How climate change is affecting winter storms.
The major winter storm that hit the Eastern United States on Wednesday and Thursday probably prompted some people to ask, “What happened to global warming?”But...
Unemployment Claims Show Impact of Layoffs as Virus Surges
The surge in coronavirus cases is rippling through the economy, forcing employers to lay off workers at an extraordinarily high rate even as new vaccines...
States Complain of Smaller Vaccine Shipments Than Expected
The company also said it had shared with the federal government “every aspect” of its production and distribution process. “They have visited our facilities, walked...
Biden Will Pick Deb Haaland to Lead Interior Department
WASHINGTON — President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. has chosen Representative Deb Haaland, Democrat of New Mexico, to lead the Interior Department, according to people familiar...
Biden to Pick Michael Regan, North Carolina Environment Chief, to Head E.P.A.
WASHINGTON — President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. will nominate Michael S. Regan, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, to lead the Environmental...
Sweden’s King: ‘We Have Failed’ Coronavirus Response
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden said the nation’s coronavirus response, which has been much more relaxed than other European countries, was a failure because...
Nigeria school attack: Hundreds of boys freed, local authorities say
Hundreds of schoolboys kidnapped last week from a boarding school in north-western Nigeria have been released, local authorities have told the BBC.A spokesman for the...
Coronavirus live: six week Northern Ireland lockdown from Boxing Day; Macron likely infected at EU council
Six week lockdown agreed in Belfast; French president’s positive test causes European leaders to isolate; Dutch cases increase by almost 13,000French president Emmanuel Macron tests...
F.D.A. Panel Endorses Moderna’s Coronavirus Vaccine
An advisory group’s recommendation will mean millions more Americans can be inoculated, extending protection against Covid beyond big urban areas into rural and suburban regions....
Don Fowler, Democratic Co-Chairman Under Clinton, Dies at 85
Mr. Fowler also found himself defending a plan to entice potential donors with a variety of perks in exchange for their dollars, including dinners with...