Flash floods like the one that swept through Texas are the nation’s top storm-related killer

A swift-moving flood that swept through the Hill Country of west-central Texas Friday and killed at least 13…

ByByWhy News Jul 5, 2025
Scientists transplant crossbred corals to help save Miami’s reefs from climate change

Scientists from the University of Miami, the Florida Aquarium, and Tela Coral in Honduras are transplanting crossbred coral…

ByByWhy News Jul 4, 2025
US military’s attempt to retain strategic land for training runs into Native Hawaiian opposition

The U.S. military wants to continue live-fire training at Pohakuloa, a high-altitude plateau on Hawaii’s Big Island

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US military expands enforcement zone to 1/3 of southern border

Annexed militarized zones on public land will soon cover nearly one-third of the U.S. border with Mexico, empowering…

ByByWhy News Jul 4, 2025
Hospitals brace for financial hits or even closure under Republicans’ Medicaid cut

States and rural health advocacy groups are sounding the alarm that Congress’ slashing of Medicaid will devastate already…

ByByWhy News Jul 4, 2025
A year before declaring independence, colonists offered ‘Olive Branch’ petition to King George III

Millions of protesters have denounced President Donald Trump as a would-be autocrat and marched under the banner “No…

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How a GOP rift over tech regulation doomed a ban on state AI laws in Trump’s tax bill

A stark disagreement over regulating AI in Republicans’ tax cut and spending bill is the latest tension among…

ByByWhy News Jul 3, 2025
Anti-slavery document from 1847 reveals American Baptists’ commitment to abolition

A volunteer searching the archives of the American Baptist in Massachusetts has found a nearly 180-year-old document shedding…

ByByWhy News Jul 3, 2025