With 104 matches in 16 stadiums across Canada, the United States and Mexico, the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be soccer’s biggest event ever.

It’s our job as turfgrass researchers hired by FIFA, the game’s governing body, to make sure those pitches feel the same for players and that the grass thrives.

That’s not so simple....Read more

Iran expressed reluctance to send diplomats to Pakistan for a second round of peace talks after the U.S. maintained its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and seized an Iranian ship.

Tehran has no plans to attend the potential negotiations — which would aim for an agreement to formally end the seven-week conflict — though a final decision ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — More than 25,000 assaults on Kentucky school staff have been reported in the past five years, according to the Kentucky Education Association, a union that represents teachers statewide.

Now, using a new survey, KEA wants to gather on-the-ground data from thousands of public school employees to help develop related ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — A new UC San Diego study strengthens the growing body of evidence that marijuana use impacts adolescent brain development.

Researchers observed slower gains in cognitive tests that measured memory, focus and thinking speed among middle and high school-age kids who used cannabis when compared to those who abstained.

Scheduled for ...Read more

The market for oil is global, which is why events like the war in Iran affect oil prices – and prices of the wide range of products made from oil – literally everywhere. Federal data shows that the price at the primary crude oil hub in the U.S. was US$66 a barrel in late February 2026 – before the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran – and $...Read more

For the past 13 years, Maricopa County in Arizona has attempted to reform its sheriff’s department after Joe Arpaio made it into a national flash point for extreme immigration tactics. After a legal immigrant sued Arpaio and the county Sheriff’s Office, a federal district court ruled in 2015 that Arpaio and his deputies relied on racial ...Read more

On a spring morning in 1914, miners in Ludlow, Colorado, were celebrating Greek Easter when the Colorado National Guard and a private security agency opened fire on their camp with a machine-gun-equipped armored car called the Death Special.

The miners waged a pitched battle with the National Guard for 10 days before President Woodrow...Read more

Dr. Cerina Wanzer Fairfax was an accomplished dentist and a loving mom to two teenage children. On April 16, 2026, she was killed by her estranged husband, former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, who then killed himself, according to news reports. This apparent intimate partner murder-suicide has garnered widespread media attention because ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Methane, the second-biggest contributor to climate change, is spewing into the atmosphere from the oil and gas industry, landfills and dairy farms. It’s also coming from another lesser-known source: reservoirs.

As plants break down underwater, they form methane, which then bubbles to the surface. California doesn’t monitor ...Read more

Lucas Da Silva was born in Brazil but came to the United States as a baby. His first language was English. He speaks Portuguese but only at home with his family. He’d like to visit his native country — but doesn’t want to move back for good.

“That’s like moving to a foreign country, like I don’t really know Brazil,” he said. “I�...Read more

When 25-year-old Alex LaMorie called Howard County Police for help during a mental health crisis, his family expected officers trained to de-escalate the encounter. Instead, police fatally shot the Columbia man, who had autism.

Advocates say LaMorie’s March 1 death reflects a broader problem across Maryland and nationwide: Police are often ...Read more

For years, Nino Orsini Jr. thought his restless nights were normal.

“I would go to bed at a decent hour. I would log six to eight hours of sleep where I was unconscious, but I wasn't getting what is ‘actual’ sleep,” said Orsini, 48, of Seven Fields, Pennsylvania.

Like an estimated 30 million Americans, Orsini was living with ...Read more

As immigration authorities carry out what President Donald Trump has promised will be the largest mass deportation operation in U.S. history, several states are passing laws to keep children out of foster care when their detained parents have no family or friends available to take temporary custody of them.

The federal government doesn’t ...Read more

China has sent a group of warships to hold drills in the western Pacific Ocean, a move that comes as Japan for the first time joins massive exercises with the U.S. and the Philippines, highlighting growing tensions between Tokyo and Beijing.

The Chinese navy dispatched a naval task group led by the Type 052D destroyer Baotou to transit between ...Read more

The multitude of water managers tasked with overseeing the drying Colorado River system stand at a dire crossroads.

As a yearslong stalemate in negotiations persists between the seven states that share the river, it’s become increasingly likely that the federal government will impose its own long-term plan, choosing from a range of proposals ...Read more

Hungary’s outgoing government signaled it’s ready to unblock the European Union’s $106 billion loan to Ukraine as soon as this week just as the new leadership in Budapest kicked off intensive talks with Brussels to tap its own stalled funding.

Hungary has information from Ukraine “via mediation from Brussels” that Russian oil flows ...Read more

President Donald Trump and Iranian officials offered disparate views on the next stage of the war, casting uncertainty over whether the two sides would meet for peace talks with a ceasefire set to expire in the coming days.

Tensions in the war ratcheted up over the weekend as the U.S. Navy fired upon and boarded an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in...Read more