The Supreme Court's continuing march to the right
Major legal rulings that dismantled the use of race in college admissions, undermined protections for LGBTQ people and tossed out President Joe Biden's student debt relief program marked the end of a Supreme Court term in which the conservative supermajority continued to exert its dominance.
2023-07-08 20:18
He was shot down in the Pacific Ocean in WWII. Almost 80 years later, his remains are finally home
Almost 80 years after Anthony Di Petta's plane was shot down by enemy fire in World War II and over 70 years after he was declared "non-recoverable," he's finally home.
2023-07-08 18:46
14 promises Donald Trump has made in his campaign for a second term
Former President Donald Trump has hit the 2024 campaign trail and is giving voters a preview of what a second Trump presidency could look like if he's elected. He's made many campaign promises -- many of which are often vague and lacking in details or specifics -- including ending the war in Ukraine, building 10 new cities and giving drug smugglers the death penalty.
2023-07-08 18:24
This is what happens when ChatGPT tries to create crochet patterns
ChatGPT, a publicly available language-learning AI, was not designed to create things like crochet or knitting patterns, but what happens when you ask it to do just that? We crocheted some ChatGPT-generated patterns to find out.
2023-07-08 18:15
'No danger to the transgender community' after missing South Carolina teen found dead, sheriff says
South Carolina law enforcement officials say there is "no danger to the transgender community" as a transgender teenager was found dead this week after going missing and two suspects were taken into custody.
2023-07-08 15:29
'It looked like a war zone': Parkland high school shooting victim's father describes visiting school site
The father of a Parkland, Florida, high school shooting victim who visited the untouched site five years after the massacre that left 17 people dead said he was not prepared for what he saw at the crime scene, which had "blood everywhere."
2023-07-08 14:18
Powerball jackpot for Saturday's drawing grows to $615 million -- the 10th largest prize in history
Feeling lucky? The potential prize for the massive Powerball jackpot just made history, lottery officials announced Friday.
2023-07-08 14:15
As whiskey and bourbon business booms, beloved distillers face pushback over taxes and emissions
The whiskey and bourbon makers of Tennessee and Kentucky have long been beloved in their communities, where they provide jobs and the pride of a successful homegrown industry
2023-07-08 12:54
Extremely overdue book returned to Massachusetts library 119 years later
A Massachusetts library is celebrating the return of a book more than a century after it was last checked out
2023-07-08 12:45
What Biden needs to accomplish with his NATO trip
President Joe Biden embarks on a weeklong trip to Europe on Sunday, and the stakes couldn't be higher for the future of the NATO alliance.
2023-07-08 12:23
Texas deploys floating barrier in Rio Grande River to deter migrant crossings at US-Mexico border
The state of Texas on Friday began deploying a marine floating barrier on the Rio Grande River in an attempt to deter migrant crossings along the US-Mexico border, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said.
2023-07-08 11:58
Russian aircraft harass US drones over Syria for third time this week
Russian aircraft once again harassed US MQ-9 Reaper drones over Syria Friday, the Air Force said, in a sign of increasing friction between the two countries in Middle East airspace.
2023-07-08 10:56