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In this March 2021 photo provided by Pfizer, vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are prepared for packaging at the company’s facility in Puurs, Belgium.

FDA advisers back Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for young kids

The vote Tuesday by the Food and Drug Administration panel moves the U.S. closer to vaccinating children ages 5 to 11.

The current climate pledges nations are making won't be enough, UN report card says

Nations are gathering the first week of November to negotiate new climate change pledges. But a new report card from the United Nations says those pledges aren't enough to stop extreme climate change.

Philip and Ruth Lazowski, both Holocaust survivors, married over a decade after Ruth's mother saved him from a massacre, Philip said.

A family helped a Holocaust survivor escape death. Then they became his real family

At 11, Philip Lazowski found himself alone in a Nazi ghetto as Jews were being sent to their deaths during WWII. At StoryCorps, Philip, now 91, remembers a quick decision that may have saved his life.

An elderly woman is helped by policemen after she was rescued by firefighters from inside her apartment after bombing in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday.

Russia steps up assaults as Ukraine appeals for more help

The fighting across the country continues as Ukraine's president prepares to speak to the U.S. Congress.

Five out-of-state members of a major Texas electricity grid operator are resigning following winter storm Uri that hit the state and knocked out coal, natural gas and nuclear plants that were unprepared for the freezing temperatures brought on by the storm.

Board Members Resign From Texas Electric Grid Operator After Mass Power Outages

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas has been heavily criticized after last week's winter storm left more than 4 million Texans without power for several days.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a media briefing at the Pentagon, Nov. 17, 2021, in Washington.

Navy blocked from acting against 35 COVID vaccine refusers

The injunction is a new challenge to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s decision to make vaccinations mandatory for all members of the military.

Netanyahu's Legacy After 12 Years As Israel's Prime Minister

Benjamin Netanyahu ends the longest term for any Israeli prime minister, 12 years, with a history of alliance with U.S. Republicans.

Troops operate the Space Based Infrared System satellite constellation from Schriever Space Force Base in Colorado. The system enables service members to report ballistic missiles and space launches, nuclear detonations, and other data to the President, Secretary of Defense, intelligence agencies and other government officials.

Misunderstood and sometimes parodied, the U.S. Space Force is educating the public about its mission

The newest military service branch is responsible for protecting satellites and other objects in space, which it expects will be critical parts of future wars.

Waterfowl and the raptors that dine on them, like this bald eagle and snow goose, have both been killed by the new bird flu virus.

A worrisome new bird flu is spreading in American birds and may be here to stay

Scientists are tracking a deadly bird flu outbreak that has infected wild birds in more than 30 states. Purging the nation's poultry supply may not be enough to keep the virus from sticking around.

Thin single-use plastic bags, like this one in Mission Valley, litter roadsides all around San Diego County on July 8, 2020.

Plastic Bags Are Banned Again In California, But They're Still Here

Single-use plastic shopping bags returned to markets thanks to COVID-19, and they are lingering as trash.

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