A United Nations letter to Colombia warns that mercury contamination from illegal gold mining in the Atrato River basin is causing a grave human rights crisis for Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities
New Hampshire court rules in clergy abuse case that 2020 law cannot be applied retroactively
The New Hampshire Supreme Court has ruled that the state's 2020 law abolishing the statute of limitations for filing sexual assault lawsuits is not retroactive
New Oklahoma schools superintendent rescinds mandate for Bible instruction in schools
Oklahoma's new public schools superintendent is rescinding a mandate from his predecessor that forced schools to incorporate the Bible into lesson plans for students
Judge dismisses young climate activists’ lawsuit challenging Trump on fossil fuels
A federal judge in Montana has dismissed a lawsuit from young climate activists seeking to block President Donald Trump’s executive orders promoting fossil fuels
Pentagon chief’s plane diverted to UK due to cracked windshield
The Pentagon says Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plane made an unscheduled landing in the United Kingdom because a windshield cracked on a flight back to the U.S. from a NATO meeting and all aboard are safe
Faulty engineering led to implosion of Titan submersible headed to Titanic wreckage, NTSB finds
The National Transportation Safety Board says faulty engineering led to the implosion of an experimental submersible that killed five people on the way to the wreck of the Titanic
Georgia man charged with murder in the death of his 6-month old son after kidnap claim
A suburban Atlanta man has been charged with murder in the death of his six-month-old son
Brown University rejects Trump’s offer for priority funding, citing concerns over academic freedom
Brown University is rejecting a Trump administration proposal that would provide favorable access to funding in exchange for a wide range of commitments
Senate Democrats, holding out for health care, ready to reject government funding bill for 10th time
Senate Democrats are poised for the 10th time to reject a stopgap spending bill that would reopen the government
DNA from discarded straw leads to indictment of murder suspect after 41 years
Richard Bilodeau, 63, charged with two counts of murder in 1984 death of Theresa Fusco, 16, of Long Island Four decades after prosecutors sent the wrong men to prison for the rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl from Long Island, New York, DNA obtained from a discarded straw has...