Dear Mama: Afeni Shakur, mother of rapper Tupac Shakur, dies
By KRISTIN J. BENDER Afeni Shakur, the former Black Panther who inspired the work of her son, rap icon Tupac Shakur, and then fostered his legacy for decades after he…
Environment
Kenya burns huge pile of ivory tusks to protest poaching
By TOM ODULA Kenya’s president set fire Saturday to 105 tons of elephant ivory and more than 1 ton of rhino horn, believed to be the largest stockpile ever destroyed,…
Memories painful on Chernobyl’s 30th anniversary
By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV and DMYTRO VLASOV As Ukraine and Belarus on Tuesday marked the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident with solemn words and an angry protest, some of…
3 charged with several crimes in Flint water crisis
By MIKE HO– USEHOLDER and ED WHITE Two state regulators and a Flint employee were charged Wednesday with evidence tampering and other felonies and misdemeanors, for the first time raising…
US water systems repeatedly exceed federal standard for lead
By RYAN J. FOLEY and MEGHAN HOYER This railroad town promotes its ties to Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan and the poet Carl Sandburg. But Galesburg’s long history also shows in…
Panel: Finding climate fingerprints in wild weather is valid
By SETH BORENSTEIN Climate science has progressed so much that experts can accurately detect global warming’s fingerprints on certain extreme weather events, such as a heat wave, according to a…
Obama says GOP leaders to blame for party ‘crackup’
By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY and STEVE PEOPLES Years of Republican hardline politics and divisive rhetoric have spawned Donald Trump and the “crackup” of the GOP, President Barack Obama said Thursday, scoffing…
Lead fear forces water ban in 30 New Jersey school buildings
Elevated levels of lead caused officials in New Jersey’s largest school district on Wednesday to shut off water fountains at 30 school buildings until more tests are conducted, officials said.…