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People protest against the military coup in Istanbul on July 16, 2016. Turkish military forces on July 16 opened fire on crowds gathered in Istanbul following a coup attempt, causing casualties, an AFP photographer said.

'Maybe I'm Not As Safe As Before': Turkish Admiral Seeking Asylum In U.S. Speaks Out

Mustafa Ugurlu who was charged with staging a July, 2016 coup but denied any involvement, says while his family has been embraced in Norfolk, Va., he fears the Turkish state will track him down.

In this July 7, 2020, file photo, hospital staff members enter an elevator with the body of a COVID-19 victim on a gurney at St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton, Calif.

Virus Deaths Surging In California, Now Top 30,000

The state reached the grim milestone Monday but Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state’s top health officer offered some hope, noting hospitalizations finally have leveled off in the last week. But they warn not to get complacent.

In this Jan. 16 photo, Honduran migrants walking in a group stop before Guatemalan police near Agua Caliente, Guatemala, on the border with Honduras. The Democratic staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee say U.S. immigration agents in Guatemala helped officials deport Hondurans traveling in a migrant caravan early this year.

Democratic Lawmakers Denounce DHS 'Ad Hoc' Migrant Deportations In Guatemala

Democratic lawmakers are demanding more information from the Trump administration about U.S. agents working in Guatemala to round up Honduran migrants and send them to the Guatemala-Honduras border.

President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.

Senate Agrees To Hear Trump Case, Graphic Video Opens Trial

Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial opened Tuesday with graphic video showing the former president whipping up a rally crowd to march to the Capitol and “fight like hell” against his reelection defeat, followed by images of the deadly attack on Congress that came soon after.

Demonstrators advocating the movement to boycott, divest from and sanction Israel, known as BDS, gather for a protest last year in Paris. On Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced a new policy specifically countering the global BDS campaign.

Trump Administration Labels Movement To Boycott Israel 'Anti-Semitic'

The same day Secretary of State Mike Pompeo paid an unprecedented visit to Israeli settlements, he also announced policies targeting the movement to boycott, divest and sanction the country.

People pass by a destroyed building in Kenosha, WI.

Kenosha Protests, Violence Expose Racial Disparities Among The Worst In The Country

Kenosha residents lament the violence and destruction that left swaths of their city damaged or destroyed, but many understand the anger over biased policing and wide racial inequities that led to it.

The photos of five people slain in the Capital Gazette newsroom adorn candles at a vigil in June. The attack was mentioned in the analysis of Reporters Without Borders' annual World Press Freedom Index.

The U.S. Now Ranks As A 'Problematic' Place For Journalists

"Never before have US journalists been subjected to so many death threats," Reporters Without Borders said in its annual World Press Freedom Index, adding that President Trump "exacerbates" problem.

Former Department of Homeland Security chief of staff Miles Taylor, pictured in March 2018, publicly announced that he is behind the scathing anti-Trump op-ed and book published under the pen name "Anonymous."

Ex-Homeland Security Official Outs Himself As 'Anonymous' Anti-Trump Author

Miles Taylor defended his decision to criticize the president anonymously, saying it forced Trump to address the merits of the claims "rather than creating distractions through petty insults."

Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., broke barriers when she was the first woman elected speaker of the House in 2007. Democrats lost the majority in 2011, but she regained the gavel in 2019 when Democrats ousted the GOP in the 2018 midterms.

Pelosi Set To Be Reelected Speaker Despite House Losses

After Republicans unexpectedly picked up at least eight seats, House Democrats are still sorting out what went wrong but are still expected to reelect Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her top lieutenants.

Cardinal George Pell arrives at the Victorian County Court in Melbourne, Victoria, in February. Pell's appeal of verdicts on sexual abuse charges was rejected on Wednesday.

Australian Court Upholds Sex Abuse Verdicts Against Cardinal Pell

The former archbishop of Sydney and high-ranking Vatican official was sentenced in March to six years in prison for abusing two 13-year-old choirboys in the 1990s.

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