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Lawmakers to Consider Church Police Force

One of Alabama's largest and wealthiest churches is trying to create its own police department in what experts say would be an unprecedented move.State…

Trial Delay for Astronaut Charged with Murder

There will be a delay in the reckless murder trial of a former NASA Astronaut. The judge in the Tuscaloosa case against James Halsell says the trial will…

Not Enough Trash to Recycle in Montgomery

Municipal officials can lose sleep over the volume of trash that residents produce, but those in Montgomery have the opposite problem. They say the city…

A U.S. Coast Guard crew retrieves a canister dropped by parachute in the Arctic in 2011. Over the past four decades, researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and several other universities have studied shifts in atmospheric circulation above the Arctic.<strong></strong>

Natural Environmental Swings Cause Up To Half Of Arctic Sea Ice Loss

Researchers say 30 percent to 50 percent of the ice loss is due to natural variation in temperature and humidity, while human-caused warming is responsible for the rest.

Rocky spent his first few years raised by people, and is particularly attuned to human speech and behavior, researchers say. But his remarkable ability to learn and match human pitch and common sounds of speech surprised them.

Orangutan's Vocal Feats Hint At Deeper Roots of Human Speech

Rocky wowed scientists when he showed he could control his vocal cords much the way people do. His abilities suggest that early humans might have spoken words 10 million years ago.

Candidate Donald Trump and media magnate Rupert Murdoch (center) at Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeen, Scotland, last June.

Murdoch And Trump, An Alliance Of Mutual Interest

The media titan, long accustomed to influence and access when it comes to Australian and British prime ministers, is poised to enjoy similar status with President Trump.

Sen. Claire McCaskill Speaks Out On Why 'Trumpcare' Is A 'Disaster'

Rachel Martin talks to Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri who sits on one of the Senate committees that must approve the Republican health care bill in order for it to reach the floor.

Airbnb Counters Critics On Housing Supply And Tax Collection

Airbnb says a study which claims the fastest-growing share of its listings come from property managers — not individual home owners renting out their residences — is flawed.

A Front-Line View Of ISIS At War: 'They're Not Backing Down'

New York Times reporter Rukmini Callimachi was recently embedded with Iraqi troops fighting to liberate western Mosul from ISIS. She reports that the Islamic State looks "more fierce than ever."

Activists Work To Preserve Government Environmental Data

Scott Simon talks with historian Matt Price, whose group holds "hack-a-thons" to preserve scientific information. Activists fear environmental data will be harder to find under the new administration.

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