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Farming in a 20-year drought is "hard for us," says John Mestas, at his cattle ranch in Colorado's San Luis Valley. Rising levels of arsenic in the water supply are linked to the drought.

Once 'paradise,' parched Colorado valley grapples with arsenic in water

As the West endures a megadrought, rising levels of arsenic — a known carcinogen — in the water supply of Colorado's San Luis Valley offer clues to what the future may hold.

Ophelia Dahl, cofounder of the global group Partners in Health, is the recipient of the 2023 Radcliffe Medal from Harvard University, awarded each year to "an individual who has had a transformative impact on society." Partners in Health builds local partnerships to address health issues. Dahl was hailed for her "unfailing optimism, clarity of vision and unsurpassed ability to get the work done."

Ophelia Dahl on her Radcliffe Prize and lessons learned from Paul Farmer and her youth

She was a co-founder of Partners in Health with Dr. Paul Farmer. Dahl reflects on her philosophy and goals — and what she learned from Farmer, who died last year.

Meredith Clark hopes that preserving Black Twitter will allow for a more accurate retelling of the history of the internet.

She's trying to archive Black Twitter. It's a delicate and imperfect task

Black Twitter has been a force since the platform started. Now, one woman is seeking to archive it, as Twitter's future appears uncertain.

A face mask languishes in the grass in Krakow, Poland. With the state of emergency over, some people are relishing freedom from masks while others believe masking up is still a wise preventive measure.

We asked, you answered: How do you feel about the end of the COVID-19 'emergency'

With the WHO and CDC lifting the COVID-19 pandemic "emergency," we asked readers what was on their minds at this inflection point. Their reflections run the gamut, and also reveal some clear themes.

Three-term Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton faces calls for impeachment

A Texas House committee has recommended impeaching Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton who it says has abused his office to help a campaign donor, alleging bribery, obstruction of justice and more.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen listens during an open session of the Financial Stability Oversight Council meeting at the Department of the Treasury in Washington, D.C., on April 21, 2023. Yellen said on Friday Congress would need to raise the debt ceiling by June 5 or the country could run out of cash to pay its bills.

Yellen sets new deadline for Congress to raise the debt ceiling: June 5

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says unless lawmakers raise the debt ceiling by June 5, the government won't have enough money to pay all of its bills.

The remains of the Kakhovka Dam as seen by satellite on June 7, 2023. Seismologists claim to have seen an explosive signal around the time of the dam's collapse.

Seismic stations detected explosion at Ukrainian dam around the time it collapsed

A Norwegian organization says that two seismic networks it oversees saw an explosion at the war-torn Kakhovka dam in Ukraine around the time it failed.

A person cycles past the skyline in Philadelphia shrouded in haze on Thursday.

When will air quality improve? A lot is riding on the wind

Millions of Americans are under air quality alerts as wildfires burn in Canada. Experts say the weather pattern could change by early next week, and stress the need to take precautions until then.

Zelenskyy's plea to Congress recalls Churchill and others who fought for democracy

Other addresses to Congress by foreign leaders have paled compared to Winston Churchill welding with his words the alliance that overcame Adolph Hitler, until Volodymyr Zelenskyy's this week.

Of the nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, only Justice Clarence Thomas (seated second from left) and Justice Samuel Alito (seated fourth from left) did not file their financial disclosures. They asked for — and were granted — extensions.

Supreme Court justices, minus Thomas, and Alito, file financial disclosure reports

Justice Clarence Thomas' disclosure form had been eagerly awaited in the wake of news reports that he accepted luxury trips worth hundreds of thousands of dollars from GOP megadonor Harlan Crow.

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