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U.N. Human Rights Probe: Top Myanmar Generals Should Face Genocide Charges

A United Nations-mandated Fact-Finding Mission issued a scathing report documenting Myanmar security forces' violence against the country's ethnic Rohingya Muslim population last year.

Beach patrol personnel monitor conditions in July 2014 in Nags Head, N.C.

A 17-year-old died in the Outer Banks after a sand dune collapsed on top of him

The teenager's friends and family had been looking for him. He was found buried underneath several feet of sand.

Valley Voices #27 - Best of Season 6

We have the best of Valley Voices Story Slams season 6 for you, featuring season winners Steve Bernstein, Kerrita Mayfield, David Bulley, Tim Gillis and…

Former NSA contractor Harold Martin III pleaded guilty in March after he was accused of a massive theft of classified government information.

Ex-NSA Contractor Who Stole Top Secret Documents Is Sentenced To 9 Years In Prison

Harold Martin committed the massive theft of government documents over decades, storing files in his car and Maryland home. "My methods were wrong, illegal and highly questionable," Martin said.

Israeli soldiers and armored vehicles near the West Bank town of Beita

Top U.N. court says Israel's occupation of West Bank, East Jerusalem is 'unlawful'

Top U.N. court says Israel's occupation of West Bank is contrary to international law

Eight years after they clashed over a bankruptcy bill, then-Vice President Joe Biden welcomes Sen. Elizabeth Warren for her swearing-in ceremony on Jan. 3, 2013. (Cliff Owen/AP)

14 Years Ago, Warren And Biden Battled Over Bankruptcy. Their Fight Still Defines A Party Rift

In 2005, then-Sen. Biden, along with most Republicans, favored an effort to make it more difficult to file for bankruptcy. Professor Warren opposed the bill.

In Mosul, reminders of the Islamic State's brutal rule include a school wall covered with drawings showing how militants executed their prisoners. The U.N. says the area around the city holds mass graves where thousands of people were buried.

Islamic State Dumped At Least 6,000 Bodies In Mass Graves In Iraq, U.N. Says

"Victims include women, children, elderly and persons with disabilities, members and former members of the Iraqi armed forces and police," says a new U.N. report that details 202 mass graves.

Associate Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam of the New York State Court of Appeals. Abdus-Salaam was found dead Wednesday at the age of 65.<strong></strong>

First African-American Female Judge On New York's Top Court Found Dead

Associate Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam was found dead on Wednesday in the Hudson River. She was the first African-American woman to be appointed to New York's Court of Appeals.

Health care workers place a nasal swab from a patient into a tube for testing at the Brightpoint Health and UJA-Federation of New York pop-up coronavirus testing site on Friday in New York City.

Former Top Health Officials: Do More Testing And Contact Tracing Or Expect Outbreaks

Former federal health officials Andy Slavitt and Scott Gottlieb tell Morning Edition that more coronavirus testing and contact tracing are needed for U.S. businesses to reopen safely.

A bag of assorted pills and prescription drugs dropped off for disposal is displayed during the Drug Enforcement Administration's 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day earlier this year in Los Angeles. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 100,000 died of a drug overdose from April 2020 to April 2021.

Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. have topped 100,000 for the first time

The Biden administration scrambles to respond as new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show overdose deaths surged to more than 100,000 fatalities.

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