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A screenshot shows a new TV ad recruiting for the Marines. It's the first to focus on a woman in a combat role.

Marines Release First-Ever Ad Spotlighting Woman In Combat Position

The ad comes amid intense scrutiny over sexism within the Marine Corps, including a scandal over male Marines sharing nude photos of female Marines without the women's consent.

Researchers from MIT and Google used a video to explain how their new algorithm separates background and foreground scenes from images.

Obstructions Vanish From Images Treated With New Software From MIT, Google

Researchers say they've figured out how to remove things like chain-link fences, raindrops, and glass reflections from photos.

Rawabi al-Sanusi, 23, (right) speaks with another artist at the exhibition at the Saudi embassy. "I always liked to draw," she says. "I was like the weird one in my family." She designed a hardcover book paying tribute to generations past, "to show the diversity of Saudi Arabian families," she says. Her great-great-grandfather, she says, "was a king of Libya for a short time."

'Connected To The Whole Universe': Saudi Women Artists Show Their Work In The U.S.

The "Women's Point of View" exhibition at the Saudi Embassy in Washington, D.C., includes works of photography, motion graphics, even a design for a lightweight "running abaya" for athletes.

Investigators for the National Transportation Safety Board in Tempe, Ariz., examine the Uber vehicle involved in the fatal crash.

California Won't Renew Uber's Permit To Test Self-Driving Vehicles After Fatal Crash

The state says the permit expires Saturday. Uber itself says it won't seek a renewal. Hours earlier Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey announced he's suspending testing there, where the death occurred.

Google Glass Faces A Ban In British Movie Theaters

Just one week after the Google Glass eyewear went on sale in the U.K., fears of movie piracy have led an industry group to call for a ban on the device in theaters.

The Satanic Temple says a statue in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina bears too close a likeness to the temple's statue of Baphomet, shown here in Little Rock, Ark.

Satanists Sue Netflix, Warner Bros. For $150M, Saying 'Sabrina' Copied Their Statue

The Satanic Temple has used the statue to protest for freedom of religion. Now, it says the media giants have lifted its copyrighted design for a depiction of evil in the streaming series.

Every year, NORAD staff and volunteers field calls from children inquiring about Santa. Canadian Brig. Gen Guy Hamel joined in the tradition in 2014.

Santa Tracker Unaffected By Government Shutdown, NORAD Says

Despite gridlock in Washington, D.C., more than 1,500 military personnel and volunteers at a Colorado Air Force base will be hard at work Christmas Eve, tracking Santa and answering children's calls.

Schoolchildren who were kidnapped by armed men were released and helped into a truck by police in Bamenda, Cameroon, on Wednesday.

Students Kidnapped In Cameroon Are Freed, But Questions Remain

The students were released at another school 12 miles away. A principal and teacher reportedly remain captive. Tensions in Cameroon have heightened as an Anglophone separatist movement has taken root.

In 'We Cast A Shadow,' The Horrors Are Close To Home

Maurice Carlos Ruffin's razor-sharp new novel is set in a dystopian near future where race relations have deteriorated further and scientists have developed a procedure to "demelanize" black people.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks with of Yogi Adityanath (left), a Hindu priest who is chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, during a campaign rally on March 28.

With Indian Elections Underway, The Vote Is Also A Referendum On Hindu Nationalism

Many see India's election as a turning point in which the country may seek to redefine itself via Hinduism, its majority faith. Secularism has become "a four-letter word," says one expert.

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