US & World

Here’s a look at the life of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Personal Birth date: July 3, 1971 Birth place: Townsville, Queensland, Australia…

Here’s some background information about active United States aircraft carriers. Ten of the active air carriers are in the Nimitz class and are…

Here’s a look at the life of Andrea Yates, who was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the drowning of her five children. Personal Birth…

A woman died this week after she fell more than 200 feet from a Wyoming peak while on a sunrise hike with her husband, according to the Sheridan…

Just when you thought you were ready for a soft return to public life, this happens: An unruly plane passenger commandeers an intercom. A grocery…

Space is hard — and no one understands that better than astronauts. After facing “technical delays” during a spacewalk on…

A Michigan police officer shot and killed a 19-year-old woman Saturday after police said she shot at the officer near a Juneteenth parade, officials…

One person was killed and at least five others were wounded in a shooting Saturday evening near Lake Merritt in Oakland, California, according to…

It all began with a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert in 2013. That’s the year Eric Reed got his father, Ted Reed, and his father-in-law, Bob Caldwell,…

More than 60 years ago, Marion Gerald Hood was rejected from a medical school because of his race. This week, the school apologized. The Emory…

Maya Nepos had only a few days left before graduating from college at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, when she realized she had $600…

A 2-year-old was killed and three others — including a 9-year-old — were wounded in two separate shootings on freeways in Detroit…

Three people died and multiple people were injured when an SUV hit a transit bus head-on in Georgetown County, South Carolina. The three people who…

A team of Portland Police Bureau officers that responded to the city’s violent summer of protests has disbanded because of what their union…

A baby born weighing less than a pound has beaten the odds and celebrated his first birthday, becoming the most premature baby to survive, according…

The Air Force’s Thunderbirds honored a man Friday who jumped into an Ocean City, Maryland, bay last month to save a toddler. Jonathan Bauer was…

Police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, are searching for the suspects involved in an early Saturday mass shooting that left two people dead and four…

It was a quick turnaround for federal employers to recognize Juneteenth as a new federal holiday. But some cities were ready with new statues…

Minneapolis police say they have identified a man whose remains were found in separate locations in the city this week. Remains of Adam Richard…

Scientists are explorers of the unknown, seeking to understand the world as it exists now and millions of years ago. It’s a complicated…