A North Carolina state court has reversed a settlement that provided $2.5 million in university funds to preserve a Confederate monument. The UNC…
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A story about a glacier shedding mass at the edge of the world, threatening to raise ocean levels and potentially contribute to untold environmental…
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — One of President Donald Trump’s nominees for the Federal Reserve will likely face skeptical questioning from a Senate…
Continue Reading A crew member aboard the virus-hit Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in Japan said she fears the crew are at greater risk of being exposed to the…
Continue Reading Syria’s curse, as its conflict rumbles slowly towards its first decade, has always been how new forces enter the war just when it seems that…
Continue Reading Nearly 10 years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, a study suggests “invisible and toxic oil” made the spill much worse than some…
Continue Reading The University of Oklahoma’s journalism school apologized Wednesday after a professor said that using the phrase “OK, boomer” is…
Continue Reading A University of Oklahoma professor has apologized after saying “OK, boomer” is the same as saying “n***er,” the…
Continue Reading Attorneys for the man accused of killing 22 people at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, last year have pleaded not guilty to 90 federal charges on…
Continue Reading After announcing sex trafficking and extortion charges against Lawrence Ray on Tuesday, US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey…
Continue Reading If you’re already asleep during the pre-flight announcements, you’re likely to miss it. Southwest Airlines is asking passengers to report…
Continue Reading The United Nations has published a database of more than one hundred companies it says are doing business in Israeli settlements in the occupied…
Continue Reading MILWAUKEE (AP) — Prosecutors on Wednesday charged a Milwaukee man in a drive-by shooting that killed a pregnant mother of five who was on board a…
Continue Reading New research suggests that contamination from the Industrial Revolution traveled over 6,000 miles from London to a Himalayan mountain. Researchers…
Continue Reading BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota artist said Wednesday he has scrapped his plans for a mural honoring Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg…
Continue Reading Since Columbine, active shooter drills have become an increasingly normalized practice in schools. During the 2015-2016 school year, for example,…
Continue Reading DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) — Toronto Blue Jays catcher catcher Reese McGuire is facing an indecent exposure charge in Florida. Deputies were dispatched to…
Continue Reading SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A southwest Missouri father who lost three of his children in a traffic accident last July has filed a wrongful death…
Continue Reading The leader of Italy’s popular populist party, Senator Matteo Salvini, has lost his legal immunity from a criminal investigation and potential…
Continue Reading Michigan, he’s coming home. Mel Tucker has been named Michigan State University’s new head football coach, the team announced this…
Continue Reading A Pennsylvania elementary school called the police after a kindergartner with Down syndrome made a finger gun at her teacher. Officials concluded…
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — A federal narcotics agent was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison for his role in a decade-long drug conspiracy that…
Continue Reading Maesaiah Thabane, the first lady of the tiny mountain kingdom of Lesotho, always knew how to make an entrance. After weeks in hiding in South Africa,…
Continue Reading The moment was not lost on Giannis Antetokounmpo. The NBA’s reigning MVP, a Greek of Nigerian descent who is now starring in Milwaukee, was…
Continue Reading The NFL has reinstated Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett after his indefinite suspension for hitting an opposing quarterback in the head…
Continue Reading About five to 10 million years ago, giant turtles that dwarfed humans roamed freshwater swamps in South America. Researchers have uncovered shells…
Continue Reading OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A 9-year-old boy has been charged with trying to kill his 5-year-old sister by stabbing her with a kitchen knife inside their…
Continue Reading Most planets found by astronomers are “old” — they’re fully formed after millions of years pulling together elements around…
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — U-Haul has an unusual wellness goal for 2020: hiring fewer smokers. The truck rental company it will stop hiring people who use…
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