A man who pleaded guilty to the killing of a University of Mississippi graduate student was sentenced to 50 years with 10 years suspended on Tuesday
Winning numbers drawn in Tuesday’s Mega Millions
The winning numbers in Tuesday evening’s drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were: 17-25-26-53-60, Mega Ball: 16, Megaplier:
A list of mass killings in the United States this year
The latest mass killing in the United States occurred Saturday when three children ages 8, 9 and 14, and an adult were killed in a shooting at a child’s birthday party in California
DOJ seeks to dismiss Maurene Comey lawsuit on procedural grounds
The U.S. Justice Department is seeking dismissal of a lawsuit that fired former federal prosecutor Maurene Comey brought against it, saying she didn't properly follow administrative complaint procedures before suing
The Latest: Pope Leo ends first foreign trip with silent prayer at Beirut blast site, Mass at port
Pope Leo XIV has offered a silent prayer at the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion as he wraps up his first foreign trip to Turkey and Lebanon
An anonymous $50M gift will cover some tuition for medical lab students at University of Washington
An anonymous donation expected to exceed $50 million is helping cover tuition costs for medical laboratory science students at the University of Washington for the next half-century
Michael and Susan Dell donate $6.25B to encourage families to claim ‘Trump Accounts’
Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell pledged a historic $6.25 billion on Tuesday to provide an incentive to families to adopt new investment accounts for children
Age of the ‘scam state’: how an illicit, multibillion-dollar industry has taken root in south-east Asia
Like the narco-state, a ‘scam state’ refers to countries where an illicit industry has dug its tentacles deep into institutions and transformed the economy For days before the explosions began, the business park had been emptying out. When the bombs went off, they took down empty office blocks and demolished...
Life Invisible: the fight against superbugs starts in the driest place on Earth
Cristina Dorador is on an urgent mission in the world’s highest desert, the Atacama in Chile. As the rise of drug-resistant superbugs kills millions per year, Cristina has made it her mission to uncover new, life-saving antibiotics in the stunning salt flats she has studied since she was 14. Against...
Scientists uncover surprise origin of wispy cirrus clouds
These delicate cloud systems appear to be seeded by massive atmospheric waves thousands of miles away Cirrus clouds are our highest clouds; their delicate wispy strands are like an artist’s brushstrokes through the sky. During the day they are bright white and at dawn and dusk they can take on...