A communications researcher lays out the dynamics of conspiracy theory belief and why they gain traction in times of anxiety and uncertainty.
November 14, 2025
U.S.
November 14, 2025
A survey conducted by the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon last month found that a wall built by the Israeli military crosses the Blue Line, the de facto border, a U.N
November 14, 2025
Protesters in Pokemon costumes stomped around the United Nations climate conference Friday to send Japan a message: end financing of coal and natural gas projects across Southeast Asia and elsewhere
November 14, 2025
Researchers are reporting what they believe is the first documented death from a meat allergy triggered by tick bites
November 14, 2025
Brazil is hosting the United Nations climate talks with a focus on Indigenous peoples and the Amazon rainforest
November 14, 2025
Person rescued after getting stuck in swamp in Massachusetts' North Shore
November 14, 2025
A fast-moving wildfire raged across thousands of acres of California prairie near the Nevada border on Friday, while Los Angeles was in the throes of back-to-back storms that
November 14, 2025
Jeff Bezos’s aerospace company Blue Origin is now the second, after SpaceX, to land a rocket booster for reuse.
November 14, 2025
The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday it halved a requirement that U.S. airlines reduce domestic flights at 40 major airports from 6% to 3% starting
November 14, 2025
International Paper on Friday said it will shut two U.S. packaging plants by January as the company cuts costs and consolidates operations amid weak demand.
November 14, 2025
U.N. climate talks were nearing a midway point on Friday, with countries still wrangling over which issues they might be
November 14, 2025
Newly identified species of Tanzanian tree toad leapfrog the tadpole stage and give birth to toadlets
November 13, 2025
Activist investment firm Kimmeridge Energy Management has taken a stake in U.S. shale producer Devon Energy, according to a stock market filing released on Friday.
November 14, 2025
Global supplies of the rare earth element yttrium are running low due to Chinese
November 14, 2025
The Marine Mammal Center has rescued a sea otter pup in Morro Bay, California, after it was separated from its mother
November 14, 2025
Heavy rainfall floods the camps of displaced Palestinians in Gaza
November 14, 2025
Standard Lithium is getting a boost from Washington as it vies with Exxon Mobil to become the first company to produce lithium in Arkansas, a U.S.
November 14, 2025
Canadian pipeline operator Enbridge on Friday approved $1.4 billion in expansion projects for its Mainline and Flanagan South pipelines to the U.S., which it stressed
November 14, 2025
Tens of thousands of people who have fled the Sudanese city of al-Fashir are unaccounted for, the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday, raising concerns for their safety
November 14, 2025
Saudi Aramco is set to sign two U.S. liquefied natural gas supply deals with Woodside Energy and Commonwealth LNG
November 14, 2025
The equipment needed to keep the grid running is hard to make, and materials are limited. And supply-chain bottlenecks are taking years to clear.
November 14, 2025
CBP officers intercept pavement ants found in undeclared imported plants at Detroit Metro
November 14, 2025
A London judge has ruled that BHP Group is liable for Brazil’s worst environmental disaster
November 14, 2025
Global equity fund inflows cooled significantly in the week to November 12 as worries about stretched technology valuations and signs of softening U.S. labour market conditions fuelled risk
November 14, 2025
Standing near the mangled exterior of his thermal power plant, the 53-year-old production manager described the now familiar job of a Ukrainian energy worker: swiftly
November 14, 2025
(Corrects to remove analyst's inaccurate comment in paragraph 10 that BHP had made a new $500 million provision relating to the incident.)
November 14, 2025
The rush to redraw America's congressional maps has put a historically Black neighborhood in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, and a mostly white farming community 100 miles away in the same district
November 14, 2025
Chileans will head to the ballot box on Sunday to elect a new president in a vote that is pitting the governing leftist coalition against an array of right-wing
November 14, 2025
By Anna Szymanski -Everything Mike Dolan and the ROI team are excited to read, watch and listen to over the weekend. From the Editor Hello Morning Bid readers!
November 14, 2025
A restaurant in central Thailand has become an internet sensation after a nearby river flooded it with water and fish
November 14, 2025
Russia's Black Sea port of Novorossiysk halted oil exports on Friday after a Ukrainian drone attack, and oil pipeline monopoly Transneft suspended crude supplies to the outlet, two
November 14, 2025
Photo essay: See here "The fire started on my birthday," says taxi driver Simon Rodriguez, hauling
November 14, 2025
Spain's ACS and BlackRock's Global Infrastructure Partners have created a joint venture to develop an initial 2 billion euro ($2.33 billion), 1.7 gigawatt portfolio of data centres,
November 14, 2025
Chrysler-parent Stellantis is recalling 112,859 U.S. vehicles over possible engine failure or compartment fire, the U.S.
