Dems ask Bureau of Prisons for coronavirus update on staffers who manned protests

House Homeland Security Committee chairman Bennie Thompson. | Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo House Homeland Security Chairman Bennie…

Saving Canada’s wild salmon: rescuers pin hopes on fish ladder and salmon cannon

When Gord Sterritt walked to the dusty edge of a cliff in western Canada last summer,…

Trent Lott and John Breaux sign on at Crossroads Strategies

Former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott is seen in 2018. | Rogelio V. Solis/AP Photo Former…

Ron Johnson’s investigations thrust freewheeling GOP senator into election-year spotlight

Sen. Ron Johnson wouldn’t appear to be one of President Donald Trump’s closest allies at first…

Emissions from 13 dairy firms match those of entire UK, says report

The biggest dairy companies in the world have the same combined greenhouse gas emissions as the…

Hopes dashed that resurgent pine martens can save UK’s red squirrel

Hopes that the resurgent predatory pine marten might “biologically control” grey squirrels and benefit the UK’s…

Leading UK charities urge PM to seek green recovery from Covid-19

The chiefs of some of Britain’s leading charities have written to the prime minister to demand…

Bobby Rush: Chicago police union and KKK ‘are like kissing, hugging and law-breaking cousins’

Rep. Bobby Rush. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP CHICAGO — Rep. Bobby Rush on…

Clyburn, Schiff endorse Eliot Engel ahead of competitive primary

Rep. Eliot Engel. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn and Rep. Adam…

UK economy to shrink by 8% in 2020, forecasters say

The British economy will shrink by 8% this year and is unlikely to recover from the…