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Flanked by Attorney General Merrick Garland, Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta speaks at a press conference Monday to announce that the Justice Department was suing Texas over its recent redistricting map.

The Justice Department is suing Texas over the state's redistricting plans

The lawsuit says the redistricting disadvantages Black and Latino voters and does not reflect the outsize effect minorities played in the state's recent population growth.

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., is facing a backlash after posting a photo showing him and his family holding guns in front of a Christmas tree. He's seen here drawing a handgun from his pocket during a pro-gun rally in Frankfort on Jan. 31, 2020.

Congressman shares photo celebrating guns at Christmas, days after a school shooting

"Santa, please bring ammo," Rep. Thomas Massie wrote as he posted the image of him and his family posing with guns in front of a Christmas tree.

The Norwegian Breakaway pictured in New York in May 2013. More than a dozen COVID-19 cases have been reported among passengers and crew members on the ship, which docked in New Orleans on Sunday.

Over a dozen COVID cases were found on a cruise ship that just docked in New Orleans

At least 17 people on board the Norwegian Breakaway tested positive for COVID-19, including one probable case of the omicron variant. The cruise line said that all confirmed cases are asymptomatic.

The Camino Del Mar bridge over the San Dieguito River Lagoon, Nov. 19, 2021.

Del Mar's crumbling bridge could get boost from infrastructure bill

The federal bill sets aside more than $100 billion to repair aging highways and bridges.

Activists protesting "greenwashing," in which a company or government appears to do more for the environment than it is, gather outside the JP Morgan premises near the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit.

Carbon trading gets a green light from the U.N., and Brazil hopes to earn billions

Carbon offsets got a big boost from November's U.N. climate summit. New rules could make it easier for companies to pay for carbon-cutting projects in other countries, rather than doing it themselves.

A Myanmar court on Monday sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to four years for incitement and breaking virus restrictions. In this photo from December 2019, Suu Kyi waits to address judges of the International Court of Justice on the second day of three days of hearings in The Hague, Netherlands.

Myanmar court sentences ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to 4 years

The ruling is the first in a series of cases brought against the Suu Kyi since the army seized power on Feb. 1, blocking her National League for Democracy party from starting a second term in office.

Africa is struggling with low vaccination rate

Ayesha Rascoe asks epidemiologist Saad Omer of the Yale Institute for Global Health about the challenges many poorer nations still face in their vaccination efforts.

Meshell Whyte, a single mother of a son with disabilities, was five months pregnant <strong>with her son</strong> when she traveled back to the U.S in 2016 and lost her home.

These moms overcame homelessness. But the fight for a better life is far from over

After battling homelessness as single mothers, these four women strive to become advocates for other struggling families and create a better life for their children.

Laszlo Magas, left, and Laszlo Nagy. Both men were anti-communists during the Soviet period and sought an opening to the West. They are pictured near the Hungary-Austria border, which young protesters opened in 1989.

A discomfort with Western liberalism is growing in Eastern Europe

People of the former Soviet bloc rejoiced when the Iron Curtain fell and embraced membership in the European Union. Hungary is an example of a growing culture clash in the conservative East.

When Making Music Breaks Your Body

An arthritis diagnosis means the latest album by the Bay Area band The Dodos is likely its last. It is a striking reminder of the oft-overlooked physical strains of music careers.

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