Han Kang wins Nobel Prize in literature for ‘intense poetic prose’ confronting human fragility
October 10, 2024
Jason Mott’s first novel since “Hell of a Book” is a kind of meta-sequel to his award-winning meta-narrative about a Black author’s haunting promotional tour
October 10, 2024
South Korean author Han Kang won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature for "her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes
October 10, 2024
More than 370 million girls and women alive today, or one in every eight worldwide, experienced rape or sexual assault before the age of 18, the United Nations children's
October 10, 2024
‘Zionists don’t deserve to live,’ suspended Columbia activist said. Now his group rescinds its apology and calls for violence
October 10, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris is facing new urgency to define how her potential presidency would be different from President Joe Biden's
October 09, 2024
Online hate against Americans of South Asian ancestry has risen steadily in 2023 and 2024 with the rise of politicians from that community to prominence,
October 09, 2024
Yankees slugger Juan Soto says he is focused solely on helping New York win the World Series, and not thinking at all about a potentially lucrative offseason
October 09, 2024
Flour Bluff's accidental time capsule includes photos, old notes and more between late 70s to early 2000s
October 09, 2024
Is the media “sanewashing” Donald Trump
October 09, 2024
Americans are being targeted with an unprecedented number of political attack ads this election season, and research shows that these ads can leave voters feeling exhausted, angry and stressed.
October 09, 2024
Politicians have long used the phrase ‘I misspoke’ when backpedaling for verbal inaccuracies or blunders. Now it’s used as a euphemistic recasting of lying as an inadvertent mistake.
October 09, 2024
If you’re an unhappy voter and want other unhappy voters to hold their noses and vote for the major candidate they least dislike, think about the Golden Rule.
October 09, 2024
Elections are a foundation of democracy, but they're also human exercises
October 08, 2024
One question that will be asked over and over again on election night is “Who won?”
October 08, 2024
Internal emails dispute Trump’s claims that FBI had ‘free rein’ to probe Kavanaugh allegations, new report says
October 08, 2024
Harris says there’s not much she’d have done differently than Biden over the last 4 years
October 08, 2024
Harris says Trump’s putting politics over people with his hurricane response: ‘He really lacks empathy on a very basic level’
October 08, 2024
Supreme Court signals it may uphold Biden’s regulations on ‘ghost gun’ kits
October 08, 2024
The Menendez brothers get their say in a new Netflix documentary.
October 08, 2024
Two courts this week have allowed U.S. state abortion restrictions, and bigger changes could result from next month's elections
October 08, 2024
Fact check: Trump makes at least 11 false claims in foreign policy interview
October 08, 2024
‘That son of a bitch’: New Woodward book reveals candid behind-the-scenes conversations of Biden, Trump, Harris and Putin
October 08, 2024
Social media platforms, the modern public squares, are being manipulated by foreign influence campaigns. AI makes those campaigns more effective.
October 08, 2024
The New York Times, dismayed by wayward polls in the 1952 presidential race, sent teams of reporters across the country to assess public opinion in the 1956 campaign. Its effort was no rousing success.
October 08, 2024
In order to effectively appeal to voters with a shared identity, Kamala Harris and other politicians would need to show that they care about the particular issues they are concerned about.
October 08, 2024
What this high school senior wants adults to know about classroom phone bans
October 08, 2024
Trump vows to ‘remove the Jew haters’ if reelected during event commemorating October 7 attacks
October 08, 2024
Former President Donald Trump on Monday suggested undocumented immigrants who commit murder have “bad genes,” in the latest example of the former president using dehumanizing rhetoric as he tries to stoke fears about those in the country illegally. Republican strategist and CNN political commentator Ana Navarro joins Anderson Cooper to discuss the impact of Trump's rhetoric.
