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The country's ruling Democratic Party suffered a devastating defeat in Wednesday's mayoral by-elections, widely considered a bellwether for Moon Jae-in's chances for reelection next year.

The Minneapolis Police chief, the fourth officer to witness for the prosecution, testified in the trial of Derek Chauvin, who is charged with murder and manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd.

The most valuable stamp in the world, the British Guiana One-Cent Black on Magenta, failed to set yet another world record at auction.

A newly approved drug for Alzheimer's disease will costs tens of thousands of dollars a year, and there is debate on whether it will help patients at all.

An estimated 160 million children were involved in child labor around the world at the beginning of 2020, according to a new report.

With COVID-19 on the decline, New York voters want to know what mayoral candidates will do about rising crime.

When his mother died, Mark Miller wrote her life story in a Twitter thread, including their complicated relationship and her transformation from wealthy socialite to nun. It quickly went viral.

Over the next 15 years, the U.S. is set to slash the use of powerful greenhouse gases used in refrigerants. That means changes to your grocery store, a switch that's already underway in California.

President Joe Biden says he's optimistic about U.S./Russia relations; plus, does a third ruling from the Supreme Court upholding the ACA mean the decade-long fight to dismantle it is over?

The groundbreaking conductor — the first woman to lead a major American Orchestra — reflects on 14 years as music director of the Baltimore Symphony.

As COVID-19 fills up hospitals in southern Alabama, two doctors discuss an uptick in vaccinations.

People in the capital of Port-au-Prince felt the tremor and many rushed into the streets in fear. The U.S. Geological Survey predicts the death toll could reach into the thousands.

Illinois will require news literacy courses at every high school. The hope is that the classes will provide the next generation with tools to maneuver the internet's misinformation minefield.

Congress is back and trying to tackle a number of pressing issues before the end of the month, including negotiations over President Biden's infrastructure and social spending packages.

There's bipartisan cooperation on Capitol Hill over beer. Five Congressional teams are in a competition where lawmakers work with breweries in their home states to create a new craft beer.

Facebook's "cross-check" program applies to millions of accounts, but the board says the company is not being transparent about how it applies its rules to those prominent users.

The International Energy Agency says that if nations honor their latest pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, global temperatures could be held to 1.8 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels.

Children between the ages of 5 and 11 can now get the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine. We visit a vaccination site in Washington, D.C., to hear from kids about why they're getting the jab.

We look at what President Biden had to do to get the the $1 trillion infrastructure bill passed, and how the efforts to pass the larger $1.75 trillion spending bill are shaping up.

Live Nation is the biggest live-events company in the world. Court records and federal citations show that the company was already linked to 200 other deaths and 750 injuries before Friday's tragedy.