This knocked me back. Mom was a woman, a wife, a mother, a teacher, a middle child, a Midwesterner by upbringing, the ...

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) departed McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, on March 1, after operating for 55 days below the Antarctic Circle and traveling 14,000 miles in support of ...

And the dreaded polar vortex will again invade the Midwest and East with soul-crushing Arctic chill. This forecast of ...

Former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration chief scientist Ryan Maue said he expects extreme weather in all 50 ...

The finalists for this years Sony World Photography Awards have been picked from over 430,000 images - see our selection of ...

That figures to be the theme throughout what should be a tightly bunched Major League Baseball season, and USA TODAY Sports’ projected win totals for 2026 reflect as much.

The bitter cold temperatures that have left a chill over the eastern half of the country aren’t going anywhere, as a major disruption to the polar vortex is coming this month. While the cold is not ...

Alexander Volkanovski notched the first defense of his second UFC featherweight title reign Saturday night in front of a home crowd in Sydney at UFC 325. For a second straight fight, Volkanovski ...

In City Heights’ Teralta Park on Jan. 30, 2026, protesters take part in the National Day of Action to protest ICE following two deaths in Minneapolis. (Photo by Adrian Childress/Times of San Diego) ...

In 2014, Donald Trump tweeted: "Just out—the POLAR ICE CAPS are at an all time high, the POLAR BEAR population has never been stronger." That claim was disputed by climate specialists, and indeed the ...

Rising temperatures and rapidly melting sea ice threaten polar bears across the Arctic. But the bears living 800 miles north of the Arctic Circle have stayed surprisingly fat, researchers report ...