El Niño could bring more widespread coral bleaching, NOAA warns

The expected arrival of El Niño in the next few months could trigger another mass coral bleaching event, just a year after the last one’s conclusion, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned this week. This would mark the fifth global bleaching incident in recorded history if it comes to fruition, said NOAA, a U.S. federal … Read more

LEGO Foundation donates $97 million to bring play-based learning to more children in conflict zones

NEW YORK — Global conflicts from South Sudan’s political crisis to the United States’ recent war with Iran are putting more children at risk of suffering. One humanitarian duo wants to ensure conflict-stricken children get funding for an often-overlooked need: education. Under an agreement announced Wednesday, the LEGO Foundation committed $97 million to expand International … Read more

El Niño could bring

Scientists are warning that El Niño, a weather pattern forecast to emerge this summer, could bring frequent and widespread flooding even without the presence of storms.  Conditions fueling the threat are twofold and have been brewing for years, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the federal agency responsible for weather and climate monitoring. “It … Read more

Will Trump ask Putin to bring these Americans home?

Anastasia Antonov describes herself as a “proud U.S. citizen” who believes that her father, Aleksandr, was arrested by the Russian government last year and sentenced to six years in prison because he is an American citizen. She is now personally appealing to President Trump to get Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government to free her father. … Read more

Schumer backs GOP’s plan to bring the pain during future shutdowns: ‘I’m going to vote for it’

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Senate Republicans’ gamble to inflict pain on themselves to thwart future shutdowns just got an unlikely backer: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. The upper chamber is set to vote on Sen. John Kennedy’s, R-La., resolution on Wednesday that would prevent senators from getting a paycheck during … Read more

Lawsuit says ChatGPT told FSU shooter that targeting children would bring more attention

OpenAI is being sued by the family of a victim killed in the April 2025 mass shooting at Florida State University that left two people dead. The lawsuit alleges that OpenAI’s ChatGPT enabled the attack. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Vandana Joshi, the widow of … Read more

A kitten survives a tornado and his tiny meows bring rescue

As storm chaser Ashton Lemley picked his way through a tornado-ravaged Mississippi trailer park, he heard the unmistakable meow of a kitten pierce the predawn darkness. The homes were flattened just hours earlier as storms spawned at least three tornadoes across the bottom half of Mississippi, injuring a dozen at the trailer park in the … Read more

Abortion pill rulings bring the issue back to the forefront in a midterm election year

NEW YORK — Back-to-back court rulings on abortion pill access are thrusting a contentious political issue back into the spotlight ahead of this year’s midterm elections that will determine control of Congress for the second half of President Donald Trump’s term. Friday’s ruling from a federal appeals court restricted mail access to mifepristone prescriptions, one … Read more

Live Updates: Iran war’s costs rise as Tehran warns Trump any new attack would bring “painful retaliation”

The U.S. Embassy in Beirut has called on Lebanon’s government to further its engagement with Israel – and tacitly, to sideline the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah which, while designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. and Israel, has been a massive force in Lebanese politics for decades. “Lebanon stands at a crossroads. Its people have a … Read more