In recent years, California, Colorado and Maryland passed similar bans on cosmetics containing PFAS that go into effect in 2025. Proposals are under consideration in Washington and Oregon while bills have also been introduced in Illinois, Rhode Island and Georgia.
The air horn sounded at 4:22 p.m. as another set of storms arrived, bringing heavy rains and the threat of lightning. About the time the horns sounded, two enormous pines fell near the 17th tee box
Sgt. Daniel Perry was working for a ride-sharing company in July 2020 when he turned onto a street and into a large crowd of demonstrators in downtown Austin
The notion that players who joined LIV Golf would risk being sharp and properly prepared for the majors doesn’t apply to Brooks Koepka. They always seemed to bring out his best
Critics on Long Island, a sprawling expanse of communities home to 2.9 million people, are denouncing provisions that would set growth targets, drive denser development near train stations and sometimes let state officials override local zoning decisions
Toledo is accused of taking $20 million in bribes from Odebrecht, a giant Brazilian construction company that has admitted to U.S. authorities that it bribed officials to win contracts throughout Latin America for decades
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s spat with Walgreens began after the company indicated it would not distribute abortion pills by mail in some conservative states. That pill, mifepristone, when combined with another pill, will end a pregnancy
The decision throws into question access to the nation’s most common method of abortion in a ruling that waved aside decades of scientific approval
The 63 members of the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church, who have been in Thailand since last September, were arrested last week in the seaside city of Pattaya for overstaying their visas, fined, and then taken to Bangkok, where they were detained in immigration facilities
ProPublica reported that Thomas has for more than two decades accepted luxury trips from the donor nearly every year without reporting them
The court rejected his bid to remain free while he contests his conviction for carrying out a blood-testing hoax with his former boss and lover, Elizabeth Holmes
Sending special investigation teams to crashes means that the agency suspects the Tesla was operating on systems that can handle some aspects of driving.
The exact nature of the attack Friday was not immediately clear, but the Israeli Foreign Ministry referred to it as a “terror attack,” a term Israeli officials use for assaults perpetuated by Palestinians
The proposed rule would prohibit blanket bans, like those that have been approved in at least 20 states. But it would still allow schools to adopt policies that limit transgender students’ participation
Amid the downturn in the tech and media industries, streamers are being pushed to cut spending and turn a profit rather than “chasing growth”
Global warming is making major league sluggers into even hotter hitters, sending an extra 50 or so home runs a year over the fences
On April 8, 2024, the moon will cast its shadow across a stretch of the U.S., Mexico and Canada, plunging millions of people into midday darkness
Israeli police fire tear gas and rubber bullets at Palestinians stockpiling rocks and fireworks inside one of the most bitterly disputed holy sites on Earth. The violence ripples across Israel and the occupied West Bank
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy will direct a movie that will feature the actress as her old character “as she builds a new Jedi Order”
The agency’s newly released strategic operating plan lays out the specifics of how it will allocate an extra $80 billion in funding, through fiscal year 2031
In the southern Kerala state, Kochi has boomed as the state’s financial capital and swallowed up once-protected green areas
Many professionals who deal with transgender youth see such care as vital for preservation of mental health and to prevent suicides
Once passengers start arriving, some of the overnighters head off to spend the day at soup kitchens, though others hang around the airport grounds begging for change at traffic lights and some stay seated in chairs blending in with the travelers
The news outlets didn’t say in what form Gershkovich was charged or when, but generally suspects are presented a paper outlining the accusations
The violence erupted after Israeli police raided the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem earlier in the week, sparking unrest in the contested capital and outrage across the Arab world
The 86-year-old pope was discharged from a Rome hospital on April 1 after spending three days there receiving antibiotic treatment of bronchitis
County commissions in each of the expelled lawmakers’ districts will now choose temporary replacements until a special election is held
