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 …
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. …
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. …
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 …
At least 300 people killed and hundreds seriously injured in attack blamed on militant group al-Shabaab The death toll in the bombing that hit the centre of Mogadishu on Saturday continues to rise, with more than 300 people now believed …
Now that hes dead, the old sleaze in the Playboy mansion is being spoken of as some kind of liberator of women. Quite the opposite, writes Guardian columnist Suzanne Moore Long ago, in another time, I got a call from …
A Russian lawyer who met with President Donald Trump’s oldest son last year says he indicated that a law targeting Russia could be re-examined if his father won the election and asked her for written evidence that illegal proceeds went …
The ruling overturns a national psychology council decision in 1999 forbidding psychologists from offering treatments claiming to cure gay people A Brazilian judge has approved gay conversion therapy in a ruling which prompted widespread outrage and raised fears of a …
Washington (CNN)Former President George W. Bush condemned bigotry and white supremacy Thursday while endorsing policies that run counter to those supported by President Donald Trump. “Our identity as a nation, unlike other nations, is not determined by geography or ethnicity, …