October 08, 2024
Sally Field shares harrowing story about abortion in Mexico as a teenager: ‘We can’t go back’
October 07, 2024
New Harris digital ad attacks Trump’s handling of natural disaster relief
October 07, 2024
A New Mexico man has pleaded no contest to reduced charges of aggravated battery and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in the shooting of a Native American activist during demonstrations about abandoned plans to reinstall a statue of a Spanish conquistador
October 07, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris is calling former President Donald Trump “incredibly irresponsible” for spreading falsehoods about the federal response to Hurricane Helene’s destruction
October 07, 2024
The White House on Monday criticized the U.S.
October 07, 2024
Fact check: Walz makes false claims about Trump on abortion and the economy
October 07, 2024
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Monday suggested that migrants who are in the U_S_ and have committed murder did so because “it’s in their genes.”
October 07, 2024
Supreme Court declines to hear First Amendment challenges in gun display and Confederate statue protest cases
October 07, 2024
CNN's Brian Stelter says the rhetoric Elon Musk used during his appearance at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, would lead to "dangerous consequences" for America.
October 07, 2024
Belonging to a group can make you feel safe and supported. But there can be downsides, too.
October 07, 2024
Harris’ support for abortion rights and political unity – as well as the fact that she offers an antidote to Donald Trump – helps explain her appeal.
October 07, 2024
As colleges and universities grapple with antisemitism on campus, research reveals that views on Jews and Israel are more complex than current debates would make them seem.
October 07, 2024
A 70-year-old South Korean woman on Monday sued her government, an adoption agency, and an orphanage over the adoption of her daughter, who was sent to the United States in 1976, months after she was kidnapped at age four
October 07, 2024
The Supreme Court took the bench again on Monday, ready to hear cases on ghost guns, a death sentence and transgender rights
October 07, 2024
The Fifth US Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans is reviewing a civil rights lawsuit alleging a south Louisiana parish engaged in racist land-use policies that placed polluting industries in majority-Black communities
October 07, 2024
Harris says it’s ‘not the 1950s anymore’ in dismissing criticism over not having biological children
October 07, 2024
The U.S. government’s top disaster relief official says false claims and conspiracy theories about the federal response to Hurricane Helene, which are being spread most prominently by Donald Trump, are “demoralizing” aid workers and creating fear in people who need recovery assistance
October 06, 2024
What the 1960 election can teach us about the peaceful transfer of power
October 06, 2024
Fact check: Six days of Trump lies about the Hurricane Helene response
October 06, 2024
CEO and National Director of the Anti-Defamation League Jonathan Greenblatt reacts to new data showing over 10,000 antisemitic incidents in the US since Hamas' October 7 attack in Israel.
October 06, 2024
The vice presidential candidates debate the issues.
October 06, 2024
For generations, many people in Lebanon have wrestled with whether to leave to seek better opportunities or escape various times of tumult
October 06, 2024
A top leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is urging members to “avoid what is harsh and hateful” in the heat of election season
October 05, 2024
The tough decisions parents are making as never-ending threats to schools become the norm
October 05, 2024
‘It’s so cool!’: Barcelona star Caroline Graham Hansen on her career, the Ballon d’Or and the growth of women’s soccer
October 05, 2024
Fact check: New Trump attack ad deceptively edits out key words from Harris and The New York Times
October 04, 2024
The New York Times won’t endorse in local races. A group of prominent journalists aims to fill the gap
October 04, 2024
These people share conspiracy theories to promote conflict, cause chaos, recruit and radicalize potential followers, make money, harass, or even just to get attention.
