World & Nation
France’s new government is dominated by conservatives and centrists following elections in which a left-wing coalition won the most seats but not a majority.
Sept. 21, 2024
Climate & Environment
Gov. Newsom wants to mandate minimum supplies of gasoline at California-based refineries as a hedge against price spikes.
Sept. 19, 2024
Opinion
Pro-Trump mobs are likely to use intimidation in the upcoming election. But what could happen on inauguration day is even more troubling.
Sept. 20, 2024
The Justice Department will investigate whether the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department engaged in a pattern or practice of excessive force.
Dutch King Willem-Alexander, a mostly ceremonial monarch, summarized the wide-ranging policy blueprint for the coming year and beyond.
Sept. 17, 2024
The Dutch government says it wants out of the rules, or even as one of the world’s wealthiest nations it would struggle to provide public services.
Sept. 18, 2024
European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen puts women in many of the top roles on her new team for her next five-year tenure at the head of the bloc.
Climate change has been doing a job on many of California’s wild areas. This time, it looks like an Orange County work crew teamed up with a warming planet to deprive a metropolitan area of its best access to nature.
Sept. 12, 2024
Several little-known pro-Trump candidates are running for Congress in key races as independents, and a review finds they were backed by a shadowy group.
Sept. 16, 2024
New clothes are fun, especially when the price is right. But how long can we support fast fashion with its bad-for-environment, bad-for-workers infrastructure?