November 14, 2025
The first major blast of wintry weather in the U.S. this week brought snow, frigid temperatures and in some places something a little more magical: Frost flowers
November 14, 2025
New Jersey man is first known death from meat allergy triggered by tick bites
November 14, 2025
First-term Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell conceded his reelection fight to progressive activist Katie Wilson on Thursday, handing another victory to leftist Democrats around the country frustrated with unaffordability, homelessness, public safety and the actions of President Donald Trump’s administration
November 13, 2025
Colombia's state-run energy company Ecopetrol ECO.CN expects to execute about $6.3 billion in investments in 2025, equivalent to 90% of its target, executives
November 14, 2025
The Trump administration on Thursday finalized its rollback of Biden-era limits on oil and gas drilling in an Alaska area that is the nation's largest tract of undisturbed public land.
November 13, 2025
Families of some victims of two Boeing 737 MAX plane crashes that killed 346 people asked a U.S. appeals court on Thursday to reverse a judge's decision to
November 13, 2025
Rio Tinto said on Friday its Kennecott operation in Utah, U.S., has signed a 15-year virtual power purchase agreement with TerraGen to source renewable energy from a new wind farm in Texas.
November 13, 2025
A tanker truck spewing hazardous gas in an Oklahoma hotel parking lot forced hotel guests and hundreds of residents to evacuate in the overnight hours
November 13, 2025
A wildlife photographer captured a dramatic encounter on video between a harbor seal and a pod of killer whales
November 13, 2025
Cuba is fighting a wave of mosquito-borne illnesses including dengue and chikungunya virus that have swept the island in recent weeks, affecting nearly one-third of the population
November 13, 2025
The longest government shutdown in U.S. history may be officially over, but getting everything back up and running won't happen all at once
November 13, 2025
JBS, the world's largest meat company, reported a net profit fall in the third quarter in spite of a rise in global net sales amid a still-
November 13, 2025
A Canadian anti-whaling activist who has dodged arrest in Japan for more than a decade vowed at COP30 in Brazil to continue fighting for marine
November 13, 2025
The White House this week held separate meetings with oil refiners and biofuel producers as it seeks to resolve a long-running dispute over billions of gallons of U.S.
November 13, 2025
A proposal to build a gondola from downtown Los Angeles to Dodger Stadium hit some turbulence when the City Council voted to urge transportation officials to ground the project
November 13, 2025
With more than a half-million people worldwide dying from heat-related causes every year, a group of philanthropies is putting $300 million
November 13, 2025
Bookstore faces city action over homeless encampment
November 13, 2025
Wildlife officials say a small alligator spotted along the Charles River in Boston this week has been rescued and delivered to safety
November 13, 2025
(Corrects second bullet point, paragraph 8 and paragraph 10 in November 13 story to remove attribution to OPEC and make clear the surplus projection is implied according to a Reuters calculation based
November 13, 2025
The Trump administration has finalized a plan to open the coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling, renewing long-simmering debate over whether to drill in one of the nation’s most sensitive wilderness areas
October 23, 2025
The twin spacecraft Blue and Gold could open a new era in space exploration and planetary science, powered by commercial partnerships and innovations.
November 13, 2025
Doritos and Cheetos are getting a makeover
November 13, 2025
Since its prize-winning debut at the Cannes Film Festival, “Sirāt” has been one the year’s most talked about films
November 13, 2025
European Union officials are warning Ukraine that it must keep cracking down on graft in the wake of a major corruption scandal that could hurt the country’s ability to attract financial help
November 13, 2025
Gov. Patrick Morrisey says crews have found the body of a coal miner missing for days after a mine flooded in West Virginia
November 13, 2025
Africa is facing the worst outbreak of cholera in 25 years, the Africa CDC told reporters in a briefing on Thursday, blaming the rise on fragile water systems and conflict.
November 13, 2025
Tesla said on Thursday it is recalling about 10,500 units of its Powerwall 2 battery power systems in the U.S. for fire and burn hazards after receiving 22 reports of overheating. The U.S.
November 13, 2025
Near a remote bend of the Patoyacu River in Peru's northern Amazon, Wilmer Macusi stood atop a rusty pipeline cutting through the jungle, swirling a
November 13, 2025
The funding gap for aid agencies is accentuating Sudan's crisis, leaving them unable to help many of the tens of thousands of people fleeing from the Darfur city of al-
November 13, 2025
Quantavia Smith, who was often homeless for a decade, now has a studio apartment in Los Angeles with easy access to public transit
November 13, 2025
While Trump scraps US climate policies, companies still face pressure from states, other countries and their customers. That pressure trickles down supply chains.
