Data Dive: CO2 emissions on the decline
U.S. carbon emissions projected to decline even if U.S. exits from Paris climate deal.
U.S. carbon emissions projected to decline even if U.S. exits from Paris climate deal.
THAAD intercepts and destroys a ballistic missile in its final phase of flight, either inside or just outside the earth's atmosphere.
Four countries in an arc across central Africa and the Middle East — Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen — are at risk of mass starvation due to conflict and drought, with two parts of South Sudan already declared officially 'under famine' by the United Nations.
A look at some of the deadlier attacks in Western Europe in recent years
The House of Representatives passed an amended version of the American Health Care Act, the plan introduced by congressional Republicans to dismantle former President Obama's Affordable Care Act. The ACA, popularly known as Obamacare, extended insurance to about 20 million, but Republicans see the plan as government overreach and argue that it drives up costs.
Opinion pollsters have been measuring voting scenarios for the May 7 playoff, some with periodic measures and others on a daily basis. Here are the trends they show:
The backlash against United Airlines after a passenger was dragged from a plane to make room on a crowded flight has opened a divide in the U.S. airline industry over how to manage flight overbooking. Some carriers are renouncing the practice, while others are offering richer incentives to give up seats.
After 100 days, Americans are largely split along party lines about his presidency and whether he's keeping his promises.
President Donald Trump unveiled a one-page plan on Wednesday proposing deep U.S. tax cuts, many for businesses, that would make the federal deficit balloon if enacted, drawing a cautious welcome from fiscal conservatives and financial markets.
GameStop Corp shares soared again on Thursday after doubling in the previous session, triggering a series of NYSE trading halts and leading a surprise resurgence of so-called "stonks" championed by passionate retail investors on various online forums. GameStop shares hit $160 at the open before being halted after several minutes of trading and fell to around $129 before the second halt. The stock resumed trading around 10 a.m. Eastern and hovered around $143 in afternoon trad