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FILE - Human Rights Watch's executive director Kenneth Roth speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Beirut, Lebanon, on Jan. 29, 2015. Harvard University announced Thursday, Jan. 19, 2022, it plans to offer a fellowship to Roth, a leading human rights activist after its initial denial sparked widespread criticism. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)
Harvard changes course, offers fellowship to rights activist
Harvard University has announced it plans to offer a fellowship to a leading human rights activist after its initial denial sparked widespread criticism. Kenneth Roth was the executive director of … more
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This image made available by the National Science Foundation's NOIRLab in January 2023 shows the galactic plane of the Milky Way galaxy. Astronomers have captured more than 3 billion stars and galaxies in one of the biggest sky surveys ever, focusing on the Southern Hemisphere sky. (DECaPS2/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA, M. Zamani & D. de Martin via AP)
Say cheese! Galactic photo shoot captures 3 billion stars
A galactic photo shoot has captured more than 3 billion stars and galaxies in one of the biggest sky surveys ever. A dark-energy camera on a telescope in Chile made the observations over two years, … more
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FILE - A pedestrian carries an umbrella while walking past a painting of an American flag in San Francisco, Jan. 11, 2023. A new study says the drenching that California has been getting since Christmas will only get wetter and nastier with climate change. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
Warming to make California downpours even wetter, study says
A new study says drenchings like those California has been getting since Christmas will only get wetter and nastier with climate change. Already more than 32 trillion gallons of rain and snow have … more
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Messages of support for teacher Abby Zwerner, who was shot by a 6 year old student, grace the front door of Richneck Elementary School Newport News, Va. on Monday Jan. 9, 2023. The Virginia teacher who authorities say was shot by a 6-year-old student is known as a hard-working educator who’s devoted to her students and enthusiastic about the profession that runs in her family. (AP Photo/John C. Clark)
Lawyer: Gun used by child who shot teacher was 'secured'
The family of a 6-year-old boy who shot and wounded his teacher in Virginia says the gun he used had been secured. The family’s statement was released Thursday by an attorney and did not elaborate … more
This photo provided by Chronicle of Philanthropy shows co-founder of Baltimore Beat Lisa Snowden-McCray, left, and Adam Holofcener of the Lillian Holofcener Charitable Foundation, photographed in Baltimore, in October 2022. Holofcener and his family foundation gave $1 million to revive the newspaper, which focuses on the city’s Black community. (Michael Theis/Chronicle of Philanthropy via AP)
Foundation empties coffers to fund Black paper in Baltimore
In a rare move for philanthropy, Adam Holofcener and his family emptied their foundation’s coffers and gave $1 million — nearly all the money it had left to give — to support Lisa … more
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FILE - Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, at the U.N. headquarters. Ardern, who was praised around the world for her handling of the nation’s worst mass shooting and the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, said Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, she was leaving office. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)
Reaction to Jacinda Ardern resigning as New Zealand leader
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern shocked many with her announcement she will leave office next month. She said every moment leading her country was a privilege, but she didn’t have enough … more
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Governor Kay Ivey is sworn in as the 54th Governor of Alabama during a ceremony on the steps of the Alabama State Capital Monday, Jan. 16, 2023, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
Alabama extends time for executions, ends automatic review
Alabama has changed death penalty procedures to give the prison system longer to carry out executions — a move that comes after a string of troubled lethal injections in the state — and also … more
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DeKalb, Ga., and Atlanta SWAT members are pictured leaving the Gresham Park command post in Atlanta on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. Georgia state troopers helping conduct a "clearing operation" at the site of Atlanta's planned public safety training center exchanged gunfire with a protester Wednesday morning, leaving the protester dead and one trooper wounded, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. (John Spink/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
Man killed, trooper shot while ‘Cop City’ protesters cleared
Authorities say they killed a man who shot and injured a Georgia state trooper as law enforcement officers tried to clear protesters from the site of a planned public safety training center just … more
A portrait of Tyre Nichols is displayed at a memorial service for him on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023 in Memphis, Tenn. Nichols was killed during a traffic stop with Memphis Police on Jan. 7. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)
Justice Department investigating Memphis man's arrest, death
The U.S. Justice Department says it has opened a civil rights investigation into the arrest of Tyre Nichols, who died days after a confrontation with Memphis Police Department officers during a … more
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This aerial photo shows the Northwest Academy, a private boarding school in Amargosa Valley, Nye County, Nev., on Friday, Feb. 15, 2019. Never Give Up Youth Healing Center is located on the former campus of the now-shuttered Northwest Academy. A yearlong inspection of child care centers across Nevada in 2022 uncovered a pattern of lax oversight and weak policies at five facilities, according to a report released this month. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)
Auditors wary of child health, safety in Nevada care centers
