Texas Criminal Trial Highlights Climate Liability For Factories In Floodplains
A criminal case in Houston alleges that employees at a chemical company should have prepared for the record flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey.
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Coronavirus Cluster Near Seattle Highlights Vulnerability Of Nursing Homes
The new coronavirus has spread among several residents of a Seattle-area nursing home. Are other elder care facilities prepared to stave off similar outbreaks?
Coronavirus And Super Tuesday Voting: It's Touchy
With concern growing about the spread of the coronavirus, officials in a number of Super Tuesday states are taking extra precautions to assure voters that it's safe to go to the polls.
'Whiplash' Of LGBTQ Protections And Rights, From Obama To Trump
The Obama and Trump administrations have used their power to shape legal interpretations of "sex discrimination" in very different ways. Here's a rundown on what's changed for LGBTQ rights in the U.S.
Union Official Resigns Over Domingo Investigation, Confirms He Gave Media Information
On Monday, baritone Samuel Schultz accused the American Guild of Musical Artists of trying to cover up the results of its investigation of famed singer Plácido Domingo.
The Archive Of Contemporary Music — And Its 3 Million Recordings — Is Leaving NY
Bob George's archive is an independent operation whose supporters have included David Bowie and Keith Richards. Now it's being forced to move due to rising rents in Manhattan.
Lessons From U.S. Hospitals Caring For COVID-19 Patients
To keep the new coronavirus from spreading in the U.S., hospitals say they need new and sustained funding for good epidemiology as well as more masks, gowns and gloves.
Public Enemy 'Moving Forward' Without Flavor Flav After Bernie Sanders Rally
The hype man and former reality television star was dismissed from the legendary rap group he co-founded after sending the Sanders campaign a cease-and-desist over a performance on Sunday.
Defense Secretary Gives Go-Ahead For U.S. Troops To Start Afghan Drawdown
A peace deal signed with the Taliban calls for 4,000 of the approximately 13,000 U.S. forces in Afghanistan to leave within 135 days and for all U.S. troops to be out within 14 months.
Vatican Opens Archives Of World War II-Era Pope Pius XII
After decades of pressure from historians and Jewish groups, the Vatican on Monday began allowing scholars to access the archives of Pope Pius XII, who remained publicly silent during the Holocaust.