Anti-trans policies run counter to Texas’s rich transgender history

The hidden history of transgender Texas.

Strip malls could solve America’s housing crisis

They’re a blight on the suburban landscape. If razed and replaced with multifamily units, however, they could relieve pressure on the country’s hottest real estate markets.

In Putin’s Russia, oligarchs don’t matter as much as they used to

Sanctions and boycotts will will inflict real financial pain on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. Denying oligarchs their yachts? Window dressing.

Russian oligarchs have donated millions to U.S. charities, museums and universities, analysis shows

American philanthropies, museums and universities have accepted millions of dollars from tycoons aligned with Russian President Vladimir Putin, including several who are the targets of Western sanctions, according to an analysis by anti-corruption researchers. Among the many beneficiaries are such storied institutions as New York’s Museum of Modern Art, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the […]

Meet Russia’s oligarchs: These men won’t be toppling Putin anytime soon

An expert on oligarchs explains how they came to be Russia’s richest and most powerful people and scrutinizes their relationship with Putin.

Messy storm to bring a couple inches of rain and snow Saturday

Areas that get heavy, wet snow, mostly hills and mountains, have the greatest chance for experiencing power outages.

White House briefs TikTok stars about the war in Ukraine

With millions getting their information about the war from the platform, the administration wants to get its message to top content creators.

Coverage of the war in Ukraine

Maine Gas Prices: Why gas prices are so high and what the state is doing about it

Supply chain challenges and a war in Ukraine impact the global oil markets and what Maine drivers pay at the pump.

‘River Dave’ doesn’t show for N.H. court hearing on trespassing charge

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a former hermit in New Hampshire who is charged with trespassing on the wooded property he made his home for 27 years didn’t show up for his arraignment