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Drilling rigs sit unused on a lot in Odessa, Texas, in the Permian Basin, in March 2022. U.S. oil companies are thriving as they look to avoid the boom-and-bust cycles of the past. That has big implications, including for consumers and global producers.

America is going through an oil boom — and this time it's different

Business is pretty good in America's busiest oil patch. Prices are high enough to turn a profit and then some. But instead of going wild, producers have been aiming for something new: Discipline.

Workers inspect and clear debris on Monday from a section of bridge that collapsed on Interstate 95 in Philadelphia.

A body was found under the collapsed section of I-95 in Philadelphia

The sudden cave-in of part of the busy East Coast highway created an immediate traffic nightmare for drivers. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro issued a disaster declaration.

Alessandra Korap Munduruku, one of this year's winners of the Goldman Environmental Prize, afloat in her native Sawré Muybu Indigenous Territory in Brazil. She was honored for her activism to protect the rainforest from industrial projects. "So our rights are being violated. Everything going on here is wrong," she said. "We can't just sit here and do nothing."

How a Brazilian activist stood up to mining giants to protect her ancestral rainforest

Indigenous activist Alessandra Korap Munduruku was one of this year's recipients of the Goldman Environmental Prize for grassroots activists.

Trevor Powers says his mind kept drifting to the "what ifs" questions after he lost his voice.

Losing his voice gave this singer a new appreciation for God — and being alone

Trevor Powers went to the doctor in October 2021 for a minor stomach ache. He was prescribed an over-the-counter medication and expected it to clear up in a couple days. But that's not what happened.

Lord Norman Foster sits for a portrait on the 42nd floor of JPMorgan's current headquarters. Lord Foster is the architect for a new 60-story building the bank is building. He describes the new structure as a "a breathing building" because of the increased focus on air circulation.

How two big Wall Street banks are rethinking the office for a post-pandemic future

From more air circulation to well stacked pantries, JPMorgan Chase and BNP Paribas are seeking to make the office a draw at a time when work-from-home is becoming commonplace.

Joan Marcus took this photo for <em>42nd Street. </em>Marcus began taking production shots while she was a graduate student estimates she's now photographed 1,000 shows.

We ask 3 Broadway photographers: How do you turn a live show into a still image?

Only a handful of theater photographers work on Broadway and their challenge is to capture the essence of live performance. Ahead of the Tony Awards, we ask three about their craft.

FILE - Honduras' President Xiomara Castro waves during the swearing-in ceremony for Colombia's President Gustavo Petro in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. Castro has flown to China on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, to meet with President Xi Jinping.

Honduras has opened an embassy in China after breaking off ties with Taiwan

Honduras opened an embassy in Beijing on Sunday, Chinese state media reported, months after the Central American nation broke off relations with Taiwan to form diplomatic ties with China.

The Golden Gate Bridge is seen in an aerial view in San Francisco, Wednesday, April 9, 2008.

Nine people have been wounded in a mass shooting in San Francisco's Mission District

Nine people were wounded in a mass shooting in San Francisco's Mission District on Friday night in what police said appeared to be a "targeted and isolated" incident.

Former President Donald Trump exits the stage after speaking at the Georgia Republican convention on Saturday, in Columbus, Ga., his first public appearance responding to the unsealing of his federal indictment.

Trump casts his federal indictment as a biased abuse of power

The former president blasted the 37 felony counts related to his mishandling of classified national defense documents as a "baseless" attempt to harm his 2024 presidential run.

U.S. Marshals prepare to take Theodore Kaczynski down the steps at the federal courthouse to a waiting vehicle on June 21, 1996, in Helena, Mont. A spokesperson for the Bureau of Prisons told The Associated Press on Saturday that Kaczynski, known as the "Unabomber," has died in federal prison.

Ted Kaczynski, known as the 'Unabomber,' has died in prison at age 81

Kaczynski, the Harvard-educated mathematician who retreated to a dingy shack in the Montana wilderness and ran a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, died Saturday.

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