New York City was never built to withstand a storm like Ida

When Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc on parts of the Northeast in 2012, it exposed the dire…

Uyghur exiles in Afghanistan facing uncertain future

Tuhan's family crossed the border between China's western Xinjiang region and Afghanistan 45 years ago. Now,…

Customs officers seize counterfeit jewelry that if genuine would have been worth $5.2 million

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently seized two shipments of counterfeit jewelry that would have…

Mayor describes ‘grief in limbo’ as search continues for 2 friends who were swept away when Ida’s remains unleashed deadly flooding in Northeast

Crews continued their search Saturday for two missing childhood friends whom witnesses say were swept into…

Suicide attack targets soldiers in Pakistani city of Quetta

Three people have died and 15 were injured in an attack on paramilitary troops in the…

West Point will unveil a statue honoring a group of Black soldiers

After years of fundraising, the US Military Academy at West Point will finally unveil a new…

Surfer dies in shark attack off Australian beach

A surfer died on Sunday after being bitten by a shark off a surfing beach on…

The founding father who freed his slaves

It was 230 years ago Sunday that Robert Carter III, the patriarch of one of the…

‘Surprised and disappointed.’ Doctors in Covid-19 hotspots last year are dealing with new record hospitalizations

With the more contagious Delta variant of Covid-19 sweeping across the country this summer, health care…

From human lives to historic sites, the destruction wrought by the storm left a path of broken hearts

Dennis Duplessis despised the nearly 100-foot oak tree that loomed over his house in Gonzales, Louisiana.…