million people have signed a petition seeking clemency for Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, who was sentenced for a crash that killed four. A judge set a Jan. 13 hearing to reconsider the sentence.

Civil Rights activists are blocked by National Guardsmen brandishing bayonets while trying to stage a protest on Beale Street in Memphis, Tenn., in 1968.

Historian Uncovers The Racist Roots Of The 2nd Amendment

Carol Anderson says the Second Amendment was designed to ensure slave owners could quickly crush any rebellion or resistance from those they'd enslaved. Her new book is The Second.

Artist Irma Sofia Poeter is shown in an undated photo. She will open a new exhibition, "New Man: A Woman's Gaze" at Bread and Salt on Feb. 12, 2022.

Artist Irma Sofia Poeter is turning the male gaze around

The Mexico-based artist opens a new exhibition, "New Man: A Woman's Gaze," at Bread and Salt on Saturday, Feb. 12, featuring textiles, fashion, sculptures … and lots of bejeweled phalluses.

For the first time in the history of the March Madness tournament, NCAA athletes will be able to profit off their names, images and likenesses. Above, Reggie Chaney of the Houston Cougars and Flo Thamba of the Baylor Bears compete for the opening tipoff during the 2021 tournament.

March Madness is an NCAA gold mine. This year, players can finally cash in too

For the first time in NCAA tournament history, players can strike deals to profit off their names, images and likenesses. Brands have already spent millions, and some say it's just the start.

Members of the U.S. women's softball team raise their arms and wear special masks at the medal ceremony at the Summer Olympics in Yokohama, Japan.

Everything You'd Want To Know About The Unusual Masks Worn By Team USA Athletes

It's a bold look that has been compared to the masked Batman villain Bane – even by the Japanese organizers of the Tokyo Games. The mask is voluminous and is a nod to the host country, Japan.

<em>Traumazine</em> raffirms Megan Thee Stalllion's skills as one of rap's bar-for-bar heavyweights.

Megan Thee Stallion resets her terms with 'Traumazine'

The rapper's second studio album reaches for a confessional mode, making space for ruminations and grief — while reaffirming her skills as one of rap's bar-for-bar heavyweights.

President Biden has nominated Gigi Sohn (left) as an FCC commissioner and Jessica Rosenworcel as chair of the commission.

Biden makes 2 key, boundary-breaking FCC nominations

Jessica Rosenworcel has been the acting chair of the commission. Gigi Sohn, a former commission staffer, would be the first openly LGBTIQ+ member of the panel.

U.K.'s Boris Johnson visits Kyiv to stand with Ukraine and Putin remarks on tensions

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson flew to Kyiv to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. In Moscow, Russian President Putin made his first public remarks on the crisis since late 2021.

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