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Heidi Grether, Gov. Rick Snyder's appointee for head of the Department of Environmental Quality.

Gov. Snyder appoints former BP exec Heidi Grether as new MDEQ head

Gov. Rick Snyder has appointed Heidi Grether as the new head of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, his office announced today.Grether is…

Children fly kites at Parliament Hill viewpoint on Saturday in London to mark one year since the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban.

Kite fliers gathered in multiple cities in a show of solidarity with Afghanistan

The "Fly With Me" kite festival was created as a show of solidarity with the people of Afghanistan to mark one year since the country fell to the Taliban.

Short-term profits and long-term consequences — did Jack Welch break capitalism?

The General Electric CEO wowed investors and mingled with celebrities. But New York Times correspondent David Gelles says Welch's aggressive tactics also caused irreparable harm to American industry.

A green sea turtle swims near coral in a bay on the west coast of the Big Island near Captain Cook, Hawaii, on Sept. 11, 2019.

Hawaii's lawmakers mull imposing fees to pay for ecotourism crush

Hawaii lawmakers are considering legislation that would require tourists to pay for a yearlong license or pass to visit state parks and trails. They're still debating how much they would charge.

Michael Schumacher, pictured at a press conference in Brazil in 2006, hasn't spoken publicly since suffering a near-fatal head injury in 2013.

A magazine touted Michael Schumacher's first interview in years. It was actually AI

F1 champion Michael Schumacher hasn't spoken publicly since suffering a near-fatal head injury in 2013. Die Aktuelle fired its editor over the AI-generated piece, and Schumacher's family plans to sue.

Carrie Kissell spent nearly three months on a sailboat after Airbnb told her she could live and work anywhere. "When the work day was over, I'd close my laptop and you know, go snorkeling," she says.

Airbnb let its workers live and work anywhere. Spoiler: They're loving it

Airbnb says its Live and Work Anywhere policy is all about winning the global war for talent. A year in, the company and its workers are reaping all sorts of added benefits.

TWTS: We'll be "up and at 'em," once you tell us who 'em are

When you hear someone say “up and at ‘em,” you probably know what to do, even if you don’t know who “’em” refers to.

General Motors is offering buyouts in an effort to cut $2 billion in costs

The Detroit automaker says the buyouts will be offered to most U.S. salaried workers and some global executives.

A worker performs maintenance on pipes used during brine extraction at a lithium mine in the Atacama Desert in Chile on Aug. 24.

In Chile's desert lie vast reserves of lithium — key for electric car batteries

Chile is part of a South American region known as the "lithium triangle," where miners are trying to meet skyrocketing demand for the material.

With Pitchfork in peril, a word on the purpose of music journalism

At its best, the influential online music pub — which Condé Nast announced last week will be folded into GQ — created a rare and precious space to slow down, pay attention and really listen.

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