Congress had been set for briefings on election security in mid-September. But briefings by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence have been called off, top Democrats say. Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Bloomberg via Getty Images Congress had been set for briefings on election security in mid-September. But briefings by…
Giant panda Mei Xiang gave birth to a cub at Smithsonian’s National Zoo on Friday evening, making her the oldest panda, at 22 years old, in the U.S. and the second oldest in the world to do so. She is also the first panda in the U.S. to successfully give birth through artificial insemination using…
The 2020 Republican National Convention starts its celebratory programming Monday as Republicans officially renominate President Trump and will get four nights to provide a counterpunch to Democrats' convention from the previous week, rally their base and try to get swing voters to side with them in November.The party conventions, held every four years, have had their plans…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…