The founder of a D.C. nonprofit that served homeless LGBTQ+ youth was sentenced Tuesday to almost three years in prison and $950,000 in restitution for funneling emergency COVID-19 funds to private ...

A single oil tanker just connected two of the world’s most heavily sanctioned nations — Russia and Venezuela — using a secretive Arctic route. The Hyperion, flagged under questionable registrations, ...

In 2006, when the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, released the first-ever Arctic Report Card, scientists already knew the top of the world was in trouble. It’s now much ...

A polar bear walks along the edge of Kaktovik, the only village within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s coastal plain. The Dunleavy administration is pressuring insurance companies it’s concerned ...

Trump has shifted the U.S. approach to the Arctic, promoting oil and gas even as scientists have issued more dire warnings about the region. By David Gelles A blast of Arctic air has plunged much of ...

WASHINGTON — A once-prominent LGBTQ activist faces decades behind bars for federal wire fraud charges. Ruby Corado faces a maximum of 30 years in prison. She will be back in court Monday. Corado's ...

Environmental and Native organizations on Thursday sued the Trump administration to try to overturn last month’s approval of an expansive oil-exploration program on the North Slope. The lawsuit, filed ...

A federal lawsuit argues that proposed work by ConocoPhillips could threaten delicate ecosystems in the largest tract of public land in the U.S. By Karen Zraick A federal lawsuit filed Thursday ...

The climate is changing and nowhere is it changing faster than at Earth's poles. Researchers at Penn State have painted a comprehensive picture of the chemical processes taking place in the Arctic and ...

A federal lawsuit filed Thursday challenges an oil company’s new permit to explore for oil in a remote region of the Arctic in Alaska, arguing that such activity threatens the tundra’s ecosystem and ...