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Baltimore is struggling to pay for the massive infrastructure and public health costs associated with global warming. As in many cities, flood risk has dramatically increased as the Earth has gotten hotter.

Supreme Court Considers Baltimore Suit Against Oil Companies Over Climate Change

Overwhelmed sewers. Flooded streets. Deadly heat waves. Baltimore is one of many American cities where the costs of climate change far exceed local resources. Should oil companies pay?

Through guarantee games, like last year's contest between heavily-favored Florida State and Alabama State, lesser schools can turn huge losses into huge paydays.

Colleges Worry If Sporting Event Shutdowns Will Affect The Big Moneymaker: Football

The shutdown of sporting events due to the coronavirus pandemic has put athletic careers on hold and interrupted the flow of money that makes sports such a big business.

Betsy DeVos, pictured here in October 2020, resigned as U.S. secretary of education on Thursday.

DeVos Resigns As Education Secretary, Says, 'Impressionable Children Are Watching'

The U.S. education secretary sent a letter to President Trump, announcing her resignation effective Friday.

Volunteers clear the Old Market district of debris in Aleppo, Syria, in 2019. Years of fighting have left many sections of Aleppo destroyed.

Syria's Civil War Started A Decade Ago. Here's Where It Stands

The conflict has not only pitted the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad against a band of rebels, but drawn the U.S., Iran, Russia and Turkey, among others, into a complex proxy war.

In Myanmar, Tens Of Thousands Rally To Protest Military Coup

Protesters — calling for the release of detained de factor leader Aung San Suu Kyi and chanting anti-military slogans — amassed across the country Sunday demanding an end to the military takeover.

The facade of a former bank is turned into residential housing in 2018 in an "opportunity zone" in Newark, N.J.

Pandemic Stalls New Money For 'Opportunity Zones' As Neighborhoods Try To Recover

Economic uncertainty from the coronavirus pandemic is keeping potential investors in "opportunity zones" on the sidelines, according to a survey of people involved in the sector.

World Health Organization investigative team member Peter Daszak (shown here during a trip to China in February) tells NPR that the group's report calls for additional research on farms that breed exotic animals in southern China.

WHO Report: Wildlife Farms, Not Market, Likely Source Of Coronavirus Pandemic

The report states that the coronavirus most likely did not originate at the wet market in Wuhan and that a lab leak was "an extremely unlikely pathway."

In this May 7, 2020 file photo, a person looks inside the closed doors of the Pasadena Community Job Center in Pasadena, Calif., during the coronavirus outbreak.

California Jobless Rate 16.3% In May, Down A Bit From April

California's unemployment rate in April was much higher than previously thought. State officials announced last month the state's jobless rate in April was 15.5%. But Friday, the Employment Development Department said the rate actually was 16.4%.

Top: Owner and instructor Edmon Muradyan, 46, instructs Jae Chung, 49, and Anthony Refuerzo, 61, during a firearms training course organized by Asian Americans for Asian Americans at the Marshall Security Training Academy & Range in Compton, Calif. Bottom left: Bullet casings in the shooting range. Bottom right: A participant shows her paper target after her first time at a shooting range.

As Asian Americans Seek Safety From A Rise In Attacks, Some Look To Guns

At a recent firearms training session in southern California, a small group of Asian Americans had mixed reactions to acquiring a gun.

A sign hanging on the window of AKA Gallery in North Park explaining it is closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic until further notice is pictured taken June 27, 2020.

Number Of Laid-Off Workers Seeking Jobless Aid Stuck At 1.3M

The number of laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits remained stuck at 1.3 million last week, an historically high level that indicates many companies are still cutting jobs as the viral outbreak intensifies.

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