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Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.

Published: November 24, 2025

Ridership jumped, people cut back on driving and, over the summer, the city extended the program another year. Read More. 

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Last survivor of 1953 Mount Everest expedition dies at 92

Kanchha Sherpa was on the 35-member team that put New Zealander Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay atop the 29,032-foot peak in May 1953. Read More

October 16, 2025

Treasury chief says US close to trade deal with South Korea

Secretary Scott Bessent also floated the prospect of a third and potentially longer tariff truce with China if it delays implementation of its recent rare earth restrictions. Read More

October 16, 2025

Scientists hope underwater listening network can help save endangered orcas

If the technology, called Distributed Acoustic Sensing, works as hoped, it could give conservationists real-time information to protect the whales. Read More

October 16, 2025

Trump’s trade war nets a major victory over Canadian auto industry

Carmaker Stellantis is shifting thousands of jobs and investing billions in U.S.-side production, punching a hole in Canada’s trade talk strategy. Read More

October 16, 2025

Alaska airlifts hundreds from storm-devastated coastal villages

Some homes cannot be reoccupied, even with emergency repairs, and others may not be livable by winter, said emergency management officials. Read More

October 16, 2025

Trump officials back rig, pipeline restart near California oil spill site

Sable Offshore is facing a slew of legal challenges but is determined to restart production at the Santa Ynez Unit off California. Read More

October 16, 2025

Violence erupts during protests over Tunisian phosphate plant pollution

The protests are the latest since a gas leak near the state-owned Chemical Group of Tunisia industrial complex sent residents to hospitals, says an activist group. Read More

October 16, 2025

UN warns Colombia over mercury contamination in Atrato River

Mercury used to extract gold is devastating wildlife — including river dolphins and fish — and contaminating the food sources of Indigenous communities in remote areas of the Amazon. Read More

October 16, 2025

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