(NEW YORK) -- In northern Wisconsin, April Stone is carrying on a centuries-old Ojibwe practice of basket making. She uses wood from the black ash tree, a cultural keystone species that's now under threat from the invasive emerald ash borer.Yet for Stone and other tribal artisans, protecting black ash trees…
(NEW YORK) -- Monday might be the first time the jury in Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial sees Michael Cohen in person, but they have heard plenty about the former president's one-time "fixer."Witness after witness over the last three weeks have offered their opinions on Trump's former lawyer, whose…
(NEW YORK) -- As they sat in the lobby of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Washington, D.C., last month, Garnell Whitfield Jr. and others who have lost relatives nationwide to gun violence listened as U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland helped dedicate an exhibit honoring those…
(NEW YORK) -- With over 100 active wildfires burning in Canada, wildfire smoke has drifted across the border into the United States, prompting Minnesota officials to issue the state's first air quality alert of 2024.At least 37 of the 141 active fires burning in Canadian wildfires have been labeled "out…
(CLEVELAND) -- An Ohio police officer investigating a call of a disturbance at a home was fatally shot Saturday night in what authorities described as an "ambush" by an alleged gunman who was found dead Sunday.The shooting unfolded just before 10 p.m. local time in a residential area of Euclid,…
(NEW YORK) -- For nearly a decade, Michael Cohen was Donald Trump's trusted adviser, personal attorney, and self-described "attack dog with a law license."But Monday morning, Cohen is set to serve as the star witness in Trump's New York criminal hush money trial, potentially delivering testimony that could cement the…
(CLEVELAND) -- A late night shooting inside an Ohio movie theater has left one man dead, police said.The shooting took place at approximately 11 p.m. when the Massilon Police Department were notified of a shooting inside a Regal Cinemas movie theater in Massilon, Ohio -- some 50 miles south of…
(SAN DIEGO) -- Scientists may have found the answer to manufacturing plastics products that actually break down without forming into microplastics, or tiny pieces of plastics that could linger for thousands of years.Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, and materials company Algenesis said they found a way to…
(GOLDEN, Colo.) -- One of three Colorado teenagers charged in connection with a rock-throwing spree that killed a 20-year-old driver last year has pleaded guilty as part of a plea deal, officials said Friday.Seven vehicles were hit by large landscaping rocks on the night of April 19, 2023. Three people…
(NEW YORK) -- Judge Juan Merchan on Friday issued a warning to Michael Cohen ahead of his planned testimony next week in former President Trump's criminal hush money trial, telling prosecutors to ask him to stop talking about the case after Trump's team brought up his continued out-of-court statements following…