October 04, 2024
Outgoing Indonesia President Joko Widodo's approval rating has fallen to its lowest level this year after a move by his allies to change election rules, a poll
October 04, 2024
President Joe Biden said on Thursday he did not believe there is going to be an "all-out war" in the Middle East, a region that has been on edge amid Israel's
October 04, 2024
Fluoride in water prevents some cavities but concern about health risks raises questions about the tradeoffs
October 04, 2024
A federal jury in Tennessee on Thursday convicted three former Memphis police officers of witness tampering stemming from the beating death of Black motorist
October 03, 2024
Fact check: Amid bipartisan praise for Biden hurricane response, Trump falsely claims reviews are ‘universally’ negative
October 03, 2024
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday that if he is elected in November, no state will be able to ban gasoline-powered cars
October 03, 2024
Four prominent previously pro-Trump GOP women to make the case against him in battleground Pennsylvania
October 03, 2024
Melania Trump has revealed her support for abortion rights ahead of the release of her upcoming memoir
October 03, 2024
In a landmark 2024 case, the Supreme Court ruled that presidents are immune from prosecution when they exercise their core constitutional powers. So who decides what actions are not immune?
October 03, 2024
French Union of Auschwitz Deportees president and Holocaust survivor Victor Perahia has died
October 03, 2024
DoNut Miss Class campaign encourages Denver Public Schools students to show up
October 03, 2024
Melania Trump confirms support for abortion rights in new video, putting her at odds with husband’s position
October 03, 2024
Nice Jewish men wanting to date non-Jewish women has been a trope of US stage and screen for 100 years.
October 03, 2024
Students, professors and accrediting agencies are more interested in social impact than ever.
October 03, 2024
While the Republican Party platform has typically included anti-abortion language, this year’s platform is curiously silent on the issue.
October 03, 2024
A leading expert in the selection of federal judges analyzes the Trump and Harris records regarding judicial nominations. There’s a big difference in their approaches.
October 03, 2024
Among the nation’s charismatic Christians, there’s one highly politicized faction in particular that believes the reelection of former President Donald Trump would be a win in a literal spiritual war of angels in demons
October 03, 2024
Giuliani’s daughter details how she came to decision to break with father and endorse Harris
October 03, 2024
The Guardian: Melania Trump says women must have abortion rights free from government pressure in memoir
October 03, 2024
Melania Trump writes in her upcoming memoir that a woman has the right to an abortion, The Guardian newspaper reported on Wednesday, while her husband, Donald
October 02, 2024
Anti-abortion leaders say they're undeterred by Donald Trump's comments that he would veto a federal abortion ban
October 02, 2024
‘It’s just such a beautiful community here’: Bend nonprofit HÚE helps at-risk youth during mental health crises
October 02, 2024
Javier Bardem was no longer comfortable being silent on Gaza
October 02, 2024
Are the Commanders Super Bowl contenders with star rookie QB? Will injuries catch up with the Chiefs? NFL Week 4 takeaways
October 02, 2024
The US Supreme Court’s high-profile Grants Pass ruling allows cities to clear homeless encampments, even if they can’t offer shelter. A scholar explains why a Housing First approach is more effective.
October 02, 2024
Approval of Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in September went down when compared to a survey conducted two months earlier, pollster Quaest said on Wednesday, as his
October 02, 2024
Polls help set the public’s expectations in a presidential race. In 2020, presidential polls overall were the worst in 40 years. No misfire was more striking than CNN’s. Will CNN do better in 2024?
October 02, 2024
LGBTQ+ Jews have struggled to be accepted within their Orthodox communities
October 02, 2024
Dockworkers are waging a battle against automation. The rest of us may want to take notes
October 02, 2024
Pope Francis' big Catholic reform project has opened with widespread calls for women to take up more positions of responsibility in the church topping the agenda
October 02, 2024
CBS cut mics and fact-checked JD Vance in a more civil VP debate, drawing the ire of Trump and his allies
October 02, 2024
The types of smiles that politicians display can give us insights into their personalities and how they’ll lead.
October 02, 2024
Trump says he would veto a federal abortion ban if elected again
October 02, 2024
The vice presidential candidates, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Ohio Sen. JD Vance, on Tuesday engaged in a fast-moving, largely civil debate on a wide range of issues
October 02, 2024
A new Pearson Institute/AP-NORC survey finds Republicans are more likely to see Israel as an ally that shares the U.S.'s interests and values, while Democrats are more likely to see Israel as a partner that doesn’t share U.S. interests and values
October 02, 2024
Masculinity has become a dominant theme in the race for the White House. In their debate, VP candidates JD Vance and Tim Walz showed just how much they differ on what that means.
