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New York City’s 9/11 memorial fundraises to educate youth with $25 million match from Mike Bloomberg
Officials count about 97 million memorial visitors and nearly 28 million museum attendees since they opened in 2014 .
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The Revolutionary War’s chief villain is being rehabilitated — just in time for America’s 250th
The Revolutionary War's chief villain, Britain's King George III, is getting a makeover as America approaches its 250th birthday.
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Republicans won the redistricting battle. Now voters will decide whether they win Congress
Republicans have won a partisan redistricting battle for Congress. The GOP could gain about 10 U.S. House seats in the upcoming November elections if the new voting districts perform as…
Dutch court agrees to hear Greenpeace lawsuit against US energy company
Judges in Amsterdam have given Greenpeace a preliminary win in an anti-intimidation court case. A court on Wednesday rejected a request from fossil fuel pipeline company Energy Transfer to toss…
NASA declares its Mars Maven spacecraft dead after six months of silence
Maven was launched in 2013 to study the red planet's atmosphere.
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Rare albino buffalo named after Donald Trump for its golden locks draws crowds at Bangladesh zoo
A rare albino buffalo named after Donald Trump for its distinctive blond tuft is drawing a huge crowd at the national zoo in Bangladesh.
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Trump’s Education Department is backing away from addressing civil rights for Black students
Under the Trump administration, efforts to address deep-rooted inequities for students of color are being cast as discriminatory against white students. Civil rights attorneys describe the administration’s actions as a…
‘We’re still behind’ in Congo’s Ebola outbreak even as testing improves, WHO says
The World Health Organization says Congo's Ebola outbreak had a head start, but testing is improving. Since mid-May, 344 cases and 60 deaths have been confirmed in three eastern provinces.
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Jill Biden says she’s sorry she didn’t talk more about son Hunter’s drug addiction
Jill Biden says she's sorry she didn't talk more about son Hunter's drug addiction during her time as first lady in the White House.
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A wall of nametags at a South Korean park testifies to adoptees’ longing for their birth mothers
Dozens of people adopted abroad leave nametags on a cobblestone wall at Omma Poom Park on a former U.S. military base in South Korea.