A federal judge says the government must prioritize the release of documents requested under the Freedom of Information Act about the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Guards said they saw a woman acting nervous as she neared the exit Saturday. They discovered she was a man, a drug trafficker facing decades in prison. Now authorities say he took his own life.

China’s currency and the U.S. stock market stabilized Tuesday, after a dramatic drop the day before. Experts say the Trump administration was wrong to accuse China of currency manipulation.

Vin Gupta, a critical-care physician with military experience and a scientist at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, talks about the U.S., Mexico, South Africa and Afghanistan.

Ohio’s Republican governor is proposing new gun control laws in response to the deadly mass killings in Dayton. This would be a big change for the Ohio GOP if he gets his way.

“We have uncovered evidence … that the shooter was exploring violent ideologies,” the FBI said. A list of organizations found on the gunman’s digital media may have indicated potential targets.

U.S. officials say the Pakistani man committed the crimes as part of a business to unlock and resell stolen phones. At least three employees accused in the case are cooperating with authorities.

It may not be a coincidence that several mass shootings took place in one week. Research shows perpetrators are often inspired by media coverage of other shootings.

In war-torn Yemen, mothers who bring a sickly baby to the hospital are often reporting that they are unable to breastfeed.

Studies are revealing new, unintended threats that neonicotinoid pesticides pose to insects. The chemicals, widely used by farmers, are difficult to control because they persist in the environment.

Austria’s top court says Gerlinde Pommer should receive $908,000 from the government in exchange for the property. “Part of the house should be used for educational purposes,” a local historian says.

NPR’s newsroom is reducing some jobs as part of a restructuring move that is also adding positions in other areas, NPR’s editorial chief announced Tuesday.

For anyone struggling to use “they” as a singular pronoun, linguist Geoff Nunberg says: Just practice. He believes human language processing capacity is far more adaptable than people realize.

Gun control groups say the National Rifle Association has been “distracted” by recent investigations, financial troubles and turnover. But the organization clearly still holds sway in Washington, D.C.

Bessie Smith could wrap the blues around anything. She was the voice of freedom and of dislocation, heard by black audiences on the vaudeville circuit and white ones at Manhattan parties.

Federal judges said a lower court was wrong to dismiss the former vice presidential candidate’s lawsuit against the newspaper over an editorial that linked her to a 2011 mass shooting.

President Trump wants to expand laws that allow courts to intervene when someone shows signs of pending violence, and lawmakers are getting behind the idea. But are these laws effective?

The president struck a somber tone about the latest round of mass shootings in this country and talked about pushing for an end to them. But tone is one thing; action is another.

Morrison was the author of Beloved, Song of Solomon and The Bluest Eye. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Speaking in the capital, a spokesman for China’s Hong Kong affairs office said protesters will be “held accountable” and said that Beijing had “tremendous power” to put down the protests.

An international consortium planning the Thirty Meter Telescope still prefers to site it atop the Big Island’s Mauna Kea. But local protests may drive the project to the Canary Islands.

The Trump administration made the declaration after Beijing allowed its currency to drop sharply. China’s move triggered a sell-off on Wall Street.

Cesar Sayoc blamed his attempted bombing spree on his mental illness and excessive use of steroids. His attorneys said he was obsessed with President Trump.

In a rare political post-presidency statement, former President Barack Obama called for tighter gun laws after the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton. “We are not helpless here,” he said.

“I want to praise the defendant’s grandmother, who saved lives by interrupting this plot,” said a federal prosecutor. She was able to persuade her grandson to go to a hospital.

As more cities and states try to cut carbon emissions, natural gas is becoming a target. The city of Berkeley, Calif., just became the first to ban it in new homes, but it may not be the last.

“At some level firing 8chan as a customer is easy,” Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince said. Before the Texas shooting, the suspect is believed to have posted a white nationalist, anti-Hispanic screed.

The national average in the U.S. is 4.43 deaths per 100,000. By contrast, in Canada, the figure is 0.47 per 100,000. In Bangladesh, it’s 0.07 deaths per 100,000.

Turns out the departing “visitor” wasn’t a woman at all – but a drug trafficker sentenced to decades in prison and boldly trying to escape. He was reportedly caught because he was acting nervous.

Many advocates for changing America’s gun laws spoke out on Sunday with a simple command to their public servants: “Do something!”

World stock markets saw sharp sell-offs after China let its currency slide, the latest move in its trade war with the United States. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 767 points, or 2.9%.

Nobody else has ever tried to cross the body of water by hoverboard, which is powered by a backpack full of fuel. The last time he tried, he plunged into the sea.

The number of girls in the juvenile justice system has been rising because of arrests for low level offenses like running away or violating curfew. Kentucky is now taking a different approach.

Studies show poor children living in “high opportunity” areas have a better chance at success. A program in the Seattle area to help families move to better neighborhoods has seen promising results.