• Biden broke a promise pardoning his son Hunter, raising questions about his legacy

    Biden broke a promise pardoning his son Hunter, raising questions about his legacy

    Dec 02, 2024 04:14 PM EST

    ... car crash that killed Biden's first wife and a daughter more than a half-century ago. Or to those who heard the president regularly lament the death of his older son, Beau, from cancer or voice concerns — largely in private — about Hunter's sobriety and health after years of ...

  • PHOTOS: Notre Dame Cathedral reveals its new interior 5 years after devastating fire

    PHOTOS: Notre Dame Cathedral reveals its new interior 5 years after devastating fire

    Nov 29, 2024 03:59 PM EST

    ... angels look on from the centerpiece of one of the rebuilt ceilings, seeming to fly again above the transept. The cathedral's bright, cream-colored limestone walls look brand new, cleaned not only of dust from the fire but also of grime that had accumulated for centuries. The cathedral attracted ...

  • Biden pushes to fill federal judicial vacancies before Trump takes over

    Biden pushes to fill federal judicial vacancies before Trump takes over

    Nov 26, 2024 11:35 PM EST

    ... January? I don't think we fully know yet how that's going to play out. Laura Barron-Lopez:  We should note that, during the lame-duck session, when Donald Trump was in his first term, the Senate confirmed 14 federal judges, and the president-elect's 234 judicial appointments ...

  • Some worry no-fault divorce could change under Trump after Vance said divorce is too easily accessible

    Some worry no-fault divorce could change under Trump after Vance said divorce is too easily accessible

    Nov 26, 2024 07:52 PM EST

    ... in calls from women seeking divorce consultations. Trump — who is twice-divorced — hasn’t championed overhauling the country’s divorce laws, but in 2021 Vance lamented that divorce is too easily accessible, as have conservative podcasters and others. “We’ve run this experiment in real time and what we have ...

  • Biden grants final pardons to turkeys at the White House

    Biden grants final pardons to turkeys at the White House

    Nov 25, 2024 11:25 PM EST

    President Biden took to the South Lawn of the White House Monday using his lame duck status to spare a flock of fowl from the chopping block this holiday season. Deema Zein reports. ... William Brangham:  President Biden took to the South Lawn today, using his lame-duck status to spare ...

  • Decision on Menendez brothers resentencing delayed until January

    Decision on Menendez brothers resentencing delayed until January

    Nov 25, 2024 10:22 PM EST

    ... the media outside the courthouse but he cut it short and walked off as journalists crowded him. The recent releases of the Netflix drama “ Monsters: Lyle and Erik Menendez Story ” and the documentary “The Menendez Brothers" in 2024 brought renewed attention to their plight. Rose Castillo, a 28-year-old ...

  • Judge to decide if sex abuse evidence will set Menendez brothers free

    Judge to decide if sex abuse evidence will set Menendez brothers free

    Nov 25, 2024 06:25 PM EST

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge will decide Monday whether new evidence warrants a re-examination of the convictions of Erik and Lyle Menendez in the shotgun murders of their parents in their Beverly Hills home more than 30 years ago. The brothers were found guilty of murdering Jose and Kitty ...

  • Trump names a Fox News personality, a COVID mandate critic and an anti-vaccine doctor to key public health roles

    Trump names a Fox News personality, a COVID mandate critic and an anti-vaccine doctor to key public health roles

    Nov 24, 2024 12:47 AM EST

    ... death from the virus, medical societies including the American Academy of Pediatrics concluded that vaccinations significantly reduced severe disease in the age group. Makary has lamented how drugmakers used misleading data to urge doctors to prescribe OxyContin and other opioids as low-risk, non-addictive pain relievers. That marketing was ...

  • Boys forced into gangs, girls face sexual abuse as Haiti violence robs childhoods

    Boys forced into gangs, girls face sexual abuse as Haiti violence robs childhoods

    Nov 22, 2024 11:35 PM EST

    ... The lack of security has increased the cases of rape all over Port-au-Prince. Marcia Biggs:  As gangs continue to hold the upper hand, Lamercie says she doesn't have the resources to meet the needs. Lamercie Charles Pierre Fontaine (through interpreter):  I received so many calls this week ...

  • Australia's plan to ban children from social media popular but problematic

    Australia's plan to ban children from social media popular but problematic

    Nov 20, 2024 07:23 PM EST

    ... week. The concerned teen Leo Puglisi, a 17-year-old Melbourne student who founded online streaming service 6 News Australia at the age of 11, laments that lawmakers imposing the ban lack the perspective on social media that young people have gained by growing up in the digital age. “With ...