Suneth Perera and Issariya Praithongyaem - BBC News Warning: This story contains details of violence, including sexual violence, which some readers may find disturbing. The name of one of the…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Every year, Alon Gat’s mother led the family’s Passover celebration of the liberation of the ancient Israelites from Egypt thousands of years ago. But this year, Gat…

Alexander Demidenko, who guided refugees back to their homeland, was arrested and tortured by Kremlin forces. One of the many he helped recalls his courage and kindness Lost and disoriented,…

George Takei was just 4 years old when when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066: "I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of War, and the Military Commanders...…

People in prison died at 3.4 times the rate of the free population, with the oldest hit hardest. New data holds lessons for preventing future deaths. The Marshall Project is…

When a deadly explosion destroyed BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons of crude erupted into the sea over the next three months —…

In a sweeping win for climate and environmental advocates, the Biden administration on Friday finalized a rule to ban fossil fueldrilling on nearly half of the National Petroleum Reserve in…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday designated two forever chemicals that have been used in cookware, carpets and firefighting foams as hazardous substances, an action intended to ensure quicker…

CHICAGO (AP) — The closure of Wadsworth Elementary School in 2013 was a blow to residents of the majority-Black neighborhood it served, symbolizing a city indifferent to their interests. So…

For Immediate Release Office of Public Affairs A Pennsylvania man was sentenced today to 70 years in prison for torturing an Estonian citizen in 2015 in the Kurdistan region of…