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Logan Johnson, 11, carries a sign that reads "Thankful" after he recovered it from his family's destroyed home on Saturday after a tornado hit in Powderly, Texas.

Tornadoes hit Texas and Oklahoma, killing at least 2 people and injuring dozens

Tornadoes hit hard in parts of Oklahoma and Texas, destroying homes and businesses. More than 100 buildings suffered damage in the rural Oklahoma town of Idabel.

Donald Caesar, Jr., 49, stands in front of a pile of garbage. That's what's left of his family's home a month after Hurricane Ida ripped through LaPlace, La.

In hurricane-wrecked Southern Louisiana, longtime residents consider calling it quits

For the people of LaPlace, La. the destruction of Hurricane Ida was on another level. And that has some residents considering moving away before the next one.

Lessenberry talks assisted suicide bills and a warning to failing schools

This Week in Michigan Politics Jack Lessenberry and Doug Tribou discuss accusations that Republicans are shielding Gov. Snyder from accountability in the…

Wind turbines silhouetted against the sky at dawn near Spearville, Kan. in January. Senator Joe Manchin's rejection of a sweeping spending bill effectively kills President Biden's ambitious climate plan to transform the nation's heavily fossil-fuel powered economy into a clean-burning one.

Manchin says Build Back Better's climate measures are risky. That's not true

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin had spent months watering down Biden's ambitious climate plans. His final objections to the bill's climate measures are misleading.

Oscoda residents talk with government officials about the PFC plumes contaminating their wells.

Chemical plumes in Oscoda, Michigan continue to seep from former U.S. Air Force base

Residents of a northern Michigan town are getting briefed today on a threat to their drinking water.For decades, fire crews trained at Wurtsmith Air Force…

President Biden speaks about his infrastructure bill at a bridge across the Pemigewasset River in Woodstock, N.H., which has been declared structurally unsafe.

Biden picks a rickety New Hampshire bridge as a scene to sell his infrastructure bill

The president made a first stop in New Hampshire to promote the $1 trillion infrastructure law. Members of his cabinet will crisscross the nation in the coming days to boost the new law.

Vlad begins his round of evacuations picking up civilians in Druzhkivka on Dec. 14, 2022, in Kramatorsk, Ukraine.

Meet the volunteers bringing relief to the residents of embattled Bakhmut, Ukraine

Photographer Natalie Keyssar recounts the work of The Angels of Salvation, a group of volunteers dedicated to bringing aid to and helping to evacuate civilians in Ukraine's Donetsk region.

Some home garden fertilizers contain PFAS

If you buy some kinds of bagged fertilizer for your garden, you might be getting more than you want.The Ecology Center and Sierra Club sampled different…

President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping hold a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Bali on Monday.

4 takeaways from President Biden's 'very blunt' meeting with China's Xi Jinping

The three-hour meeting between Xi and President Biden finished Monday with both leaders expressing an openness to restoring communication channels and repairing the U.S.-China relationship.

Kate Beaton's new graphic memoir, <em>Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, </em>focuses on her time working at the oil sands of Fort McMurray, in Alberta, Canada.

Kate Beaton's new graphic memoir is about the dark type of job you take for money

Kate Beaton, known for her popular webcomic Hark a Vagrant, is out now with her new graphic memoir Ducks — which dives into the day-to-day life of working in the Canadian oil sands.

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