In the grand scheme of pressing issues facing residents of U.S. cities — scarce affordable housing, high health care costs, anxiety about immigration status or racial tension, to name a few — warnings about the long-term consequences of climate change can, understandably, take a back seat.

High-resolution earth imagery has provided ecologists and conservationists with a dynamic new tool that is enabling everything from more accurate counting of wildlife populations to rapid detection of deforestation, illegal mining, and other changes in the landscape.

Batool Ali is six years old, though you would never guess that from her huge, haunted eyes and emaciated frame.

US President Donald Trump says he did not make secret recordings of ex-FBI chief James Comey despite an earlier hint to the contrary.

To say that tourism is big business in Hawaii is an understatement.

U.S. senators focused Tuesday on the issues surrounding free speech on college campuses, as some expressed concerns that voices have been suppressed because they have been deemed offensive ....

Three major textbook publishers sue the bookstore provider Follett, alleging failure to stop selling pirated versions of their books.

The Turkish government has closed down 15 universities over the past year because of their alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to reports.

Combo photo shows the college graduation picture of Zhang Yu in 2008 (L) and Zhang posing at his own bar in Taiyuan, capital of North China's Shanxi province, June 8, 2017.

Microsoft has admitted that it does temporarily disable anti-virus software on Windows PCs, following an competition complaint to the European Commission by a security company.