Flashes of beauty have bloomed in the most random of places around New York over the past several years — a trash can here, a phone booth there…
Continue Reading The former Minneapolis Police officer who pressed his knee into George Floyd’s neck was charged on Wednesday with a new, more serious count of…
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A Florida police officer is under investigation for allegedly shoving a black protester who was kneeling during a protest. But one of his colleagues,…
Continue Reading As protests over police brutality and systemic racism sweep the nation, authorities have partly blamed incidents of property destruction and violence…
Continue Reading The death of a pregnant wild elephant, suspected to have been fatally injured after eating fruit stuffed with firecrackers that exploded in her…
Continue Reading George Floyd had coronavirus before he was killed while in police custody last week in Minneapolis. Floyd tested positive for the virus after his…
Continue Reading The idea of keeping schools closed in the fall because of safety concerns for children might be “a bit of a reach,” said Dr. Anthony…
Continue Reading Ella Jones — who was elected as the first black and first female mayor of Ferguson, Missouri, on Tuesday — shared what her election…
Continue Reading A teen who has been in police custody since December in the killing of Barnard student Tessa Majors’ on Wednesday pleaded guilty to one count…
Continue Reading Trains, planes and trucks are getting back on course after months of coronavirus inertia, and that’s a good sign for the economy as a whole.…
Continue Reading A Florida police department has launched an internal investigation after a video surfaced on social media showing a Sarasota police officer kneeling…
Continue Reading When protests broke out in Beijing and other cities across China in early 1989, many in Hong Kong were exhilarated. “It was a time of…
Continue Reading Drew Brees, the popular New Orleans Saints quarterback, caught heat from the likes of LeBron James and his own teammates, after saying he will…
Continue Reading An attacker with a knife injured 37 children and two adults at an elementary school in southern China on Thursday, according to a local government…
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — Prosecutors are charging a Minneapolis police officer accused of pressing his knee against George Floyd’s neck with…
Continue Reading Astronomers have confirmed the existence of Proxima b, an Earth-size exoplanet orbiting the closest star to our sun. The European Southern…
Continue Reading A California fire department is battling a four-alarm wildfire near the Suisun City Wildlife Center in the San Francisco Bay Area. Firefighters…
Continue Reading Mumbai avoided the worst of Cyclone Nisarga, which made landfall close to the Indian financial capital in western Maharashtra state on Wednesday, but…
Continue Reading The New Zealand government said Wednesday that it will provide free sanitary products in schools across the country in an effort to tackle period…
Continue Reading An 8-year-old girl illegally employed as a maid has been killed by her employers in Rawalpindi, Pakistan for letting their pet parrots escape, police…
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HOUSTON, Texas — A newly minted mural celebrating the life of George Floyd has become a vigil in his hometown and has even attracted the…
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Cristobal made landfall in Mexico’s Gulf coast state of Campeche on Wednesday, dumping heavy rain on the…
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Protesters cheered Wednesday by news that four Minneapolis officers are now charged in George Floyd’s death also heard uplifting words from…
Continue Reading British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised to provide a path to British citizenship for potentially millions of Hong Kongers, as China…
Continue Reading The Philippines has reversed its decision to end an important military agreement with the United States as territorial tensions with China heat up in…
Continue Reading Video posted on social media appears to show three Minneapolis Police Department officers kneeling on George Floyd during his arrest. Previous video…
Continue Reading Johnny Majors, the college football coach who led the University of Tennessee to three SEC championships and the University of Pittsburgh to a…
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WASHINGTON, DC — Former Secretary of Defense James Mattis castigated President Donald Trump as “the first president in my lifetime who…
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