Today in History: April 2, mob boss John Gotti convicted of murder, racketeering
Today is Thursday, April 2, the 92nd day of 2026. There are 273 days left in the year. Today in history: On April 2, 1992, mob boss John Gotti was…
What you need to know about desalination, a growing source of drinking water
By ANNIKA HAMMERSCHLAG As climate change intensifies droughts, disrupts rainfall patterns and fuels wildfires, more regions are turning to the sea for drinking water. Desalination, which is the process of…
Highlights of a classical music spring: A Mozart marathon, a new Wynton Marsalis symphony, and music among the trees
Listen to article • 0:00 minA curious thing happened while classical music organizations were busy worrying that their programming had grown too conservative. Since the pandemic, more or less, concert…
Trump administration to pay French company $1B to walk away from US offshore wind leases
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT The Trump administration will pay $1 billion to a French company to walk away from two U.S. offshore wind leases as the administration ramps up its campaign…
US to set up 12 regional disaster response hubs as it consolidates emergency humanitarian aid
By MATTHEW LEE WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department is setting up 12 regional hubs to coordinate disaster and emergency humanitarian responses under the auspices of a new bureau that…
Two dozen states, 10 cities sue EPA over repeal of ‘endangerment’ finding central to climate fight
By MATTHEW DALY WASHINGTON (AP) — Two dozen states, along with more than a dozen cities and counties, sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, challenging the Trump administration’s repeal…
Human waste backing up in basements is a gut-churning sign of US infrastructure problems
By MICHAEL PHILLIS and M.K. WILDEMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — The January collapse of a pipe as wide as a car dumped so much sewage into the Potomac River that officials…
Is AI’s authoritarianism a bigger threat than Trump’s?
Like every other beleaguered top editor in a big-city newsroom these days, Chris Quinn — who leads Cleveland.com and the print Plain-Dealer — has to deal with assaults from all…
Soviet-era samizdat lessons to keep press free
Freedom of the press is under attack in the United States. Journalists are being assaulted, arrested, and targeted by FBI raids. Media moguls are being silenced or sued by the…
Study finds warming world increases days when weather is prone to fires around the globe
By SETH BORENSTEIN WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of days when the weather gets hot, dry and windy — ideal to spark extreme wildfires — has nearly tripled in the…