Watch: Massive, Moving Ice Disk Takes Center Stage, Mesmerizing Maine
Whether reminiscent of the moon’s surface or “a big duck-go-round,” a circle of ice entrances as it bobs and spins on a river in Maine.
Whether reminiscent of the moon’s surface or “a big duck-go-round,” a circle of ice entrances as it bobs and spins on a river in Maine.
In a letter to President Trump, Pelosi cites security concerns and suggests working together to find another suitable date. Pelosi also gave the president the option to deliver the address in writing.
The Ohio Democrat told NPR on Wednesday that Democrats “need to win in the heartland” as he announced a tour of states holding the first primaries in 2020.
In a detailed memorandum, Attorney General Maura Healey alleges eight Sackler family members and nine Purdue board members or executives played key roles in the nation’s deadly opioid epidemic.
A novel housing program in California links people who have served long-term prison sentences with those willing to rent space in their homes.
Hundreds of veterans sued military contractor KBR Inc., alleging toxic smoke from burn pits at military bases made them ill. A federal appellate court said compensation must come from Congress.
As the partial government shutdown continues, some federal workers and contractors are looking for temporary jobs to earn income.
The Rooster brand, ubiquitous in the U.S., is now being exported to Thailand, where Sriracha was born. But many Thais who taste the U.S. version are not impressed. “I wanted to gag,” says one.
The hikes, which will affect all U.S. viewers, come as Netflix faces an increasingly competitive field of video streaming services.
About 400,000 federal workers are called “excepted” and are required to work without pay. They sued for an injunction that would end that requirement, but the judge said no.
Micheail Ward did not receive a life sentence as Hadiya’s mother had asked the court but he is expected to spend the rest of his life in prison for the killing of the 15-year-old girl.
The union for the IRS workers criticized the Trump administration for forcing them to work “in exchange only for an IOU.” Employees have been promised back pay when funding is approved.
Government workers, including TSA agents, missed their first paycheck of the year last Friday, as a result of the country’s longest partial government shutdown.
Alfred Newman served from 1943 to 1945, transmitting codes in his native tongue which prevented the Japanese from gleaning U.S. intelligence during World War II.
Gillibrand joins a growing field of Democratic candidates, telling TV host Stephen Colbert on Tuesday that she is launching an exploratory committee and explaining why she has decided to run.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says his crackdown on stolen fuel is working, but long waits in several states persist, distribution bottlenecks continue and new acts of gas theft are reported.
The special counsel’s office wants a judge to consider Paul Manafort’s plea agreement void after what the government calls false statements. Manafort argues he didn’t breach his deal.
“The state has placed a thumb on the scale for a pro-confederacy message,” Jefferson County Circuit Judge Michael Graffeo wrote in his opinion.
In rare remarks to foreign media, Ren Zhengfei says his telecommunications equipment company is independently owned and would not give China user data. Experts disagree.
The attacks took place at an upscale complex in Kenya’s capital. An explosion tore through a bank, then a suicide bomb detonated in a hotel lobby before attackers entered the building, shooting.
A mini biosphere was sent up in China’s Chang’e-4, which landed on the far side of the moon in early January. Photos show the small, green shoot of a cotton plant in a container aboard the spacecraft.
A Vietnamese laborer tells NPR he was led to believe he would learn construction work but ended up cleaning up the Fukushima nuclear site. Migrant advocates say Japan needs to overhaul the program.
In his new book, The New Childhood, Jordan Shapiro argues that we’re not spending enough screen time with our kids.
Laurent Gbagbo had been charged with crimes against humanity allegedly committed in the wake of his 2010 electoral loss. Charges against his former youth minister also were dropped.
“The brilliant thing about their work when you watch it, it seems so nonchalant,” Reilly says of the iconic slapstick duo. He plays Oliver Hardy in the new film Stan & Ollie.
In a reboot of the late-’90s drama, three secret space aliens struggle to hide their secret in a town trained to look for them. And believe it or not, it’s a solid show.
House GOP Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney said King should “find another line of work” as the House voted to rebuke the Iowa congressman.
One of the nation’s top economists explores the past and future of work in cities. He finds that opportunities for workers without a college degree are drying up.
Lawmakers resoundingly said no to the prime minister’s proposed agreement with the European Union. With the deadline for Brexit just 10 weeks away, what happens now is anyone’s guess.
A federal judge in New York has issued the first ruling out of multiple lawsuits over a question about U.S. citizenship status. The ruling is expected to be appealed all the way to the Supreme Court.
Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun captured the attention of the world in a series of social media posts pleading for asylum. Her family, who she claimed was abusive, has disowned her.
Should doctors warn patients of a policy threat that may not come to pass? That’s the question pending, as the Trump administration weighs whether to deny green cards to immigrants on Medicaid.
A former prosecutor of Maricopa County, Ariz., “will have unfettered access to every facet of [Hacienda Healthcare’s] business — including all the records related to this matter,” the company said.
The backlog of more than 800,000 immigration cases awaiting hearings, which has grown almost 50 percent under the Trump administration, is forecast to grow even larger.
As the government shutdown enters its fourth week, federal workers are struggling to make ends meet. But according to Jamiles Lartey, the shutdown is having a disproportionate effect on black workers.
The “new wave of persecution” began when a social media group administrator’s phone contacts were accessed by Chechen authorities, according to the Russian LGBT Network.