An Afghan teenager has pleaded guilty for his role in a plot to carry out an Election Day attack in Oklahoma
Alaska Native man who alleged wrongful conviction in murder case reaches $11.5M settlement
An Alaska Native man who maintained his innocence in the 1997 killing of a white teenager has agreed to an $11.5 million settlement with the city of Fairbanks
A list of deadly shootings on college campuses in the US
The latest shooting on a college campus in the U.S. unfolded Thursday at Florida State University
Idaho police release body camera video of nonverbal and autistic teen’s fatal shooting
Police in Idaho have released body-worn and security camera recordings of officers fatally shooting a knife-wielding, intellectually disabled teenage boy from the other side of a chain link fence
US intelligence contradicts Trump claims linking gang to Venezuelan government to speed deportations
U.S. officials say a new intelligence assessment found no coordination between the Tren de Aragua gang and the Venezuelan government
Thousands of pilgrims trek through New Mexico desert to historic adobe church
Thousands of Catholics are making the trek to a historic adobe church in the hills of northern New Mexico as part of a Holy Week tradition spanning generations
New daily weight-loss pill shows success at clinical trial
Orforglipron also reduced blood sugar levels in participants with type 2 diabetes A significant trial of a daily weight-loss pill has found that it helped people to shed the pounds and reduce their blood sugar levels, making it a contender to join the new wave of drugs that combat obesity...
Move over, Med diet – plantains and cassava can be as healthy as tomatoes and olive oil, say researchers
Findings from Tanzania’s Kilimanjaro region indicate traditional eating habits in rural Africa can boost the immune system and reduce inflammation Plantains, cassava and fermented banana drink should be added to global healthy eating guidelines alongside the olive oil, tomatoes and red wine of the Mediterranean diet, say researchers who found...
About 15% of world’s cropland polluted with toxic metals, say researchers
Scientists sound the alarm over substances such as arsenic and lead contaminating soils and entering food systems About one sixth of global cropland is contaminated by toxic heavy metals, researchers have estimated, with as many as 1.4 billion people living in high-risk areas worldwide. Approximately 14 to 17% of cropland...
Slave descendants fight to protect their threatened island community at Georgia’s highest court
Georgia’s highest court is weighing in on a fight over special protections for one of the South’s last Gullah-Geechee communities of Black people descended from slaves