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Chicago Searches For New Top Cop
Mayor Lori Lightfoot recently fired the city's police superintendent. Now, residents will get to have a say about who should lead the country's second-largest police department.
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Pope Changes Canon Law Surrounding Sex Abuse Cases
Pope Francis has abolished the highest level of secrecy used to protect pedophiles within the Catholic Church and also made changes to what the Vatican considers child pornography.
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New Research Identifies Possible Mass Graves From 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
"I'm as confident as I can be in the results that this is a very big candidate for something associated with the massacre," a senior researcher at the Oklahoma Archeological Survey said on Monday....
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Why Dengue Fever Cases Are Hitting Record Highs In Latin America
Some of the reasons for the surge are expected — heavy rainfalls create lots of pools where mosquitoes can breed. But there are some surprising factors, like the Zika virus. (Image credit: Alfredo...
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Secret Surveillance Court Rebukes FBI, DOJ With Order To Re-Validate Their Work
The presiding judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ordered the government, in so many words, to explain why the court should accept what it submits when it applies for warrants. (Image...
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Joe Biden Is 'Healthy' And 'Vigorous,' According To Doctor's Report
The 77-year-old former vice president released an upbeat medical report Tuesday. (Image credit: SOPA Images/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty)
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7 Days That Shook 7 Decades Of World Trade
Some see worrisome signs for the international trading system that grew up after World War II, following a week that saw an update to NAFTA, a preliminary U.S.-China deal and a big step toward Brexit....
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FISA Slams FBI Over Surveillance Of Trump Adviser Carter Page
The secret court that oversees foreign intelligence work rebuked the FBI and Justice Department, essentially asking for the government to prove why its judges should believe what they submit.
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Archaeologists Discover Ancient Greek Royal Tombs Dating Back 3,500 Years
Among the findings are a gold pendant with the image of an Egyptian goddess, suggesting wider interaction between ancient Greece and Egypt than previously known. (Image credit: Greek Culture...
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Judge Approves PG&E $24.5 Billion Plan For Wildfire Victims And...
The beleaguered utility faces others obstacles such as winning California Gov. Gavin Newsom's approval for its restructuring plan and a bid by hedge funds to gain control of the company. (Image...
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How Government Officials Misled The Public About The Conflict In Afghanistan
Washington Post reporter Craig Whitlock says recently released documents reveal muddled strategic thinking, jaw-dropping dysfunction and a "fundamentally flawed" war effort.
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Some Big Health Care Policy Changes Are Hiding In The Federal Spending Package
The bill includes some policy surprises and increases in funding for several key public health priorities. And it cuts the few remaining taxes that were paying for Obamacare. (Image credit: Win...
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Australia Just Had Its Hottest Day On Record
The scorching temperatures are happening during a destructive wildfire season and a brutal drought. The average maximum temperature across the country on Tuesday was 105.6 degrees Fahrenheit. (Image...
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Journalist Wins $30K In Damages, In Case That Sparked Japan's #MeToo Movement
Shiori Ito did a rare thing for Japan: She reported an alleged assault to police. When prosecutors opted not to press charges, she came forward publicly and sued her alleged attacker. (Image credit:...
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'There's Really No Refuge': Santa Cruz Grad Students Strike Amid Housing Crunch
Facing high housing costs, graduate students at University of California, Santa Cruz have demanded better pay and threatened to withhold undergrads' final grades. (Image credit: Courtesy of University...
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'Act Of Evil': 15 Horses Were Shot After Being Hunted In Rural Kentucky
"It looked like a battlefield for just horses — we counted 15 that we found dead," Floyd County Sheriff John Hunt says. (Image credit: Courtesy of Megan Goble)
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New Jersey Governor Signs Bills Restoring Voting Rights To More Than 80,000...
"These are residents ... have been needlessly prevented from having a voice in the future direction of their communities," Gov. Phil Murphy said. (Image credit: Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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