The United States government sanctioned General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the head of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Sudan’s de facto head of state, in January 2025, alleging that the SAF had used ...

Gary Bost, Bethalto village mayor, talks to residents at a standing-room-only Bethalto Village Board meeting on Monday, Sept. 8, 2025. It was standing-room only at Monday's Bethalto Village Board ...

Gentler saltwater pools are becoming the norm and not the exception. Here's what you need to know about converting a pool. David lives in Brooklyn where he's spent more than a decade covering all ...

When thousands of pounds of toxic, greenish-yellow gas poured from Olin Corporation’s Freeport facility on May 20, nearby residents said they had no warning about the largest industrial leak of ...

Chlorine levels in two Henrico County ponds, where more than 1,000 fish died, might be coming down. State water tests Monday afternoon found chlorine was still illegally high but much lower than the ...

Chlorine Exposure: Is It a Danger for Swimmers? Swimmers are known for many things: tan lines, long practice hours, broad shoulders and the unmistakable scent of chlorine. Growing up, people who I’d ...

LAKE JACKSON, Texas — Many who work at the sprawling chemical and industrial plants across the Houston region realize the risks and prepare for potential emergencies as best they can. "And make sure ...

Residents in Lake Jackson, Texas, were warned to remain indoors with windows closed and air conditioning off on Tuesday morning following a chlorine leak from a nearby chemical facility. Lake Jackson ...

FREEPORT, Texas — A chlorine gas leak on Tuesday morning at Olin’s Plant B prompted shelter-in-place orders, school lockdowns, and warnings across multiple Brazoria County cities. Four people needed ...

The United States government has discontinued its free at-home COVID-19 test program after four years. The program, which began in 2021, shipped over 900 million tests directly to U.S. households.

Standardized testing—including state assessments for accountability purposes—is an annual reality in K-12 schools. But more than half of educators—nearly 60 percent—don’t believe that state ...

ASHEVILLE – During a Dec. 9 Buncombe County briefing, Water Resources representative Clay Chandler provided lead test results from over 150 private homes, with promising results for the first round of ...