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How did Jeffrey Epstein die? New report details suicide, major lapses by prison officials

Jeffrey Epstein, the financier accused of orchestrating a sex-trafficking ring involving girls, was able to kill himself amid lax prison oversight, report says.

Supreme Court rejects GOP claim that state lawmakers have full power over elections

The Supreme Court's decision will make it harder for a state's dominant political party to gerrymander district voting maps to lock in control.

Supreme Court makes it harder to prosecute online stalkers

In a 7-2 decision, justices said the 1st Amendment protects people who send harassing messages if they don't realize their words are seen as threatening.

Solar sprawl is tearing up the Mojave Desert. Is there a better way?

America needs lots of clean power, fast. Should it go on public lands or on rooftops?

Can food stalls help save China's economy? Young people are quitting their jobs to find out

China's government is relaxing restrictions on night markets and street vendors to stimulate spending and create jobs, especially for young people.

Mom says son took her seat on Titan, hoped to set Rubik's Cube record aboard the submersible

Christine Dawood told the BBC she planned to go with her husband on the ill-fated trip but gave up her spot to her son because he 'really wanted to go.'

Coast Guard to lead transnational investigation into Titan implosion accountability

Maritime agencies from Canada, France and Britain are joining an investigation led by the U.S. Coast Guard to examine accountability in the Titan disaster.

Compressing your eating day is as effective as counting calories, study finds

A study that pitted time-restricted eating against a caloric restriction diet found they were equally effective at helping obese people lose weight.

Supreme Court will decide whether Congress can tax wealth

Conservative Supreme Court will weigh in on whether Congress can tax so-called unrealized gains from foreign companies.

In Ukraine, a harvest of death as bodies of the fallen are returned to their hometowns

Even far from Ukraine's front lines, military funerals set off waves of mourning. 'You can't see an end to it,' one chaplain says as the war drags on.

Crisis in Russia reverberates in the Ukraine war, with effects still to unfold

With the shocking mutiny by Russia's Wagner mercenaries put down for now, Moscow and Kyiv both work to calculate where their war goes from here.

Prosecution vs. the presidency: Trump cases present looming legal crisis for nation

The possibility that the former president could be reelected after being criminally convicted or while facing charges has put the executive and judicial branches on a high-speed collision course.

Column: Blinken tried to build a floor under U.S.-China relations. He may have to keep doing it

This isn't the first time the Biden administration has tried to build a floor under the relationship between U.S. and China, and it probably won't be the last.

Opinion: Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has vast power and life tenure. So what's his problem?

The conservative who wrote fiery opinions overturning Roe vs. Wade and dissenting on LGBTQ+ rights can't stand criticism for his free fishing trip or anything else.

DNA scientists once halted their own apocalyptic research. Will AI researchers do the same?

Over four days in 1974, molecular geneticists hashed out a code of bioengineering ethics for the good of science and humans. Reining in AI will be a little more complicated.