As bird flu continues to spread in the US and worldwide, what’s the risk that it could start a human pandemic?

Energy market for wood pellets globally threatens U.S. forests

Francis is the first Jesuit pope – here’s how that has shaped his 10-year papacy

Nebraska executive order cracks down on Chinese tech

Critics ask governors to speak out against northwest pipeline expansion

Ag economist pushes for more free trade, not less

Legislation would block hostile actors from land purchase near U.S. military bases

Lent is here – remind me what it’s all about?

Russia announces its suspension from last nuclear arms agreement with the US, escalating nuclear tension

Unexpected decree from Mexico riles U.S. corn producers

U.S. trade deficit grew last year

Spy balloon drama elevates public attention, pressure for the US to confront China

Lawmakers support banning 'foreign adversaries' from buying farmland

Turkey-Syria earthquakes: a seismologist explains what has happened

Earthquake in Turkey and Syria: how satellites can help rescue efforts

40 years of legal sports betting in Australia points to risks for US gamblers – and tips for regulators

Chinese spy balloon over the US: An aerospace expert explains how the balloons work and what they can see

US debt default could trigger dollar’s collapse – and severely erode America’s political and economic might

Calls for Pope Benedict’s sainthood make canonizing popes seem like the norm – but it’s a long and politically fraught process

Even bivalent updated COVID-19 boosters struggle to prevent omicron subvariant transmission

US will give military tanks to Ukraine, signaling Western powers’ long-term commitment to thwarting Russia

Climate change trauma has real impacts on cognition and the brain, wildfire survivors study shows

Why China’s shrinking population is a big deal – counting the social, economic and political costs of an aging, smaller society

New bill would ban certain foreign entities from purchasing land in Texas