While much of the focus marking 20 years since Hurricane Katrina is on New Orleans, where federal levees failed and flooded the city, the historic storm also decimated the Mississippi Gulf Coast. (Image credit: Mario Tama)
It’s been a week of turmoil at the CDC, and now there’s a new person tapped to be acting director of the agency.
Parents are struggling to figure out what to say to their children after another school shooting. We talked to some experts, who offered these guidelines. (Image credit: Stephen Maturen)
This weekend features three top-10 matchups, the most ever for an opening weekend in college football history. And Arch Manning, the most hyped player of a generation, will start for the first time. (Image credit: Julio Cortez)
This week, Taylor Swift debuted her engagement ring and the parasite world brought us something gross to worry about.
The Trump administration argues that rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule will help wildland firefighters. Fire researchers warn that more roads could exacerbate the problem. (Image credit: Benjamin Hanson/Middle East Images)
Two years after the oil deal was signed, it collapsed — with the Taliban accusing the Chinese company of breaching the contract and some Chinese employees likening the Taliban’s actions to robbery. (Image credit: Ahmad Sahel Arman)
The father of a boy killed in the Minneapolis church shooting speaks out on how he wants his son to be remembered. And, a new acting CDC director has been announced. (Image credit: Scott Olson)
Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Friday dismissed Paetongtarn Shinawatra from her position as prime minister, ruling that as the country’s leader she violated constitutional rules on ethics. (Image credit: Sakchai Lalit)
Parishioner Cathrine Spandel said worshippers at Annunciation Catholic Church in south Minneapolis had just finished a psalm when gunfire erupted. “It seemed like it went on forever,” she said. (Image credit: Scott Olson)
