Samantha Raphelson
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The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation — the conveyor belt of the ocean — is slowing down. Scientists disagree about what's behind it, but say it could mean bad news for the climate. -
Many gun owners say the primary reason they own a firearm is self-defense. But for years, experts have been starkly divided over how often people actually use guns for this purpose. -
President Trump recently signed into law an act that encourages high-level U.S. officials to visit Taiwan and vice versa, which angered China amid the ongoing disagreements over the trade. -
For decades, the group stood behind legislation that has ended up suppressing such studies through budget cuts and limits on what data can be shared. -
The State Department has put on hold $200 million in recovery funds to Syria, following President Trump's remarks last week signaling a possible withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria. -
After years of rising demand, utility companies are staring down a projected decline in the demand for electricity. They say the budding electric car industry could save them. -
In a time of deep political divisions, President Trump's budget blueprint for next year would combine the Community Relations Service with the Civil Rights Division. -
Massive crowds descended upon Washington, D.C., and across the nation Saturday to march for gun control in the U.S., galvanized by the deadly shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla., last month. -
Opponents of the administration's ban on transgender troops say they will be back in court early next week seeking a permanent injunction to block implementation of the plan. -
The idea that victims of mass shootings are hired actors who stage tragedies in order to achieve political gain has drifted from obscure right-wing media into the mainstream.
