The Kansas City, Missouri, metropolitan area has long been a regional hub for the federal government, and the pain from the Trump administration's cuts can be seen everywhere
Descendants of slave owners and enslaved people in the Caribbean call for reparations at the UN
The great-great grandson of 19th-century British prime minister William Gladstone says he “shocked and horrified” to learn about seven years ago that his ancestors were slave owners in Jamaica and Guyana
Florida State classes resume Monday after fatal shooting, but in-person attendance isn’t mandatory
Classes will resume at Florida State University on Monday, four days after a deadly shooting on campus left two people dead and six others injured
Police investigate shooting on subway platform that led to Harvard students sheltering in place
Transit police in Boston are investigating a shooting on a subway platform near Harvard University that prompted the school to issue a shelter-in-place order for students and staff
3 dead after fire sweeps through crowded home in Queens, NY, on Easter
New York fire officials say three people died early Easter Sunday morning in a fire that tore through a crowded Queens home with no evidence of a working smoke detector
Closing arguments set for Lori Vallow Daybell’s trial on charge she conspired to kill husband
Closing arguments are scheduled for Monday afternoon at the Arizona trial for Lori Vallow Daybell
Texas hearing on Walmart mass shooting sets stage for plea to avoid death penalty
The gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack at a Texas Walmart in 2019 is expected to accept a plea deal to avoid the death penalty
‘It blew us away’: how an asteroid may have delivered the vital ingredients for life on Earth
Extraterrestrial rocks, recently delivered by a space probe, could answer the big questions about alien lifeforms and human existence Several billion years ago, at the dawn of the solar system, a wet, salty world circled our sun. Then it collided, catastrophically, with another object and shattered into pieces. One of...
Nasa’s oldest astronaut celebrates 70th birthday with return to Earth
Don Pettit became septuagenarian hurtling towards Earth after seven-month mission at International Space Station Cake, gifts and a low-key family celebration may be how many senior citizens celebrate their 70th birthday. But Nasa’s oldest serving astronaut, Don Pettit, became a septuagenarian while hurtling towards Earth in a spacecraft to wrap...
Starwatch: Lyrid meteor showers to grace skies with annual stellar show
Away from street lights, observers can expect to see about 15 to 20 bright and fast meteors an hour The peak of the world’s oldest known meteor showers will grace the skies this week. The Lyrid meteor shower is active from 16-25 April but is at its height on Monday...