2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (579+ words) by Josh T. Smith and Megan E. Jenkins, opinion contributors 09/13/26 12:00 PM ET Remember 2018, when every city council, major airline, and coffee giant suddenly decided that plastic sip-lids were the frontline of planetary salvation? It was the great Plastic Straw Panic. Celebrities made…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (407+ words) by Addy Bink 09/10/26 04:29 PM ET (NEXSTAR) — After a summer marred by foodborne illnesses, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a new, potentially alarming alert. In a Thursday advisory, the agency warned health care providers of an increase…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (403+ words) by Finya Swai 09/10/26 02:03 PM ET The Trump administration proposed to change the national census to only count U.S. citizens and permanent residents and exclude immigrants living in the country illegally ahead of the 2030 census. The Census Bureau released the proposal online…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (245+ words) by Dominick Mastrangelo 09/10/26 11:43 AM ET Interested parties in recent months have poured tens of millions of dollars into lobbying lawmakers on sweeping legislation regulating the big business of college sports. The Protect College Sports Act, championed by Sens. Ted Cruz…...

4+ day, 11+ min ago   (355+ words) by Sheldon H. Jacobson, opinion contributor 09/10/26 09:00 AM ET The 9/11 terrorist attacks changed how our nation thinks about security. Nowhere was this change more visible than in aviation, with the creation of the Transportation Security Administration and the development of multiple layers…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (303+ words) by Alix Martichoux 09/09/26 06:38 PM ET (NEXSTAR) – NASA wants you to point your phone to the sky and take a picture of the clouds. For science. Starting on Sept. 15, the space agency’s PACE satellite (which stands for the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud,…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (343+ words) by Max Rego 09/06/26 03:58 PM ET Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Sunday that the U.S. has “a lot of leverage” over Venezuela after the Trump administration reached a deal with the latter government to grant it control of more than 65 billion…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (358+ words) by Mira Bhakta 09/05/26 07:39 PM ET Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn) offered herself up to replace retiring WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert, who recently announced her retirement amid the league’s growing popularity and recent controversies. “Hey, @WNBA, I’m a free agent in January,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (358+ words) by Finya Swai 09/05/26 11:48 AM ET Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. acknowledged Friday that measles caused the death of an infant in Pennsylvania, after previously questioning the state’s reporting of two measles-related deaths amid a growing outbreak. Kennedy…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (409+ words) by Miranda Nazzaro and Julia Shapero 09/04/26 07:00 PM ET Artificial intelligence chatbots are becoming a source for voters to ask questions about upcoming elections, but a new study determined nearly a third of AI-generated replies could be inaccurate or outdated. In…...