The source of the coronavirus pandemic has polarized Americans. Now Congress is wading into politically tricky waters with ongoing hearings.
Author: Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY
After East Palestine, Ohio, derailment disaster, Utah oil train plan under new scrutiny
Critics worry the Utah railroad plan, the Uinta Basin Railway, could contaminate the Colorado if an oil train crashes and leaks into the water.
Water crisis in West has prompted desperate ideas: Drain the Great Lakes, desalinate ocean water
Can’t we just pipe water to the West from areas of the country that have more water? It’s one of several nice ideas riddled with problems.
Feds capture pandemic fraudster who abandoned family, fled to seaside villa in Europe
The Justice Department says Tamara Dadyen, a California pandemic fraudster who fled to Europe to avoid prison, has been returned to Los Angeles.
New airport construction to bring bigger gates, faster security, better baggage claims
The federal funding is part of the 2021 bipartisan Infrastructure law that provides $5 billion over five years for air travel improvements.
NORAD tracks suspected spy balloons, nuclear missiles and Santa. What to know.
The unique U.S.-Canadian command works to protect the North American continent is now formally known as the North American Aerospace Defense Command.
Spy fears spark flurry of proposed laws aiming to ban Chinese land ownership
Some lawmakers have proposed banning Chinese citizens from buying US land. Critics say the proposals hark back to racist laws of the early 1900s.
Deadly earthquakes have hit Turkey before: Why there? Could a similar quake strike the US?
The border between Turkey and Syria lies near the Anatolian fault system, which has similarities to the infamous San Andreas fault in California.
A child shot his teacher, a 72-year-old man opened fire in public: Here’s what that tells us about guns in America.
Americans of many different ages commit gun violence, but not all of that violence occurs in public or receives media attention.
A 6-year-old shot his teacher in Virginia. School administrators ‘could not be bothered’ to heed warnings that day, lawyer says.
Amid criticism and uproar over by parents and teachers, the school board voted to relieve the district superintendent of his duties next month.