Arkansas city honors enslaved man who fled to Canada and was later extradited

The unprecedented 1842 extradition of Nelson Hackett from Canada sparked an uproar in the British colony

Jun 17, 2023 5:00 PM Read more >

4 women, 1 girl killed in Minneapolis crash after they were hit by a driver who was evading police

All 5 were pronounced dead at the scene

Jun 17, 2023 11:00 AM Read more >

US ambassador marches in Warsaw Pride parade, sending message to NATO ally

In recent years Western governments have been alarmed by a conservative government in Warsaw

Jun 17, 2023 8:58 AM Read more >

Taiwan opens doors to more Canadian beef 20 years after mad cow disease

Taiwan imposed import restrictions on beef from animals both over and under 30 months in 2003

Jun 17, 2023 8:57 AM Read more >

Confidence in science fell in 2022 while political divides persisted, US poll shows

Less than 40% of U.S. adults surveyed said they had ‘a great deal of confidence’ in science

Jun 15, 2023 7:30 AM Read more >

An Amazon rainforest rite of passage endures in threatened territory

‘We know of other ethnic (Indigenous) groups in Brazil that have already lost their culture’

Jun 14, 2023 9:30 AM Read more >

Activists say Benito the giraffe isn’t living his best life in small Mexican zoo

Group wants to find captive animal some release from solo existence, temperature extremes

Jun 14, 2023 7:00 AM Read more >

Trump to make historic court appearance over secret document hoarding charges

Former president facing 37 felony counts that accuse him of willfully retaining classified records

Jun 13, 2023 6:30 AM Read more >

Trump blasts federal indictment as ‘baseless’ at first events since charges were unsealed

‘I didn’t do anything wrong’

Jun 11, 2023 9:30 AM Read more >

Delegates working to end global plastics pollution agree to craft a draft treaty

Environmental advocates cautiously welcomed the outcome of five days of U.N. talks in Paris on plastic pollution

Jun 9, 2023 6:00 PM Read more >