US & World

It’s 2019 and transgender visibility in the US is at an all-time high in politics, media and sports. Historic “firsts” are…

Chicago teachers have voted to accept a tentative agreement, their union said Friday. “With 80% of schools reporting, members have voted 81%…

Hours before they were to attend an educational conference in Indianapolis, three judges went out drinking for a few hours and decided to walk to a…

An Oklahoma judge has reduced the financial penalty Johnson & Johnson must pay for its role in the opioid crisis from $572 million to $465…

Here’s a look at the life of Coretta Scott King, civil rights and peace activist. Personal Birth date: April 27, 1927 Death date: January 30,…

Here’s a look at the life of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Personal Birth date: January 15, 1929 Death date: April 4, 1968…

A Colorado day care used a “false wall” to hide 26 children under the age of 3 in a basement, police said, concealing the fact it had too…

Pope Francis said some of the things he’s heard targeting Jews and the LGBTQ community remind him of the days of Adolf Hitler. The pope made…

In a reflection of the federal government in miniature, the student body president of the University of Florida is facing impeachment for allegedly…

Former President George H.W. Bush’s tried and true service dog Sully will get to loyally stand in service of his owner cast in bronze. Sully…

In the early morning hours on Monday, the Leonid meteor shower will send shooting stars across the sky. Look up on Saturday and Sunday night as well…

A simple haircut can make Alfredo Mamani feel like things are getting back to normal. The school teacher is glad to get a trim after three tense…

They’re in their early 20s. They communicate and coordinate operations through a Telegram social media group. And they’re helping to…

In what has been described as a “major first,” Ireland’s parliament was taken over by 157 young people from across the country on…

A French tourist has died after falling from a waterfall in Thailand while attempting to take a selfie. The 33-year-old man died on Thursday after he…

It was just small talk. A quick conversation about weather, traffic and pollution. I was, after all, in Mexico City, a metropolis of more than 20…

On his 16th birthday, the student carried a loaded .45 handgun to his high school north of Los Angeles, pulled it out of his backpack and gunned down…

The teenager who murdered his father and then opened fire on a South Carolina school playground, killing a 6-year-old boy, was sentenced to life in…

It’s science rule #1: Don’t eat your experiments. Typically, this is good advice, but for the astronauts aboard the International Space…