Rescue group saves 11-year-old girl floating alone in the Mediterranean for days after shipwreck
An 11-year-old girl from Sierra Leone was found floating in the Mediterranean Sea off Italy’s southernmost island of ...
Ex-FBI informant accused of lying about Bidens agrees to plead guilty to federal charges
A former FBI informant accused of fabricating a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden’s family has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges, according ...
Selena Gomez reveals engagement to Benny Blanco
Selena Gomez is having quite a year, and it’s being capped with an engagement to music producer and songwriter Benny Blanco. The Grammy- and Emmy-nominated performer announced she was off ...
Black denomination upholds stance against same-sex marriage. A gay pastor in its ranks seeks change
When the African Methodist Episcopal Church, arguably the world’s largest independent Black Protestant denomination, held its ...
Trump again named Time’s Person of the Year
Donald Trump was sitting in a courtroom in lower Manhattan listening to a jury make him the first former president convicted of a crime.
Civic engagement nonprofits say democracy needs support in between big elections. Do funders agree?
A nonprofit law group dedicated to protecting the rights of Southern voters of color had more on its plate this year than just the 2024 presidential election. The Southern ...
Saudi rights activist says 2034 World Cup visitors will live in ‘a bubble’ and not see real life
Soccer fans visiting Saudi Arabia for the 2034 World Cup will live in a “bubble” during the tournament that does not reflect real life there, a Saudi rights activist warned on ...
Thousands attend funeral of Taliban minister killed by Islamic State suicide bombing
Thousands of people attended the funeral Thursday of a Taliban minister killed in a Kabul suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic State group. The funeral for Khalil ...
DoorDash steps up driver ID checks after traffic safety complaints
DoorDash will require its drivers to verify their identity more often as part of a larger effort to crack down on ...
Cincinnati Bengals QB Joe Burrow laments loss of privacy following home break-in
Cincinnati quarterback Joe Burrow kept his comments short Wednesday when addressing the media about having his home broken ...
UN drug experts say opium production has leveled off in Myanmar, but instability may trigger a rise
There has been a slight drop in the production of opium in Myanmar, the world’s biggest source of the illicit drug from which heroin is derived, experts from the United Nations said ...
Fresh fin whale meat is auctioned for the first time in decades in Japan
Meat from fin whales caught for the first time in nearly 50 years off Japan’s northern coast fetched up to more than $1,300 per kilogram (2.2 lbs) at auction Thursday, as officials ...