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At 75, Ted Turner told Fortune he gave himself 5 more years. He got 12—and spent them warning the world was ending
At 75, Ted Turner told Fortune he gave himself 5 more years. He got 12—and spent them warning the world was ending

The CNN founder, who died Wednesday at 87, used a 2013 Fortune interview to handicap his own mortality and deliver a blunt warning about nuclear weapons, climate change, and overpopulation.

By Ashley LutzMay 6, 2026
This September 25, 2021 picture shows the deserted beach of Blue Bay in south-east Mauritius, known as one of the most beautiful beaches and for its marine park.
Tiny island nation unveils $1 million ‘Golden Visa’ for the wealthy—80% cheaper than Trump’s, with one catch: you’re renting
By Eleanor PringleMay 6, 2026
Gas crisis? Kelp could be the biofuel answer to high gas prices, but only if the government removes some red tape
Gas crisis? Kelp could be the biofuel answer to high gas prices, but only if the government removes some red tape
By The Associated Press, Ana Georgescu and Zoe BeketovaMay 6, 2026
Japanese workers commuting to the office
Tokyo is throwing out its strict office dress code and asking workers to wear shorts amid the war in Iran energy crisis
By Emma BurleighMay 5, 2026
A Michigan farm town voted down plans for a giant OpenAI-Oracle data center. Weeks later, construction began
A Michigan farm town voted down plans for a giant OpenAI-Oracle data center. Weeks later, construction began
By Sharon GoldmanMay 6, 2026
The Iran war’s oil shock causes a plastic shortage in Asia, squeezing industries and prompting a ‘Middle East plus one’ rethink of supply chains
The Iran war’s oil shock causes a plastic shortage in Asia, squeezing industries and prompting a ‘Middle East plus one’ rethink of supply chains
By Angelica AngMay 6, 2026
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A phone with a Zcash logo is held up in front of a computer monitor displaying price information
CryptoZcash spikes 30% after Multicoin managing partner says firm bought the token, calls it protection against wealth taxes
By Jack KubinecMay 6, 2026
Young college graduate in city
SuccessHere are the best hiring hotspots for recent graduates—cities in the Midwest and South are even outpacing career hubs like New York City
By Emma BurleighMay 6, 2026
AI
AIAmericans are busy getting angry and throwing a fit about AI while the Chinese use it to book travel, order food and hail rides
By Chan Ho-Him and The Associated PressMay 6, 2026
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Arts & EntertainmentShane Black on cult success of ‘The Nice Guys,’ 10 years later: ‘There’s something to being the king of the midnight movie’
By Jake Coyle and The Associated PressMay 6, 2026
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Economy‘That alone should win us the midterms’: Trump wants voters to ignore higher costs, giant pharma profits and focus on drug prices
By Josh Boak and The Associated PressMay 6, 2026
mcdermott
AIServiceNow just told Wall Street it’s going to double again. Here’s why $30 billion of revenue isn’t crazy
By Nick LichtenbergMay 6, 2026
gas
EnergyYou’re paying 50% more for gas than you did before Trump went to war in Iran
By Cathy Bussewitz, Nick Lichtenberg and The Associated PressMay 6, 2026
pope
EuropeTrump accuses Pope of comforting Iran: ‘I think he’s endangering a lot of Catholics and a lot of people’
By Matthew Lee, Nicole Winfield and The Associated PressMay 6, 2026
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Law‘No matter who you are, you can’t just go around throwing stuff at people because you’re mad’: DC riveted by Subway sandwich hurling case
By Michael Kunzelman and The Associated PressNovember 5, 2025
  • Oil and fuel prices hang in the balance as Trump and Putin meet to broker peace
    PoliticsOil and fuel prices hang in the balance as Trump and Putin meet to broker peace
    By Jordan BlumAugust 15, 2025
An aerial view of one of Microsoft's data centers on a sunny day
InvestingThis ETF is handily beating the S&P 500—and analysts say it could be one of the big winners of the AI boom
By Dave SmithNovember 3, 2025
A close-up of Bill Gates' face
EnergyBill Gates says a ‘doomsday’ outlook on climate is driving people to focus on the wrong things
By Dave SmithOctober 28, 2025
Land O'Lakes CEO Beth Ford speaks at MPW
ConferencesBeth Ford says ‘we need more legal immigration’ to help American farmers because a lack of labor could trigger a ‘black swan event’
By Dave SmithOctober 14, 2025
Trump speaks from the Resolute Desk
North AmericaOver 70% of H-1B visa holders are Indian citizens. Its government says Trump jacking the fee to $100,000 is ‘likely to have humanitarian consequences’
By Dave SmithSeptember 22, 2025
NYU Professor Suzy Welch
SuccessSuzy Welch says Gen Z and millennials are burnt out because older generations worked just as hard, but they ‘had hope’
By Dave SmithSeptember 19, 2025
  • Dogs
    EnvironmentYour dog is part of the climate change problem: ‘I can adopt 100 bunnies that will not be close to the emissions of a dog, because my dog is a carnivore’
    By Caleigh Wells and The Associated PressAugust 14, 2025
Dirtbag Billionaire
EnvironmentHow Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard decided to give away his billions
By David GellesSeptember 9, 2025
Will small nuclear reactors start Europe’s atomic renaissance?
