Oil-Starved Venezuela Celebrates Arrival of Tankers From Iran
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — An oil tanker called “Fortune” has sailed into Venezuela from Iran, the first of five ships expected to arrive in a nation...
Venezuela’s Maduro Claims Control of National Assembly, Tightening Grip on Power
Venezuela’s political turmoil got even worse. Not only are there two rival legislatures and two men claiming to be president, Now, one of the legislative...
The Amazon is on fire. So is Central Africa.
At the Group of Seven summit of political leaders this week, amid a global feud over how to handle the Brazil blazes, France's president published...
A boom time for the bunker business and doomsday capitalists VIEW
Personalized disaster prep has grown into a multimillion-dollar business that includes a former military nuclear missile vault into a luxury condominium built 15 stories into...
Billionaire landowners redraw old boundaries across the West
In the last decade, private land in the United States has become increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few. Today, just 100 families own...
Columbine High School could be torn down, to deter copycats
School safety officials stop hundreds of people each year who try to enter the school or are caught trespassing on campus. This year’s numbers were...
As some states limit abortion, others move to protect abortion rights
As states like Alabama pass strict anti-abortion laws, others are seeing efforts to repeal restrictions or to limit the government’s say. In Vermont, Democrats are...
Shutdown leaves food, medicine and pay in doubt in Indian Country VIEW
All across Indian Country, the federal shutdown slices deep. Native Americans, entitled to federal services under treaties, are bearing the brunt of the shutdown and...