Lawsuit highlights troubled US child welfare system
How and when to remove children from their homes? A federal lawsuit raises thorny questions. (May 31)
Crucial days ahead as debt ceiling deal goes for vote
Pres. Joe Biden “feels good” about the budget deal negotiated with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy as the White House and congressional leaders work to ensure passage this week in time…
SpaceX capsule leaves space station
An Axiom Space four-person crew in a SpaceX capsule has undocked from the International Space Station to begin their journey back to Earth. (May 30)
Most US teachers think schools would be less safe if they were armed, survey finds
The majority of American teachers think arming themselves with guns would make schools less safe, a newly released survey of educators across the country found. It’s a question floated after…
Virginia eaglet rescued after plummeting from nest as fans watched, now comes the hard part
Veterinarians are assessing a young bald eagle that fell 90 feet to the forest floor after its nest partially collapsed over the weekend. The 10-week-old eaglet, known as DG4, fell…
Scientists generate ‘electricity from thin air.’ Humidity could be a boundless source of energy, they say.
Sure, we all complain about the humidity on a sweltering summer day. But it turns out that same humidity could be a source of clean, pollution-free energy, according to a…
Virginia man arrested in death of New Jersey councilwoman gunned down outside her home
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – A Virginia man was arrested Tuesday on murder and gun charges in the killing of a New Jersey borough councilwoman who was found fatally shot in her SUV…
‘We’re being attacked’: Jurors hear 911 call in Pittsburgh synagogue assault as trial begins
The trial of the man accused of carrying out the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history got underway Tuesday with prosecutors playing a recording of a synagogue victim’s 911 call…
Wildfires continue burning in Nova Scotia
A wildfire on Canada’s Atlantic coast has damaged about 200 houses and other structures and prompted the evacuation of 16,000 people. Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston announced the province would…
AP Explains: Federal trial begins in synagogue attack
Robert Bowers’ federal trial got underway Tuesday more than four years after the shooting deaths of 11 worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue, the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S.…