Colorado sheriff’s deputies launched a massive search for a man wanted for stabbing a park ranger — only to learn the reported attack was an “elaborate hoax,” officials said Thursday Continue reading Colorado park ranger accused of making false report of being stabbed

President Donald Trump has sought to terminate Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, potentially setting up another constitutional fight if Powell refuses to go. Continue reading Jerome Powell signals potential rate cut in speech highlighting precarious job market

A new species of dinosaur, the Istiorachis macarthurae, was found on Britain’s Isle of Wight and named after a famous sailor, Dame Ellen Macarthur. Continue reading New species of dinosaur with a sail on its back is discovered

Archaeologists and divers retrieved a trove of ancient treasures Thursday from a 2,000-year-old sunken city off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt Continue reading A sunken city’s treasures are pulled from the depths after 2,000 years

Record-breaking flash flooding inundated Hazard, Kentucky, in February, devastating homes and infrastructure in the small Appalachian town. Continue reading A flood of floods: Appalachians in Kentucky struggle to recover from a barrage of disasters

In Donald Trump’s world, nothing says freedom like targeting art and museums. In the wake of recent attacks on the Smithsonian’s choice to feature more than just straight, white artists, the White House has created a detailed list of artists it deems too woke.  “This is ‘art’ from the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery commemorating the act of illegally crossing the ‘exclusionary’ border,” a White House … Continue reading Art is only free speech if Trump says so

By Christine Mai-Duc for KFF Health News Abortion rights groups are backing California Democrats in the escalating battle to redraw congressional maps, warning that Republicans are rigging seats on the heels of deeply unpopular cuts to safety net health programs and restrictions on reproductive care.  And they worry there’s more to come, including a national abortion ban. “You take away our freedoms, we’ll take away your seats,” … Continue reading Planned Parenthood bets on redistricting to push back against GOP funding cuts