Internet sleuths think they figured out the Washington Football Team's new name
The team is scheduled to reveal its new name on Wednesday. But did a newly acquired domain name spoil the surprise?
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A federal judge canceled major oil and gas leases over climate change
The ruling revokes leases sold in the Gulf of Mexico in the largest oil and gas lease sale in U.S. history. It says the Interior Department failed to consider the greenhouse gases it would produce.
Strap in for highs and lows with the pandemic novel 'How High We Go in the Dark'
One character is an aimless young man works at a euthanasia theme park for terminally ill kids, placing them on the roller coaster that will kill them before the plague does. It is a book about death.
Kyle Rittenhouse is going to court to get his gun back
Rittenhouse's spokesman said he wants to destroy the rifle and throw the rest of the items away so nothing can be used as a political symbol celebrating the shootings.
Iraqi Kurds are learning Mandarin to take advantage of jobs from Chinese companies
Dozens of contracts signed in recent years ensure China's growing footprint, even as major Western companies, including the U.S., plot their exit.
China is using the Beijing Olympics to push a winter sports boom
The ruling Communist Party is using the Games to promote winter sports, many of which are new to most Chinese, for fitness and business opportunities.
Supreme Court clears the way for the execution of an Alabama inmate
A poor reader, Matthew Reeves is intellectually disabled and wasn't capable of making a decision on the method of execution without assistance, his lawyers arg93ued.
Russia sees 'little ground for optimism' in the U.S.'s response on Ukraine crisis
All eyes are now on Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war.
A second version of omicron is spreading. Here's why scientists are on alert
It's a sibling of the first omicron variant that swept the world. Is it more contagious? Does it cause severe disease? Will it keep current omicron surges going? Researchers are looking for answers.
Gas stoves leak climate-warming methane even when they're off
A study finds tiny leaks from loose fittings added up to more emissions than when stoves were in use. The impact of U.S. gas stoves on climate change amounts to the same effect as a half-million cars.