The powerful El Niño is expected to be the dominant factor, creating wind shear that disrupts storm formation. Forecasters ...

A giant snake once kept as an exotic pet can become a serious ecological problem when it enters the wrong environment. In the ...

Florida wildlife officials are preparing for another round of the annual effort to curb Burmese pythons in the state. The ...

Last year, Taylor Stanberry caught 60 Burmese pythons with her bares hands—a state record. But this self-taught hunter says she doesn't enjoy killing the snakes, she just knows it's a necessity.

As president and allies spread baseless conspiracy theories, here’s what you need to know about California’s vote count As California continues to slowly count ballots, Donald Trump and other ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Experts say speeding up the count in California would take more resources, but also scaling back rules that expand voting access. By Laurel Rosenhall Jill Cowan and Livia Albeck-Ripka Laurel Rosenhall ...

California’s notoriously slow ballot count persists despite attempts to fix the problem, leaving key races in the Tuesday primary uncalled and unleashing a new round of baseless conspiracy theories.

When elections happen in the United States, winners are often projected on election night or by the next morning. That is not always the case in California. Voters across the state cast ballots on ...

Two pedestrians were killed in separate incidents Wednesday, bringing the city’s total pedestrian fatalities this year to 11. Around 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, the San Francisco Police Department ...

While Tuesday marks Election Day in California, the results for races across the state may not come in for days, or even weeks. In the Golden State, mail-in ballots are valid so long as they are ...

Mr. Elwes, a mathematical logician and professor at the University of Leeds, enumerates a multitude of such anecdotes—delightful, insightful, informative—to illustrate the bigger picture in “Huge ...