A decade after the Mojave Desert saw last significant bloom, the Death Valley - America’s hottest and driest place - is enjoying an exceptional flowering of wild flora and desert gold, the park’s most common flower, due to unusually wet fall last year

Confidence in the economy is the worst since 2022, political confidence in both parties is the lowest since Trump began his second term; pessimism is driven by dissatisfaction with current political and economical strategy, latest Gallup poll reports

Meta, YouTube have been found negligent in a landmark trial; jury said they harmed a young user by making their platforms addictive; The case was brought by a person saying infinite scroll and algorithmic recommendations led her to anxiety and depression

An ongoing investigation by the US military admits responsibility for the missile strike that hit an elementary school in Teheran, considered one of the deadliest single military errors in decades: according to Iranian officials it claimed 175 lives

US Hockey Team won a historic gold medal at the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics defeating Canada 2-1 in overtime; Jack Hughes’ goal gave the team its first victory since the 1980 Lake Placid Games