A decades-long effort to recover mass burial plots from the 1921 Tulsa race riot has been spurred forward after an investigation found that two sites…
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Lola, a young girl who lived in Denmark 5,700 years ago, had blue eyes, dark skin and dark hair. Her last meal included hazelnuts and mallard duck…
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government is overhauling parts of the nation’s transplant system to make sure organs from the dead no longer go…
Continue Reading Pope Francis has abolished Vatican secrecy rules for cases of sexual abuse, effectively allowing the Catholic church to share documents and…
Continue Reading Estonia’s President has apologized after the country’s interior minister mocked Finland’s newly elected leader and described her as…
Continue Reading A Mississippi prosecutor excluded many black jurors from trials for more than 25 years, a lawsuit alleges. Since District Attorney Doug Evans took…
Continue Reading Drew Brees now has the most touchdown passes in NFL history. The New Orleans Saints quarterback came in to Monday night’s game against the…
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Construction of new homes rose again in November while applications for building permits rose to the highest level in 12 years,…
Continue Reading Europe’s space agency was planning to send a new telescope to study far-off planets into space Tuesday but the launch was called off at the…
Continue Reading Members of the Sackler family withdrew more than $10 billion from Purdue Pharma and put the money in family trusts and holding companies as pressure…
Continue Reading One of the pigeons seen wandering around Las Vegas in tiny cowboy hats has been captured, a pigeon rescue group said. “We captured Cluck Norris…
Continue Reading New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees now has 540 touchdown passes — the most in NFL history. Who dat! Here’s what else you need to…
Continue Reading New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees now has 540 touchdown passes — the most in NFL history. Who dat! Here’s what else you need to…
Continue Reading India‘s parliament has passed a bill that would give Indian citizenship to immigrants from three neighboring countries — but not if they…
Continue Reading A Connecticut man was arrested after telling people he was planning to leave the country to join ISIS, federal prosecutors say. Ahmad Khalil Elshazly…
Continue Reading The lifetime ban for a longtime US Figure Skating coach accused of sexual abuse was overturned Monday, according to ABC News. Richard Callaghan was…
Continue Reading Eleven people were injured Monday night when a white van crashed into a Ross department store near Seattle, Washington state police said. Two…
Continue Reading A United Nations whistleblower who accused a high-ranking official of sexually assaulting her has been fired over alleged financial and sexual…
Continue Reading China has issued an updated code of ethics for journalists that calls on reporters to uphold the authority of the Communist Party and be guided by…
Continue Reading The use of the death penalty across the United States remained near “historic lows” this year, a new report by the Death Penalty…
Continue Reading Undocumented immigrants in New York will be able to apply for driver’s licenses this week after the state’s so-called “Green Light…
Continue Reading A woman who ran a “birth tourism” operation was released from jail Monday after a federal judge gave her the lightest sentence possible.…
Continue Reading The United States’ special representative to North Korea, Stephen Biegun, has urged Pyongyang to resume stalled denuclearization talks, as…
Continue Reading A North Carolina school resource officer seen on video slamming an 11-year-old boy to the ground has been fired, according to Lt. James Goolsby with…
Continue Reading Before Harvey Milk became a pioneering LGBT politician, he served in the Navy — and things were different. During his time as a diving instructor…
Continue Reading A crash near Knoxville, Tennessee, spilled more than 17 tons of M&M’s onto an interstate ramp. Police said they responded to the…
Continue Reading After video was leaked showing footage a New England Patriots’ video crew shot of the Cincinnati Bengals’ sideline, a producer on the…
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The three US Navy sailors who were killed in the Pensacola Naval Air Station shooting will be honored at Saturday’s Army-Navy football game…
Continue Reading The world’s oldest living couple celebrated another major milestone when their senior living community in Austin, Texas, threw them a party for…
Continue Reading A snowboarder was killed after unintentionally triggering an avalanche near a Utah ski resort on Sunday morning. The snowboarder, identified by the…
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