Nation Oct 08 Instead of a ‘dislike’ button, Facebook tests new set of reaction emojis Facebook announced Thursday that it will test six new reaction emojis that express a range of emotions beyond the social network's iconic "like" button.
Nation Oct 05 Hurricane sank U.S. cargo ship; one body recovered U.S. Coast Guard officials announced Monday that Hurricane Joaquin had sunk the American cargo ship that went missing near Crooked Island in the Bahamas last week.
World Oct 05 Agreement on Trans-Pacific trade deal reached WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is heralding an agreement on an ambitious Pacific Rim trade pact that he says “reflects America’s values” and gives U.S. workers a fair shot at success.
Nation Oct 02 Pope Francis personally arranged meeting with gay couple The Vatican on Friday said Pope Francis’ “only real audience” while visiting Washington, D.C. was a former student and his family. Turns out, that audience was a gay couple.
Nation Oct 02 Pope’s meeting with Kim Davis was not a ‘form of support’ of her views, Vatican says The Vatican issued a statement Friday that said Pope Francis' Sept. 24 meeting with Kim Davis in Washington, D.C., was not a direct endorsement of her views.
Nation Oct 02 What we know – and don’t know – about the Oregon shooting Hospital officials say that four of the seven injured shooting victims at Oregon's Mercy Medical Center are expected to survive after a gunman opened fire during a writing class at Umpqua Community College on Thursday, killing nine people.
World Sep 30 Iraqi PM says he supports Russian airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria Russia's President Vladimir Putin said he ordered airstrikes in Syria on Wednesday to fight Islamic State militants, a move that Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said he would welcome in Iraq, if needed.
Nation Sep 22 Why we carry these tokens of faith Faith is an intangible force, an intensely personal connection with one’s beliefs. For many, religious faith is manifested in the items they keep close to them — a book, a prayer card, a piece of jewelry. For Catholics, it can…
Science Sep 17 New images reveal what sunset on Pluto looks like NASA released images Thursday that show more details of the dwarf planet's icy landscape.
Arts Sep 17 Cartoonist Kate Beaton finds the punchlines lost to history Kate Beaton, the creator of the massively popular webcomic "Hark! A Vagrant," talked with the NewsHour about her online fan base, her first children's book and how she made history's saddest tales funny.