November 13, 2025
Whether Maine’s Graham Platner wins or loses, his campaign to knock off longtime GOP Sen. Susan Collins already points to a deeper question: Can Democrats do more than rent rural authenticity?
November 13, 2025
The U.S.
November 13, 2025
China has created more space debris than any other country. But as its space program grows, it has more to lose from a collision than ever before.
November 13, 2025
A crop data blackout during the longest-ever U.S. government shutdown has led to the widest range of analyst estimates in a decade for corn and
November 13, 2025
Maria Gladys Primo cannot hold back tears as she recalls the night of November 13, 1985, when she last saw her two young children, before a landslide of mud,
November 13, 2025
Millions saw unexpected northern lights, as a wild solar storm unfolded across the world
November 12, 2025
US lawmakers demand answers from Trump administration over Chinese chemical shipments to Iran following CNN reporting
November 13, 2025
The government shutdown is over, but things are not back to normal
November 13, 2025
Australia’s conservative Liberal Party on Thursday walked away from its policy to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 and pledged instead to prioritise bringing down
November 13, 2025
Australia risks undermining efforts to establish itself as a leader in the green energy transition and letting down its
November 13, 2025
Sergio Melendro was among hundreds of children missing after a volcanic eruption devastated Armero, Colombia, in 1985 and his mother Martha Lucía López still searches for him
November 13, 2025
New Zealand said on Thursday it would strengthen economic and diplomatic ties with Niue, a self-governing island nation in "free association" with it, after their leaders met in
November 13, 2025
When Fusarium graminearum infects wheat, it can pose a risk to humans, animals and agriculture.
November 12, 2025
Strong solar storms responsible for breathtaking auroras across the U.S. have delayed the launch of Blue Origin's big new rocket
November 12, 2025
In Japan's Northern Alps, residents are chasing monkeys to keep them away from farms and homes
November 12, 2025
Venezuelans voice uncertainty, fear and skepticism after arrival of US aircraft carrier in region
November 13, 2025
A jury in federal court in Chicago ordered Boeing on Wednesday to pay more than $28 million to the family of a United Nations environmental worker who was
November 13, 2025
U.S.
November 12, 2025
West Virginia's governor says the search for a trapped worker inside a flooded coal mine remains a rescue operation
November 12, 2025
Scientists report that emissions from fossil fuels rose by 1.1% in 2025, marking the second consecutive year of a small increase
November 13, 2025
Top diplomats from the Group of Seven industrialized democracies publicly showed their consensus on Ukraine and Sudan
November 12, 2025
A grandfather and his young granddaughter
November 12, 2025
US State Department warns Americans in Japan: Watch out for bears
November 12, 2025
'It changed me': Inmates help train puppies to help veterans with PTSD, other disabilities
November 12, 2025
Chevron said on Wednesday it expects that a prolific oilfield in Guyana could hold more than the current estimate of 11 billion barrels of oil equivalent in
November 12, 2025
(Corrects details describing commercial restrictions on a Amazon ranch owned by Antonio Luceno Barros.
September 16, 2025
Volkswagen Group said on Wednesday the technology it is developing with U.S. electric-vehicle maker Rivian Automotive could eventually be used in
November 12, 2025
As United Nation climate talks get underway in Belem, a different kind of conference is kicking off: the People’s Summit, a gathering of activists, organizers, environmentalists and Indigenous groups from around the world
November 12, 2025
Library trades food for fines to help with food insecurity
November 12, 2025
U.N. humanitarian affairs and relief head Tom Fletcher has told The Associated Press that the situation is getting “horrific for civilians” in Sudan
November 12, 2025
A timeline of 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard’s disappearance and her mother’s arrest
November 12, 2025
Melissa was just the latest blow, following close on the heels of Beryl. Many islands today have little time to recover before the next disaster hits.
