These families were adopting Ukrainian orphans. Now they have to wait out Russia's war National News
Ukraine was the leading country Americans adopted from, but it halted adoptions this year after Russia's invasion. Now many families and children are in limbo.
Read more ...A black hole is releasing some strange burps, baffling scientists National News
Astronomers were stunned to find that the black hole was emitting energy, two years after it pulled apart a star that had come too close.
Read more ...A recent stranding on remote New Zealand islands left nearly 500 pilot whales dead. Scientists still don't know for sure why the events, also known as beachings, occur, but they have some ideas.
Read more ...The Jan. 6 committee has done its job, but its impact depends on others National News
No matter how much news and attention a congressional panel may generate, the ultimate effect depends on whether they alter the arc of a presidency or otherwise change the course of national history.
Read more ...He's known as Chile's greatest poet, but feminists say Pablo Neruda is canceled National News
"He's been canceled," a Chilean activist says of 20th century poet and Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda. Five decades after his death, feminists are denouncing him as a male chauvinist and sexual predator.
Read more ...The Parkland shooter's life sentence could bring changes to Florida law National News
Until 2016, Florida law allowed trial judges to impose a death sentence if a majority of the jurors agreed. But now, anything less than 12-0 means an automatic sentence of life without parole.
Read more ...A rare Roman-era mosaic is uncovered during the excavation of an old building in Syria National News
Syria uncovered a large intact mosaic that dates back to the Roman era, with officials describing it as the most important archaeological discovery since the country's conflict began 11 years ago.
Read more ...As drug deaths surge, one answer might be helping people get high more safely National News
In Canada, a growing network of clinics helps active drug users get high more safely. Many public health experts want similar "harm reduction" programs in the U.S., where drug deaths have surged.
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