A new report released this month in Nevada says state auditors in 2022 found a troubling pattern of lax oversight at five child care facilities. Unsecured chemicals and knives, clogged toilets and … more
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This image released by Lionsgate shows Anna Kendrick in a scene from "Alice, Darling." (Lionsgate via AP)
Review: Anna Kendrick in the chilling 'Alice, Darling'
Emotional abuse rarely gets the subtle, sensitive treatment on screen as it does in Mary Nighy’s thoughtful if uneven drama “Alice, Darling,” starring Anna Kendrick. Kendrick gives one of her … more
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FILE - In this June 15, 2014, file photo released by the U.S. Geological Survey, a polar bear dries off after taking a swim in the Chukchi Sea in Alaska. A polar bear has attacked and killed two people in a remote village in western Alaska, according to state troopers who said they received the report of the attack on Tuesday, Jan 17, 2023, in Wales, on the western tip of the Seward Peninsula. (Brian Battaile/U.S. Geological Survey via AP, File)
Rare attack: 2 dead in polar bear mauling in Alaska village
A polar bear chased several residents around a small Alaska Native village, killing two people before a community resident shot and killed the bear. Authorities say the fatal mauling of a woman and a … more
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Brian Walshe, center, listens during his arraignment Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, at Quincy District Court, in Quincy, Mass., on a charge of murdering his wife Ana Walshe. Not guilty pleas were entered on behalf of Walshe, 47. Ana Walshe was reported missing Jan. 4, 2023 by her employer in Washington, where the couple has a home. (Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)
Husband of missing woman looked up ways to dispose of body
A prosecutor says the husband of a Massachusetts woman who's been missing since New Year’s Day went online to look up ways to dismember and dispose of a body, and clothes and other items belonging … more
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Maryland Governor-Elect Wes Moore, and his wife Dawn, tour the capitol grounds in preparation for tomorrow's inauguration in Annapolis, Md., Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)
Wes Moore to be sworn in as Maryland's first Black governor
Wes Moore’s inauguration as Maryland’s first Black governor will be punctuated with references to Black history. Moore will deliver his inaugural speech on Wednesday. Before the speech, he … more
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FILE - A boat navigates at night next to large icebergs near the town of Kulusuk, in eastern Greenland on Aug. 15, 2019. A sharp spike in Greenland temperatures since 1995 showed the giant northern island 2.7 degrees (1.5 degrees Celsius) hotter than its 20th-century average, the warmest in more than 1,000 years, according to new ice core data. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
New ice core analysis shows sharp Greenland warming spike
New ice core data shows Greenland is the warmest it's been in more than 1,000 years. Until Wednesday's study, scientists didn't have recent ice core data. The last ice core was from 1995. This newer … more
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Djifa lee, a second-grade teacher at Saunders Elementary, center, stands with her daughter as she speaks in front of the Newport News School Board at the Newport News Public Schools Administration building on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, in Newport News, Va. Community members spoke about issues and solutions to violence in schools following the shooting at Richneck Elementary by a six-year-old that left a teacher in critical condition. (Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
Anger grows in Virginia city where first-grader shot teacher
Parents and teachers in the Virginia city where a first-grader shot his teacher have lambasted school administrators for what they say is a misguided emphasis on attendance and other education … more
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This cover image released by Viking shows "The Armor of Light" by Ken Follett, to be published Sept. 26. (Viking via AP)
Ken Follett's 'The Armor of Light' to come out Sept. 26
Ken Follett is ready to wrap up his epic fictional chronicle of Western civilization. Viking announced Wednesday that the British author’s “The Armor of Light” will be published Sept. 26, … more
Irene Schaefer, of Johnson Creek, Wis., shops for hats at Longhorn Saddlery in Dubuque, Iowa, on Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. On Wednesday, the Commerce Department releases U.S. retail sales data for December. (Jessica Reilly/Telegraph Herald via AP)
December retail sales fall 1.1% after slipping in November
Americans cut back on spending in December, the second consecutive month they’ve done so, underscoring how inflation and the rising cost of using credit cards slowed consumer activity over the … more
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An officer stands inside Nordstrom at Mall of America after a shooting, Friday, Dec. 23, 2022, in Bloomington, Minn. A suspect wanted in connection with the fatal shooting at the mall in December was arrested in Georgia on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
Police in Georgia arrest suspect in Mall of America shooting
A suspect wanted in connection with a fatal shooting at the Mall of America in December was arrested in Georgia on Tuesday. Bloomington, Minnesota, Police Chief Booker Hodges says the 17-year-old … more
FILE - In this image taken from video, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin addresses the court at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, June 25, 2021. An attorney for Chauvin will ask an appeals court Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, to throw out his convictions in the murder of George Floyd, arguing that numerous legal and procedural errors deprived him of his right to a fair trial. (Court TV via AP, Pool, File)
Court to hear appeal of ex-officer in murder of George Floyd
An attorney for Derek Chauvin is expected to ask an appeals court to throw out the former Minneapolis police officer's convictions in the murder of George Floyd. He plans to argue before the … more
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