November 12, 2025
Anthropic has announced a $50 billion investment in computing infrastructure, including new data centers in Texas and New York
November 12, 2025
Denver turns asphalt into gardens to reduce flooding and reinvest in neighborhoods
November 12, 2025
Nvidia on Wednesday denied plans to invest $1 billion in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, hours after the state governor touted the firm's plans to build a data center
November 12, 2025
Live skunk caught at harbor
November 12, 2025
Teen 'serial rapist' sentenced to 35 years in prison
November 12, 2025
Indigenous protesters on Wednesday defended charging the gates of Brazil's COP30 climate summit and clashing with
November 12, 2025
Chevron said on Wednesday that it plans to grow free cash flow by more than 10% annually through 2030 and increase oil and gas production, while further reducing
November 12, 2025
Newsom calls Trump an ‘invasive species’ and ‘wrecking ball’ in fiery remarks at COP30 climate summit
November 12, 2025
SF Muni operator appears to fall asleep while speeding 50 mph through curve, jolting passengers
November 12, 2025
Toyota Motor said on Wednesday it had begun production at its $13.9 billion North Carolina battery plant as it ramps up hybrid production and confirmed plans to invest $
November 12, 2025
Bundled in layers of clothing and clutching her cane inside an evacuation van, 84-year-old Polina Plyushchii said the threat of drones and other weapons had made it too
November 12, 2025
Sea otter pup and mom reunited
November 12, 2025
Researchers have found that shouting is more effective than speaking when trying to scare off seagulls
November 12, 2025
The federal government shutdown has created delays in some states when it comes to the federal program that helps millions of families heat and cool their homes
November 12, 2025
Video shows alligator slinking back into Charles River in Boston
November 12, 2025
The world oil market will see a small surplus in 2026 after OPEC+ production increases and higher supply from other producers, an OPEC report showed on Wednesday, a
November 12, 2025
Oslo-listed Vantage Drilling cancelled a contract to drill next year, which two industry sources told Reuters on Wednesday was with
November 12, 2025
Millions of Americans rely on this network of federally funded health clinics for their primary care.
November 12, 2025
From extreme heat to mosquito-borne illnesses, climate change is making people sicker and more vulnerable to disease. Health scientists explain what individuals and governments can do about it.
November 12, 2025
Battery researchers are seeking options with better performance, improved environmental sustainability and lower cost than lithium-ion batteries.
November 12, 2025
A psychology team distills the 6 principles of ‘consumer wisdom’: a set of habits that promotes well-being by aligning our values and behaviors.
November 12, 2025
Polestar reported a wider third-quarter loss on Wednesday and said it would conduct a reverse stock split - reducing the number of its existing shares
November 12, 2025
Iran is grappling with its worst water crisis in decades, with officials warning that Tehran — a city of more than 10 million — may soon be uninhabitable if the
November 12, 2025
Northern lights just dazzled night skies as far south as Florida. Here’s who has the best chance to see them tonight
November 12, 2025
Millions more people risk famine in at least a dozen crisis spots around the world, including Sudan and Gaza, two U.N. agencies warned on Wednesday, appealing for funds to address a
November 12, 2025
In Newark's heavily Latino Ironbound district, Rosa Ludena works the register of the electronics shop she's owned since 2003.
November 12, 2025
Scientists now know that bees can process time, a first in insects
November 12, 2025
Former Rep. Elaine Luria mounts a comeback for her old Virginia seat
November 12, 2025
Former aide to two NY governors, accused of being Chinese agent, goes on trial for money laundering and fraud
November 12, 2025
The World Bank and other multilateral development banks (MDBs) are under pressure to offer more help to poor countries being hammered by energy challenges and
November 12, 2025
Global oil and gas demand could grow until 2050, the International Energy Agency said on Wednesday, departing from previous expectations of a speedy transition to
November 12, 2025
AI data centre-fuelled power demand growth in the U.S. is likely to drive a "boom cycle" for energy storage in the next five years as more storage is needed to
November 12, 2025
Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat,
November 12, 2025
Taiwan evacuated more than 8,300 people ahead of Wednesday's arrival of a much weakened Typhoon Fung-wong that brought record downpours to the mountainous east
November 12, 2025
Global wine production rose slightly in 2025, but output remained below average for a third consecutive year as vineyards faced extreme and volatile weather,
November 12, 2025
The death toll from the sinking of a boat carrying members of Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya
November 11, 2025
Taiwan has evacuated 8,300 people and closed schools before a tropical storm brushes the southern part of the island later Wednesday
November 12, 2025
Dozens of Indigenous protesters forced their way into the COP30 climate summit venue on Tuesday and clashed with security guards
November 11, 2025
A rare blackout has hit the entire Dominican Republic, snarling traffic and paralyzing business in the country of nearly 11 million people
November 11, 2025
The southeastern U.S. has plunged into record-low temperatures, affecting 18 million people under a freeze warning across Alabama, Florida, and Georgia
November 11, 2025
