• Rep. Jamie Raskin says he's been diagnosed with lymphoma

    Rep. Jamie Raskin says he's been diagnosed with lymphoma

    Dec 28, 2022 11:10 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin said Wednesday that he has a type of lymphoma that's a “serious but curable form of cancer” and he is beginning several months of treatment. Raskin, who will be the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Reform Committee in the next Congress ...

  • Brooks and Capehart on recent mass shootings and the lame-duck session of Congress

    Brooks and Capehart on recent mass shootings and the lame-duck session of Congress

    Nov 25, 2022 11:35 PM EDT

    New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join William Brangham to discuss the week in politics, including recent mass shootings in America and what can be done during the lame-duck session of Congress.

  • Russia withdraws troops from Lyman after Ukraine encircles key eastern city

    Russia withdraws troops from Lyman after Ukraine encircles key eastern city

    Oct 01, 2022 05:05 PM EDT

    After being encircled by Ukrainian forces, Russia pulled troops out Saturday from an eastern Ukrainian city that it had been using as a front-line hub.

  • WHO chief laments inability to help 'starving' relatives in Tigray

    WHO chief laments inability to help 'starving' relatives in Tigray

    Aug 25, 2022 07:37 PM EDT

    ... forces. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in some of his most personal comments about the region that erupted in violence again on Wednesday after months of calm, lamented his inability to help loved ones among the 6 million people all but trapped in Tigray. “I have many relatives there. I want to ...

  • U.N. chief laments 'leadership gap' ahead of climate talks

    U.N. chief laments 'leadership gap' ahead of climate talks

    Oct 26, 2021 02:45 PM EDT

    U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told reporters Tuesday that time is running out to cut greenhouse gas emissions to meet the goals of the 2015 Paris accord and avert the world of global warming.

  • 25-year-long study of Black women links frequent use of lye-based hair relaxers to a higher risk of breast cancer

    25-year-long study of Black women links frequent use of lye-based hair relaxers to a higher risk of breast cancer

    Jul 14, 2021 06:32 PM EDT

    Black women could be at higher risk of breast cancer due to frequent use of lye-based hair straighteners. A group of epidemiologists explain their research.

  • Kerry laments 'wasted years' in climate fight under Trump

    Kerry laments 'wasted years' in climate fight under Trump

    Jan 22, 2021 12:33 AM EDT

    U.S. climate envoy John Kerry on Thursday lamented "wasted years" under the Trump administration to slow climate change and urged faster work to curb fossil fuel emissions. Kerry spoke remotely to an Italian business conference in his first international climate address under President Joe Biden. Biden, in his first ...

  • Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney quits U.K. role over 'lamentable' Brexit plan

    Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney quits U.K. role over 'lamentable' Brexit plan

    Sep 18, 2020 07:14 PM EDT

    ... Raab, the human rights lawyer said she is quitting her role as the U.K.'s special envoy on media freedom over the government's "lamentable" suggestion. She said she was "dismayed" to learn that the government intends to pass legislation that would effectively override sections of the Brexit withdrawal ...

  • In Denmark, Auschwitz survivors lament the rise of anti-Semitism

    In Denmark, Auschwitz survivors lament the rise of anti-Semitism

    Feb 10, 2020 11:30 PM EDT

    January marked the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, but there is growing concern throughout Europe that anti-Semitism is on the rise. Historically tolerant Denmark, for example, has seen a resurgence of neo-Nazi groups opposed to immigration. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports from Denmark, where he met a Jewish Auschwitz survivor worried about her...

  • Pope on World Food Day laments paradox of hunger, obesity

    Pope on World Food Day laments paradox of hunger, obesity

    Oct 16, 2019 12:55 PM EDT

    VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis is calling for lifestyle and dietary changes to address the paradox of a world in which people suffer from malnutrition in some areas and obesity in others. In a message Wednesday for the U.N.'s World Food Day, Francis lamented the "distorted relationship between food ...