Several people are detained in Switzerland in connection with suspected death in a ‘suicide capsule’
Police in northern Switzerland said Tuesday that several people have been detained and a criminal case opened in connection with the suspected death of a person in a new “suicide ...
Free mental health services offered to victims of Birmingham mass shooting
Voices of Black Mothers United is partnering with a local counseling center, JR Moore Associates Counseling and Psychological ...
States make late changes to election rules, even as voting is set to begin
Across the country, including in some of the nation’s presidential swing states, new or recently altered state laws are changing how Americans will vote, tally ballots, and administer and certify ...
Could Birmingham see a crime suppression unit like Montgomery?
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey says she’s prepared to work with Mayor Randall Woodfin to start a crime suppression unit in ...
Hurricane John strikes Mexico’s southern Pacific coast with ‘life-threatening’ flood potential
Hurricane John struck Mexico’s southern Pacific coast with life-threatening flood potential after growing into a major ...
Two tales from one city show the challenges Pope Francis faces to retain his flock in Europe
The congregation at the Don Bosco church solemnly took the holy host after it was blessed during a Sunday service by Nancy ...
Weeks after a school shooting, students return for classes at Apalachee High School
Apalachee High School is set to reopen for classes Tuesday, almost three weeks after a school shooting killed two students and two teachers and injured nine others at the campus ...
There are 5 executions set over a week’s span in the US. That’s the most in decades
Death row inmates in five states are scheduled to be put to death in the span of one week, an unusually high number of ...
World leaders meet under shadow of global divisions, 3 wars and possible Mideast conflict
World leaders will open their annual meeting at the U.N. General Assembly Tuesday under the shadow of increasing global divisions, major wars in Gaza, Ukraine and, Sudan and ...
Unversed in UNGA? Stumped by SDGs? Here’s a handy glossary of UN General Assembly meeting lingo
The U.N. General Assembly’s yearly meeting of world leaders is here — and with it, an array of acronyms, abbreviations, ...
Climate solutions: 2 kinds of ocean energy inch forward off the Oregon coast
On a cloudy late August morning, Burke Hales was on a boat a mile off the central Oregon coast, pointing to a sandy beach along the forested shoreline. It was there, the ...
Hello, I’m Johnny Cash’s statue: A monument to the singer is unveiled at the US Capitol
Johnny Cash will soon be seen in the unlikeliest of venues: the U.S. Capitol. Congressional leaders, Arkansas lawmakers and members of the Cash family will be on hand Tuesday for ...