BALTIMORE — In 1998, Bruce Willis saved the world by blowing up an asteroid threat in “Armageddon.” In 2022, NASA did the real thing, crashing a spacecraft into asteroid Dimorphos to prove that we don’t have to end up like the dinosaurs.

On March 6, scientists from Johns Hopkins’ Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, and ...Read more

When Passover arrives each spring, Jewish families around the world gather at their tables to retell a story passed down for thousands of years. At ritual dinners known as Seders, they recount the Exodus, the biblical story of the Israelites’ liberation from slavery in Egypt – asking questions, singing songs and explaining the meaning ...Read more

Iran kept up missile and drone attacks on Israel and Arab Gulf states, even after the U.S. floated a plan to end a war that’s wreaked havoc across the Middle East and in global markets.

Saudi Arabia intercepted a drone in the east of the country, while a strike targeting Kuwait set ablaze a fuel tank at its main airport. Iranian media said ...Read more

When life feels overwhelming, many people instinctively turn to nature. A walk in a park. Sitting by the ocean. Watching a sunset. Is this just a pleasant feeling, or is there something deeper at work?

A multitude of studies have linked spending time in nature with different aspects of mental health and wellness. For example, ...Read more

Teens in the U.S. are obtaining medication abortion pills through telehealth, and young people age 18 to 24 are ordering medication abortion at much higher rates than older adults.

Those are the key findings of a new study that my colleagues and I published in the journal JAMA Health Forum.

We examined requests for medication ...Read more

In an unprecedented use of federal authority, President Donald Trump’s administration has invoked emergency powers to force a series of retiring coal plants to stay open.

Utilities, states and grid operators have said the aging plants are expensive, in bad repair and no longer needed to meet regional energy needs. But Trump’s efforts to ...Read more

Conservative lawmakers in multiple states are pushing legislation drafted by an anti-abortion advocacy group to increase protections for crisis pregnancy centers, organizations that provide some health-related services but also work to dissuade women from having abortions.

The legislation would prohibit state and local governments from ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Almost two hours before the Eaton fire broke out in the San Gabriel foothills Jan. 7, 2025, Los Angeles County emergency management officials had been pushed to send out an emergency alert to warn residents that increasingly high winds would pose a significant risk.

But no such alert was sent.

The residents of west Altadena did...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — A court case challenging Idaho’s abortion bans under the U.S. Constitution will go to trial in June, where a Boise maternal-fetal medicine specialist hopes to win a carve-out in the state’s restrictive laws for abortion when the health of the mother is at risk.

Dr. Stacy Seyb filed the lawsuit against the members of the ...Read more

A Democrat is poised to represent President Donald Trump and his Mar-a-Lago residence in the Florida state House of Representatives after Republicans lost a special election in a surprise upset.

The Democratic candidate, Emily Gregory, was projected to defeat her Republican opponent, Jon Maples, in a special election Tuesday, according to ...Read more

City Councilmember Jimmy Harrity said he is worried Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s proposed $1-per-ride tax on rideshare services will hurt residents who rely on Uber and Lyft to get to work.

Council President Kenyatta Johnson questioned why the $1 tax, which will aid the Philadelphia School District, was not included in Parker’s initial budget...Read more

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s party won a closely contested election by pledging stability in global turmoil, setting the stage for difficult coalition talks to secure a third term in power.

The premier’s Social Democrats emerged as the biggest with 21.9% of the Tuesday parliamentary vote overshadowed by Donald Trump’s threats...Read more

Minnesota’s beleaguered moose population is continuing to hold its own, state wildlife biologists say in their latest update.

The most recent population estimate is 4,470, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources said this week after completing its 2026 winter census.

The population sharply declined from some 8,000 animals in 2009, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday in a case that could end the practice of counting ballots received after Election Day, which would upend Washington state's and several other states' mail-in voting systems months before this fall's midterm elections.

During a general election in Washington, a ballot postmarked on ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — For school districts, educating students with disabilities who need services like a nurse or an ASL interpreter can be costly. Complex services can run a bill tens of thousands of dollars and be especially difficult for rural districts to afford.

Last week, lawmakers advanced a bill to start to address the significant gap in ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Port Authority fire truck that got into a fatal crash with an Air Canada jet landing at LaGuardia Airport didn’t have transponders installed that could have helped air traffic controllers better track its movements, NTSB investigators said Tuesday.

While radio transmissions made it clear the Port Authority Police aircraft ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has ordered the 82nd Airborne Division to deploy about 2,000 soldiers to the Middle East, a person familiar with the matter said, as the White House weighs options to ease Iran’s chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz.

The verbal orders are for about two battalions plus enabling units, according to the ...Read more