The settlement between Jeffrey Epstein and Virginia Giuffre, one of his accusers, is emerging less than a week after his longtime partner Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty of sex trafficking a minor.
Read more ...Famed fossil hunter and conservationist Richard Leakey dies at 77
Leakey made important contributions to our understanding of human origins through his fossil finds. He later gained fame for taking on poachers who threatened to wipe out Kenya's elephants and rhinos.
Read more ...This photographer captured how activists helped migrants at the Poland-Belarus border
Polish-based photographer Kasia Strek documented what it was like for migrants and people in Poland as the crisis evolved at the border in November.
Read more ...Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin tests positive for COVID-19
Austin, 68, tested positive on Sunday. He said that his symptoms are mild, and he was fully vaccinated and boosted in October. He plans to continue with key meetings virtually during quarantine.
Read more ...The FDA authorizes a Pfizer booster shot for children ages 12 to 15
The authorization comes in the midst of an explosion of COVID-19 cases nationwide driven by the omicron variant — a surge that has brought a spike in pediatric hospitalizations.
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