China, Russia join US vowing emission cuts at climate summit

China and Russia have joined the United States in pledging big emissions cuts at a global climate summit convened by President Joe Biden

LeVar Burton to be 'Jeopardy!' guest host; petition credited

The 200,000-plus LeVar Burton boosters who signed a petition calling for him to be the new “Jeopardy!”

Human remains found in search of missing Amish woman, 18

Authorities have announced the recovery of human remains during a search related to the disappearance of a young Amish woman in Pennsylvania last summer

Indonesian navy submarine reported missing with 53 people aboard

An Indonesian navy submarine conducting a training exercise with 53 people aboard was reported missing Wednesday.

Groups plant coral fragments at reefs off Florida Keys

Federal officials and environmental groups have begun to plant more than 60,000 fragments of nursery-raised coral at reefs located off the Florida Keys

Chauvin guilty of murder and manslaughter in Floyd's death

The jury has reached a verdict at the murder trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd

Police: 1 killed, 2 wounded in shooting at N.Y. grocery store

Police say a gunman shot three workers inside a manager’s office at a Long Island grocery store Tuesday, killing one of them

Murder case against ex-cop in Floyd's death goes to the jury

The murder case against former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd has gone to the jury

Judge orders L.A. to offer shelter for homeless on Skid Row

A judge overseeing a sweeping lawsuit about homelessness in Los Angeles has ordered the city and county to find shelter for all unhoused residents of Skid Row within 180 days

Chicago child, 7, shot 6 times at McDonald's; father may have been target

The 7-year-old girl killed Sunday afternoon while with her father in a McDonald’s drive-thru was a first-grade student who attended a Chicago public school in Humboldt Park, and Chicago detectives are investigating her fatal shooting as...

COVID once spared the young. Now more are being hospitalized.

The pediatrician told Melissa Zajacz of Medina, Ohio, that her 13-year-old son, Spencer, would be back to school in two weeks after he was diagnosed with Covid-19. Then came more trips to the doctor, fevers over 104 degrees and two visits to the...

Capitol police officer died of stroke one day after Jan. 6 riot, medical examiner rules

Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick suffered two strokes and died a day after he confronted rioters at the Jan. 6 insurrection, the District of Columbia's chief medical examiner has ruled.

Walter Mondale, Carter's vice president, dies at 93

Former Vice President Walter Mondale, a liberal icon who lost one of the most lopsided presidential elections after bluntly telling voters to expect a tax increase if he won, has died

Attorneys at Chauvin trial in Floyd death prepare final pitch

Attorneys in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd will make their closing arguments Monday

NASA's Mars helicopter takes flight, 1st for another planet

NASA's experimental Mars helicopter has taken flight

Biden pressed on emissions goal as climate summit nears

President Joe Biden faces a vexing task as he convenes a virtual climate summit on Thursday

Former sheriff's deputy is suspect in 3 shooting deaths

A manhunt is underway for a former sheriff’s deputy wanted in the fatal shooting of three people in Austin, Texas

Half of U.S. adults have received at least one COVID-19 shot

Half of all adults in the U.S. have now received at least one COVID-19 shot