Terry Erwins beetle collection from rainforest canopies in the Amazon, on display in Washington, DC. Photograph: Frans Lanting/Alamy They are multitudinous almost beyond our imagining. They thrive in soil, water, and air; they have triumphed for hundreds of millions of …
Washington (CNN)Democrats have won key races in Virginia and New Jersey, CNN projects, their first major wins during the tenure of President Donald Trump and a boost heading into the 2018 midterms, when control of US House and Senate will …
Leaked report, citing concerns of retaliation over perceptions of police brutality against African Americans, prompts fears of crackdown on activists The US government has declared black identity extremists a violent threat, according to a leaked report from the FBIs counter-terrorism …
(CNN)Retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honor drew a stark distinction Saturday when asked about President Donald Trump’s tweets accusing San Juan Mayor Carmen Yuln Cruz of “poor leadership” in her response to the humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria. …
At least eight people are dead after a driver barreled into a bike path and crashed a rental pickup truck into a crowd in Lower Manhattan Tuesday afternoon. At least eight people were killed and 11 injured after a driver …
Ishiguro holds a press conference outside his London home after the win. Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images Permanent secretary of the academy Sara Danius spoke to Ishiguro about his win around an hour after the announcement: He was very charming, nice …
The strange fanged ‘sea creature’ that washed up on a Texas beach in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey quickly went viral after images were posted on Twitter, but what is it? Preeti Desai tweeted the images out after discovering the …
The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked a lower court’s ruling that would have eased President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban and allowed up to 24,000 refugees to enter the country before the end of October. The Trump administration had objected …
Washington (CNN)The White House has authorized a waiver to loosen shipping rules regarding Puerto Rico that island officials say would be a significant help for recovery efforts from Hurricane Maria. “At @ricardorossello request, @POTUS has authorized the Jones Act be …
A month after Hurricane Maria battered this mountainous stretch of central Puerto Rico, recovery remained elusive along Highway 152, where 82-year-old Carmen Diaz Lopez lives alone in a home that’s one landslide away from plummeting into the muddy creek below. …