October 02, 2024
Takeaways from the vice presidential debate between Vance and Walz
October 02, 2024
Georgia judge signals a need to clarify ‘vague’ new election certification rule
October 01, 2024
The impact of a political backlash against environmental, social and governance-related (ESG) issues in the United States is overstated and having little bearing
October 01, 2024
The ideal couple configuration, according to an expert
October 01, 2024
California’s attorney general is suing a Catholic hospital, saying that Providence St. Joseph Hospital illegally denied emergency abortion care to a woman
October 01, 2024
The Voto Latino Foundation has launched a $5 million initiative to encourage Latinos to vote
October 01, 2024
Press freedom group warns a Trump victory could embolden attacks on journalists
October 01, 2024
Barring a late addition to the schedule, Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate between J
October 01, 2024
Donald Trump’s words about Kamala Harris – she’s a ‘mentally disabled person’ – were widely criticized as coarse and ugly. They are also often found among disparaging descriptions used by others.
October 01, 2024
Ahead of the election, a reproductive health law scholar lays out the broad strokes of what both Harris and Trump have done regarding abortion policy while in office.
October 01, 2024
Corporate-controlled, political infotainment makes up the bulk of AM radio programming. But there was a time when these stations were more attuned to the needs of the community.
October 01, 2024
Biden celebrates Jimmy Carter’s 100th birthday: ‘I admire you so darn much’
October 01, 2024
Jewish students fear climate of antisemitism on campus stoked by Israel-Hamas war
October 01, 2024
A judge has considered arguments related to dozens of pages of instructions that will be given to jurors in the federal trial of three former Memphis police officers charged with violating Tyre Nichols’ civil rights in a beating that proved fatal following a 2023 traffic stop
October 01, 2024
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says that he was freed because “I pled guilty to journalism.”
October 01, 2024
In a debate that evoked a calmer era in American politics, Tim Walz and JD Vance on Tuesday went after each other’s running mates and sought to shore up their campaigns' vulnerabilities at a time of renewed fears of a regional war in the Middle East and sadness over devastation from Hurricane Helene
October 01, 2024
The U.S. Department of Justice says it plans to launch a review and evaluation of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
September 30, 2024
This clinic is breaking down barriers for underinsured and uninsured families
September 30, 2024
The Biden administration is making asylum restrictions at the southern border even tougher
September 30, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris addressed Donald Trump's comments on her racial identity, the value she places on mental health, and her support for legalizing marijuana
September 30, 2024
Eric Adams, the New York mayor facing an indictment that could end his career and send him to jail, long boasted that his swagger was good for the city. But swagger doesn’t make a good mayor.
September 30, 2024
A proposal to phase out large-scale confined animal farms will be put before voters in a Northern California county
September 30, 2024
Compared with voters who are trying to have kids or haven’t decided yet, those who definitely don’t want to have kids – known as the ‘child-free’ – have a different set of political priorities.
September 30, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris has strongly supported clean energy investments, while Donald Trump has railed against them. But transformative shifts in the energy landscape already are well underway.
September 30, 2024
Republicans have long focused on freedom as an election issue. Kamala Harris appears to be shifting the Democrats’ strategy to offer a rival view of what freedom means.
