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Busiest US death chamber: Florida executes 2 men in a day, including an octogenarian

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — Florida on Tuesday became the first state in nearly a decade to carry out two executions in a single day, the last an 80-year-old man who was the second-oldest inmate known to receive a lethal injection in modern U. S. history. Hours earlier, the state executed a former police officer convicted of killing a young girl. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has made Florida's death chamber the nation’s busiest at the end of his final term, saying too many families have waited too...

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A new media ecosystem is taking root on the left, reshaping Democratic politics

NEW YORK (AP) — Farah Berent, a teacher in Michigan, used to learn about politics from channels like ABC, CBS and CNN. But that changed as she decided that coverage of the war in Gaza was irreparably biased. "I couldn’t stand all the lies on the stations,″ she said, arguing that there wasn't enough attention being paid to Palestinian suffering. "I started going to Instagram to get my news. ”Berent is among many progressive-minded Americans who have sworn off legacy media institutions...

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Wildfires are more extreme in Europe and North America, but global burning is oddly decreasing

It seems as if the world is afire this summer. But even as wildfires in Europe and North America grow more extreme, key worldwide burning statistics are at a record low largely because Africa and Asia are controlling fire more. Experts say these seemingly opposite trends are happening at the same time because of what humanity is doing to the planet. “It does seem like a paradox because we’re talking increases in fires, yet the global numbers have been going down and down. But they’re of...

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