The largest digital camera ever built is beginning to capture images of unseen corners of the universe in finer detail. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has officially begun its decade-long…
A Supreme Court that has expanded gun rights will consider whether bans on semiautomatic rifles often called assault weapons violate the Second Amendment.
Pope Leo is begging a breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics to call off its planned consecrations of new bishops without his consent.
Thomas Jefferson embodied contradictions, advocating for both states' rights and federal power. His legacy is debated, especially at places like Monticello, where reminders of his role as an enslaver are…
The Andrew Carnegie Foundation has announced this year’s “Great Immigrants, Great Americans” honorees, including Citi CEO Jane Fraser.
President Donald Trump's two makeovers of the White House Rose Garden are among its many changes over the past century.
From refugee camps to stitching circles, many in the Palestinian diaspora around the world are engaging with a traditional form of Palestinian embroidery as far more than a decorative aesthetic.
Opposition and civil society groups in Congo are protesting a new ban on public demonstrations related to the Ebola outbreak there.
Venezuelan merchant Grian Serrano has twice survived major natural disasters in the same place: the 1999 mudslides and current earthquakes.
Some 24,500 children are born each year in California who fall under the birthright citizenship category, the state attorney general's office says.