Australia's Mineral Resources said on Wednesday it would sell a 30% stake in part of its lithium business to South Korea's POSCO for $765 million to reduce debt, sending its
November 11, 2025
California Governor Gavin Newsom assured an audience at the COP30 climate summit in Brazil that his state would continue to prioritize green technology,
November 11, 2025
Global sales of fully electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles rose 23% in October to 1.9 million units, driven by strong demand across major markets, market
November 12, 2025
A group of activists skirmished with security on Tuesday at United Nations climate talks in Brazilian Amazon city Belem, briefly trying to force their way into the main venue before they were pushed back
November 11, 2025
Families of 15 Camp Mystic flood victims file lawsuits claiming gross negligence after 27 girls and counselors died
November 10, 2025
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is criticizing the United States for missing key United Nations climate talks, calling it doubling down on stupid
November 11, 2025
The world has seen faster climate change than expected since the Paris Agreement a decade ago
November 09, 2025
The Supreme Court has extended an order blocking full SNAP payments
November 11, 2025
California Governor Gavin Newsom said it was chilling to see the U.S. military blowing up suspected drug vessels in the Caribbean and off the Pacific coasts of Latin America
November 11, 2025
France is worried about U.S. military operations in the Caribbean because they violate international law, the country's foreign minister Jean-Noel
November 11, 2025
(Corrects paragraph 14 to delete reference to former USARC commissioners' obvious personal or professional lack of connections to the Arctic, adds more information on Nesheiwat's professional
November 11, 2025
Home saved after Amazon driver spots flames, calls 911
November 11, 2025
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is warning that eight senators' decision to break with Democrats and end the government shutdown shows they aren't alarmed enough about President Donald Trump's impact on political norms
November 11, 2025
Palestinian mother Hanan al-Joujou, 31, has to feed her three children in the dark with a flashlight as there is no electricity in Gaza even after last month's Israel-Hamas ceasefire.
November 11, 2025
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to step aside after nearly four decades in Congress kicks off a wide-open contest to replace her at a time when her home city of San Francisco is roiled in debate about what its future should look like
November 07, 2025
Record-breaking cold settles in across the southern US, but another big change is coming
November 10, 2025
This year's United Nations climate talks in Brazil are putting a special focus on Indigenous peoples
November 11, 2025
Oil prices gained about $1 on Tuesday on the impact of the latest U.S. sanctions on Russian oil and the optimism over a potential end to the U.S. government shutdown,
November 11, 2025
Shell has challenged its defeat in an arbitration case against U.S. liquefied natural gas producer Venture Global in the New York Supreme
November 11, 2025
Pressure grows for release of penguins ‘trapped’ at London aquarium
November 11, 2025
A Christian missionary father and his daughter were killed when a small plane bound for a hurricane relief mission in Jamaica crashed in a South Florida neighborhood
November 11, 2025
At 93 years old, Indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire is urging Brazil to empower native peoples to preserve the Amazon rainforest
November 11, 2025
A lifelong politician who just last year was projected to become prime minister of Canada, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is now struggling to define his party’s
November 11, 2025
Rare rabbits, 60 chickens among the animals found living in horrendous conditions in home, police say
November 11, 2025
A Utah judge has thrown out a new U.S. congressional map passed by the Republican-led legislature in favor of an alternative that appears likely to result in
November 11, 2025
Taiwan has evacuated more than 3,000 people and closed schools and offices ahead of tropical storm Fung-wong
November 11, 2025
Group of Seven foreign ministers will meet in Canada on Tuesday, with Ukraine and the Middle East set to be high on the agenda as U.S
November 11, 2025
Microsoft plans to invest $10 billion in artificial intelligence infrastructure at a data centre in Portugal's port city of Sines over the next few years, marking one of the largest
November 11, 2025
Thousands of protesters in Serbia have formed a human shield around a bombed-out military complex, vowing to protect it from redevelopment
November 11, 2025
Everyday people are improvising stopgap efforts to support their communities through the longest government shutdown in U.S. history
November 11, 2025
The Tropical Forest Forever Facility is designed to reward countries for preventing deforestation. Charts show the magnitude of the problem.
November 10, 2025
Masters winner is set to make $4.5 million out of a majors-record $22.5 million prize purse
Detroit works to create safe zones, programs for minors after recent teen takeovers
Police searching for help to identify injured woman struck by lightning
Pope Leo XIV blasts 'delusion of omnipotence' fueling the US-Israeli war in Iran
Appeals court says Trump White House ballroom construction can proceed for now
'A big deal': North Carolina Apollo veteran reacts to Artemis II splashdown
Artemis II crew used modern photography to tell the visual story of their lunar journey – and update some classic Apollo images
The final day of the NBA regular season awaits, with a whole lot left to be decided