Global carbon emissions continue to rise, and deforestation is moving full speed ahead across Brazil. Even amid all the ...

Dana Williamson allegedly intervened to settle a state lawsuit with her former client, gaming company Activision Blizzard.

The original bill, introduced by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and intended to tackle the funding of criminal groups, ...

Almost every day there is foreboding news for this movement. Last month the International Energy Agency published new data showing that worldwide demand for oil and gas is growing, with no end in ...

The Senate passed legislation Monday to reopen the government, bringing the longest shutdown in U.S. history closer to an end as a small group of mostly Democrats ratified a deal with Republicans, ear ...

There is one area in the world that will have a detrimental effect on the United States and beyond in the next few years.

Investigators are now asking how far the gang’s global footprint is expanding — and what threat it poses beyond the region ...

Whatever the next Amazonian superfood is, it will need to challenge açaí. The purple berry is grown and eaten in huge ...

Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or fewer and are subject to editing for grammar and clarity. Publication is at ...

Murdered by the dictatorial regime of Rafael Trujillo, the activists from the Dominican Republic inspired the UN's ...