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WATCH LIVE: The 2025 Hutchins Forum

By News Desk

Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Henry Louis Gates Jr. will host the 2025 Hutchins Forum titled 'What Went Wrong... and What's Next?'…

Hurricane Erin whips up strong winds and some flooding as it slowly moves further out to sea

By Allen G. Breed, John Seewer, Associated Press

Authorities predicted that the largest swells would whip up life-threatening rip currents from Florida to New England.

The Menendez brothers are getting parole hearings in California. Here’s what to know

By Associated Press

The brothers have separate hearings and will be evaluated independently of each other.

Is empathy a sin? Some conservative Christians argue it can be

By Tiffany Stanley, Associated Press

Those Christians claim empathy can manipulate people into accepting what they see as sins, like abortion access and LGBTQ+ rights.

Trump’s massive civil fraud penalty for exaggerating financial statements is thrown out by appeals court

By Jennifer Peltz, Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press

A panel of five judges in New York’s mid-level Appellate Division said the verdict, which stood to cost Trump over $515 million and rock his real estate empire, was “excessive.”…

James Dobson, influential founder of conservative Christian group Focus on the Family, has died

By Mike Catalini, Associated Press

Dobson was a child psychologist who started Focus on the Family in 1977.

Florida’s climate-focused tech sector faces uncertainty after federal cuts

By William Brangham, Sam Weber

South Florida is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Start-ups, local governments and researchers are working to make the area more resilient, but federal funding cuts may hinder those efforts. William Brangham traveled to the region and reports for…

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As voucher programs expand, many public school districts are fighting to keep students

By Geoff Bennett, Karina Cuevas

As states roll out or expand private school voucher programs, many public school districts are trying new ways to recruit families and keep their schools open. In Arizona, the national model for school vouchers, families can get up to $7,500…

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An inside look at how PBS host Henry Louis Gates Jr. met Pope Leo

By Dan Cooney

Gates met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican after the Harvard professor and "Finding Your Roots" host published insights into the pope's ancestry.

Man executed for 1982 murder in record 10th execution this year in Florida

By David Fischer, Associated Press

Bates was convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping, armed robbery and attempted sexual battery in the June 14, 1982, killing of Janet Renee White in Bay County in the Florida Panhandle.