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As heat waves intensify, more public housing residents may get help with AC bills
MPR News· 5 days agoThe summer has already been a scorcher and heat alerts across the country could lead to more records broken. Public housing residents, many elderly, children or sick, are disproportionately ...
June sizzled to a 13th straight monthly heat record, but July might break string
MPR News· 2 days agoThere's hope that the planet will soon see an end to the record-setting part of the heat streak, but not the climate chaos that has come with it, scientists said. The global temperature in June ...
After controversial court rulings, a Voting Rights Act lawsuit takes an unusual turn
MPR News· 5 days agoThe groups say they are now considering other avenues for challenging a redistricting plan for Arkansas’ state legislature that they argue takes away meaningful opportunities ...
Exit poll shows landslide win for Britain's Labour Party amid frustration with Conservatives
MPR News· 5 days agoBritain’s Labour Party was headed for a huge majority in a parliamentary election on Thursday, an exit poll suggested, against a gloomy backdrop of economic malaise, mounting distrust in institutions ...
In just a few years, half of all states passed bans on trans health care for kids
MPR News· 7 days agoTransgender people under 18 face laws that bar them from accessing gender-affirming health care in 25 states — just a few years ago, not a single state had such a law. The Supreme Court has ...
6 takeaways from Biden's high-stakes interview
MPR News· 4 days agoDemocrats have been in full panic mode about President Biden’s candidacy and ability to beat Donald Trump since Biden’s dismal debate performance last week. In an effort to quell that concern ...