Biden making $20 billion available from ‘green bank’ for clean energy projects
The Biden administration is making available $20 billion from a federal “green bank” for clean energy projects such as residential heat pumps, electric vehicle charging stations and community cooling centers.
IRS says it collected $38 million from more than 175 high-income tax delinquents
The IRS is showcasing its new capability to aggressively audit high-income tax dodgers as it makes the case for sustained funding and tries to avoid budget cuts sought by Republicans who want to gut the agency.
Striking actors to begin picketing alongside writers in fight over the future of Hollywood
Striking screen actors will begin picketing alongside writers in New York and Los Angeles in what has become the biggest Hollywood labor fight in decades.
How DOJ made different death penalty decisions in the Pittsburgh synagogue and Texas mall massacres
Robert Bowers killed 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue and he’s facing a possible death sentence at his ongoing trial.
Iowa’s restrictive abortion measure faces legal challenge as governor prepares to sign it into law
An Iowa judge will consider a request to postpone the state’s new ban on most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, just as Gov. Kim Reynolds is scheduled to sign the measure into law.
Death Valley visitors drawn to the hottest spot on Earth during ongoing US heat wave
Most visitors to Death Valley National Park only make it a short distance to any site at the hottest and driest place on Earth before returning to the sanctuary of an air-conditioned vehicle.
Ex-officers at federal women’s prison in California plead guilty to multiple sex abuse counts
Two former officers of a federal women’s prison in California have pleaded guilty to multiple counts of sexual abuse.
US sets a grim milestone with new record for the deadliest six months of mass killings
Unrelenting bloodshed across the U.S. this year has led to the grimmest of milestones: The deadliest six months of mass killings recorded since at least 2006.
Online, ‘unalive’ means death or suicide. Experts say it might help kids discuss those things
The word “unalive” to refer to death by suicide or homicide was coined by social media users as a way to fool algorithms on sites and apps that censor posts containing violent content.
Oil and gas withdrawal around US park stirs debate over economic costs for Native American tribe
Some Republican members of Congress are criticizing the Biden administration’s recent move to withdraw hundreds of square miles of federal land in New Mexico from oil and gas development.