The first thing to clear up is the difference between blackmail and bribery. Bribery is a $20-billion payoff. Blackmail is ...

Independent news. Trusted by Texans. About The Texas Tribune | Staff | Contact | Send a Confidential Tip | Ethics | Republish Our Work | Jobs | Awards | Corrections | Strategic Plan | Downloads | ...

We all use our phones, so the explosion in need for massive data centers, it’s our fault, but we’re also right to be upset at how we’re just letting these data centers go up with no concern for local ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Trump took Truth Social's polling feature for a spin Saturday, asking followers to vote on two matters of nomenclature. Just ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Columbus voters will head to the polls Tuesday to choose their next mayor as City Council member Joanne Cogle faces off against former city manager Isaiah Hugley in the runoff.

President Donald Trump’s poor approval rating continues to weigh down his party ahead of the midterms — though the GOP has a slim measure of separation from the president, with Democrats holding a ...

Americans have a bleak outlook on the nation’s future ahead of its 250th birthday next month, with most saying the U.S. has already seen its best days and a record-low number saying they are extremely ...

The episode Midnight, written by Russell T Davies, in season four is a shining example of Doctor Who at its scrappiest and most impactful. It’s a bottle episode (aka made very cheaply) which explored ...

Last month, Texas attorney general Ken Paxton sailed to victory over long-standing incumbent John Cornyn to secure the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, a win ensured by his late-stage ...

SUMTER COUNTY, S.C. — Election Day is Tuesday, and while voters will only see what happens inside the polling place, there's a lot of work happening before the first ballot is cast. Inside the Sumter ...

A decisive no-call by umpire Nic Lentz in the Orioles’ 6-4 loss to the Blue Jays on Sunday has stirred controversy. Second baseman Ernie Clement wasn’t called out for running out of the base path to ...

A team at the University of Chicago has discovered a surprisingly simple way to create powerful quantum states that are normally difficult to produce. By making small adjustments to the energy levels ...