EuropeWill small nuclear reactors start Europe’s atomic renaissance?
By Anna HeimSeptember 9, 2025
Secret fresh water
EnvironmentFirst-of-its-kind study finds ‘secret fresh water’ that may stretch from New Jersey to Maine
By Calvin Woodward, Carolyn Kaster, Rodrique Ngowi and The Associated PressSeptember 7, 2025
Donald Trump
EnvironmentConnecticut, Rhode Island, reeling wind giant Orsted sue Trump administration for canceling nearly finished offshore projects
By Jennifer McDermott and The Associated PressSeptember 5, 2025
Wildfires
EnvironmentWhat caused the historic LA wildfire? The federal government accuses Southern California Edison
By Jaimie Ding and The Associated PressSeptember 5, 2025
  • Crater of Diamonds State Park
    Environment31-year-old New Yorker who found a 2-karat diamond in a volcanic crater is going to wear it for an engagement ring
    By The Associated PressAugust 14, 2025
Canal jumper
EnvironmentCarbon storage challenged as climate change silver bullet by massive underground study
By Tammy Webber and The Associated PressSeptember 5, 2025
Flood
EnvironmentOne out of every 4 homes is at ‘severe or extreme’ climate risk, study says
By Nick LichtenbergSeptember 3, 2025
Gray wolves
EnvironmentCattle ranchers talk to wolves by blasting AC/DC’s ‘Thunderstruck’ or dialogue from movies: ‘I am not putting up with this anymore!’
By Cedar Attanasio and The Associated PressAugust 31, 2025
With the shuttered Homer City coal plant in the background, at the Lucerne Reclamation project site in Pennsylvania, a worker moves coal refuse to be prepared for transport to be cleaned on June 12, 2024. The soil, contaminated by coal refuse, is cleaned and returned to the land where it is encased and covered with top soil and planted as a meadow.
EnergyHow the AI data center boom is breathing new life into transforming dirty, old coal plants
By Jordan BlumAugust 31, 2025
oil
EnvironmentCalifornia crowed that it ‘finally beat big oil’ 2 years ago. Regulators just halted the landmark penalty payments
By Sophie Austin and The Associated PressAugust 30, 2025
New Mexico
Environment‘It’s so dystopian. It’s sad’: The Rio Grande River is so dry that Texas, Colorado and New Mexico are squabbling over groundwater
By Susan Montoya Bryan, Morgan Lee and The Associated PressAugust 30, 2025
Donald Trump
EnvironmentTrump breaks wind funding again, canceling $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore projects
By Matthew Daly and The Associated PressAugust 29, 2025
EVs
EnvironmentOregon is trying to plug a $300 million hole in its transportation budget with a pay-per-mile fee for electric vehicle owners
By Claire Rush and The Associated PressAugust 29, 2025
Florida python
EnvironmentFlorida is deploying robot rabbit lures that cost $4,000 apiece in a desperate push to solve the Everglades’ python problem
By Curt Anderson, Cody Jackson and The Associated PressAugust 28, 2025
A german shepherd and a FEMA worker search for damage and victims in the wake of Hurricane Helen. They walk next to a pile of branches and debris.
EnvironmentTrump critics inside FEMA put on indefinite leave after blasting cuts in dissent letter
By Gabriela Aoun Angueira and The Associated PressAugust 27, 2025
Colorado River
Environment‘It’s getting pretty scary’: The Colorado River, 40 million Americans, 7 states and no plan for how to manage inevitable decline
By Dorany Pineda and The Associated PressAugust 27, 2025
Haboob
EnvironmentAmerica gripped by towering haboobs as dust storms take Southwest by storm
By The Associated PressAugust 27, 2025
Nicolle Ritchie peels corn facing away from the camera in the midst of a corn field.
Environment‘Like the corn’s never getting a break. It’s just hot all the time’: How America’s farmers conquered climate change for a ‘monster’ harvest
By Melina Walling, Joshua A. Bickel and The Associated PressAugust 25, 2025
Heat wave
EnvironmentIt’s so hot in the western U.S. that some people are ‘wobbling’ and collapsing to the ground as they walk outside
By Cedar Attanasio and The Associated PressAugust 24, 2025
Shark
EnvironmentClimate change means more great white sharks in the waters of New England every summer
By Patrick Whittle and The Associated PressAugust 24, 2025
Chevron’s president explains how the company transformed the historically boom-and-bust shale business into a steadily profitable enterprise
EnergyChevron’s president explains how the company transformed the historically boom-and-bust shale business into a steadily profitable enterprise
By Jordan BlumAugust 24, 2025
The rendering of Meta's planned data center complex in Richland Parish shows a massive arrive of facilities to power the AI boom.
FeaturesMeta is sinking $10 billion into rural Louisiana to build the home of its wildest AI aspirations, setting the template for the nation’s grid buildout
By Delaney NolanAugust 24, 2025
Joni Ernst
EnvironmentCalling the Post Office’s switch to EVs a ‘textbook example of waste,’ GOP wants to waste millions of dollars already spent on transition
By Susan Haigh and The Associated PressAugust 18, 2025
Solar panels
EnvironmentInstead of a $50,000 solar panel on your roof, how about a $2,000 one small enough to fit on your deck? ‘We thought absolutely, let’s do this right away’
By Isabella O'Malley and The Associated PressAugust 15, 2025
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