September 30, 2024
Judaism’s High Holy Days annually provide an emotional mix of celebration, introspection and atonement for Jews worldwide
September 30, 2024
Supreme Court flooded with prayers for relief from groups eager to promote religion
September 30, 2024
If Ruben Gallego is going to give Democrats their fourth straight U.S. Senate victory in Arizona, he’s probably going to need support from an unlikely group: Donald Trump voters
September 30, 2024
The vice presidential debate between Republican JD Vance and Democrat Tim Walz will bring together undercards who have spent two months going after each other and the top of each ticket
September 30, 2024
Trump repeats insults about Harris’ mental state as some GOP allies urge him to stick to issues
September 30, 2024
If Oprah Winfrey can’t win when it comes to weight loss, nobody can
September 29, 2024
Pope Francis said on Sunday victims of Catholic clergy sexual abuse in Belgium deserved more financial compensation, calling the amounts allocated
September 29, 2024
A Polish non-government organisation said on Sunday that it has filed a lawsuit against President Andrzej Duda over comments he made in 2023 about the film "Green Border", which
September 29, 2024
The CEO of activism organization Global Citizen says the sense of urgency that younger generations bring to solving international challenges needs to be nurtured in the rest of the world
September 29, 2024
Over the last few years, various terms have emerged to describe those in the U.S. with roots in Latin America and Spain
September 29, 2024
Humanitarians are enlisting entertainers and creators to reach impassioned youth during climate week events that coincide with the United Nations General Assembly's high-level meetings
September 29, 2024
Conservative Christian churches in California and prominent figures around the United States like activist Charlie Kirk are urging congregations to get involved in ballot gathering or ballot harvesting
September 29, 2024
What’s the latest news about the Trump-Harris race? It depends on who you ask
September 29, 2024
Potential President Harris could face Senate GOP roadblock for any Supreme Court pick
September 29, 2024
Pope Francis has doubled down on his traditional views on abortion and women during his in-flight news conference coming home from Belgium
September 29, 2024
‘SNL’ kicked off Season 50 with star-studded cold open about politics, of course
September 29, 2024
Marcellus Williams execution brings fresh scrutiny to Supreme Court’s death penalty approach
September 28, 2024
Our children are told when they’re little: Play nicely
September 28, 2024
Vance steps into debate spotlight unpopular and unproven but with a knack for seizing the moment
September 28, 2024
Pope Francis was sharply criticised on Saturday by one of Belgium's Catholic universities over his stance on the role of women in society, in a strongly worded
September 28, 2024
Jaywalking may soon by legal in New York City. Some say they were surprised to hear it is illegal.
September 28, 2024
New Black-led shows are popping up. But they aren’t solving TV’s problems
September 28, 2024
Shopping season for Medicare coverage is about to begin and with it comes the annual onslaught of TV ads and choices to consider
September 28, 2024
Thinner benefits and coverage changes await many older Americans shopping for health insurance this fall
September 28, 2024
Dr. Felipe Paullier is quick to say he doesn’t speak for the world’s roughly 2 billion tweens, teens and young adults
September 28, 2024
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her Republican rival Donald Trump are in a tight race in the key states of Michigan and Wisconsin, according to an opinion poll by the
September 28, 2024
Former President Donald Trump meandered Saturday through a list of grievances against Vice President Kamala Harris and other issues in an event intended to link his Democratic opponent to illegal border crossings
September 28, 2024
Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance has a reputation for being informed, articulate and all but unflappable
September 28, 2024
The president of the NCAA lashed out at “evidence of dysfunction in today’s NIL environment” while reiterating his desire to see Congress create national guidelines to set the template for the so-called name, image and likeness endorsement deals that are reshaping college sports
September 27, 2024
New graduating class of Minneapolis police officers include first Somali-American woman
September 27, 2024
As a big young cohort comes of age in a troubled world, it’s coming with ideas about inclusion, participation and authority in the United Nations and other organizations
September 27, 2024
Hyundai India's shares fall 2% in debut trade after record $3.3 billion IPO
Bonds and gold begin countdown to US Election Day
Gold hovers near record high on safe-haven demand
Harvey Weinstein has chronic myeloid leukemia, NBC reports
In annual religious pilgrimage, Panamanians crawl to reach the Black Christ of Portobelo
Asian American boba brand finds opportunity after Simu Liu sparks cultural appropriation debate