Authorities have arrested a 34-year-old man in connection with the fatal shootings of three people in Minneapolis
Army veteran executed for shotgun killings of his girlfriend and her 3 children
Florida executes Army veteran with mental problems for the shotgun killings of his girlfriend and her 3 children
China says it’s evaluating US overtures for trade talks, but tariffs remain obstacle
China's Commerce Ministry says Beijing is evaluating multiple approaches by the Trump administration for trade talks
Illinois landlord to be sentenced in hate crime that left 6-year-old Palestinian American boy dead
An Illinois landlord found guilty in a vicious hate crime that left a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy dead and his mother severely injured is due in court for sentencing
‘I do what I like’: British woman, 115, claims world’s oldest living person title
Ethel Caterham, who lives in a care home in Surrey and takes life in her stride, is first Briton to claim title since 1987 The secret of longevity is to do what you like, according to the 115-year-old British woman named the world’s oldest living person. Ethel Caterham, born in...
Soviet-era spacecraft expected to plunge uncontrolled to Earth next week
Kosmos 482, weighing 500kg, was meant to land on Venus in the 1970s but it never made it out of orbit because of a rocket malfunction A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus in the 1970s is expected to soon plunge uncontrolled back to Earth. It’s too early to...
‘A win-win for farmers’: how flooding fields in north-west England could boost crops
A ‘wetter farming’ project explores rehydrating peatland to help grow crops in boggier conditions while cutting CO2 emissions “I really don’t like the word ‘paludiculture’ – most people have no idea what it means,” Sarah Johnson says. “I prefer the term ‘wetter farming’.” The word might be baffling, but the...
Mummy mystery solved: ‘air-dried’ priest was embalmed via rectum
Method of preserving 18th-century Austrian vicar has never been seen before, say researchers The mystery of a mummy from an Austrian village has been solved, according to researchers who say it was embalmed in an unexpected way – via the rectum. Intrigue had long swirled around the mummified body stored...
Supreme Court hears arguments over publicly funded Catholic charter school in Oklahoma
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments over what would be the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school
Sex assault reports in the US military fell last year, fueled by a big drop in the Army, AP learns
U.S. defense officials say the number of sexual assaults reported across the military fell by nearly 4% last year and there was a significant drop in the Army