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John Rakowitz waves a 'Don't tread on Big Bend' flag at a rally at Big Bend National Park, a pristine pocket of the West Texas border where the federal government is looking to build patrol roads, vehicle barriers and surveillance systems.

At Big Bend National Park, bulldozers begin clearing pristine desert land for border barrier work

A coalition of landowners, outdoor enthusiasts and business owners that say any work in Big Bend National Park would forever change the place often called "Texas' gift to the nation."

Rick Telesz farms 700 acres in western Pennsylvania. He says he'll be lucky to break even on his corn and soybean crops this year, given the sky-high cost of diesel fuel and fertilizer.

American farmers are hurting -- and worried about their futures

Farmers who grow soybeans, corn, cotton and other crops are facing another year of losses as soaring fuel and fertilizer costs offset higher revenues.

Chow Yun-Fat as Mark in John Woo's "A Better Tomorrow." (1986)

Midday Movies spotlight John Woo's Hong Kong action classics

Shout Studios brings restored 4K versions of "A Better Tomorrow" and "The Killer" back to theaters.

A bull male elephant is seen meticulously dismantling an electric fence inside Yala National Park in Sri Lanka. Elephants are often herded into parks to keep them from eating the crops of farmers, but the pachyderms have figured out how to manipulate the wooden fence poles to lay the wires flat and then step over them.

Elephants eat their crops. Farmers strike back. It's a war that's only getting worse

In Sri Lanka, the islanders revere elephants. But for farmers, there's rising tension that's leading to more fatal encounters — for both humans and hungry pachyderms.

This photograph shows the building of a painting company destroyed by a wildfire in a business park in Biscarrosse, southwestern France, on July 28, 2026.

Photos: Spain and France battle record wildfires

Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced from their homes as powerful wildfires sweep across Spain and France, revealing the growing scale of a climate crisis already reshaping the continent.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta arrives at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Oakland, Calif., on Aug. 18 for proceedings in a separate case involving allegations that Meta's Facebook and Instagram platforms harmed children's mental health.

California Attorney General Bonta says states made demands in Paramount-Warner deal

The settlement brings a two-month legal fight over Paramount's Warner Bros. Discovery takeover closer to an end.

An empty desk on the Assembly floor at the state Capitol on May 31, 2022.

California Republicans who flipped seats in 2024 are fighting to keep them

Vulnerable Republican incumbents are seeking to distance themselves from President Donald Trump as they try to hang on to 2024 gains in the state Legislature.

Election workers check-in voters at a vote center at the Mission Valley Library in San Diego on Nov. 5, 2024.

Even while courting moderates on voter ID, GOP leaders still push debunked fraud narrative

While GOP lawmakers try to convince moderates that a voter ID requirement is a “common sense” idea, they continue to push President Donald Trump’s debunked fraud narrative.

FDA advisory panel recommends a first: multi-cancer blood test

The company Grail says its Galleri blood test can detect up to 50 forms of cancer. An independent panel of experts weighed the evidence and decided to cautiously recommend it for FDA approval.

A guard punched him on camera. It was still nearly impossible for him to sue

Prisoners are allowed to file complaints about mistreatment — but doing so often comes with retaliation. That's according to an investigation by NPR and The Marshall Project.

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