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Supporters and opponents of a tax face off at Seattle City Hall on Tuesday.

Seattle Repeals Tax On Big Business After Opposition From Amazon, Starbucks

The companies funded opposition to the tax that would have raised money to help with Seattle's ongoing homeless problem. Critics worried about homelessness growing despite millions spent already.

Boeing 737 Max planes are parked on the tarmac after the jets were grounded because of two crashes.

As New CEO Takes Charge, Boeing's Challenges Remain

Boeing's new CEO David Calhoun has served on the company's board of directors since 2009, leading some to worry he can't bring an outsider's perspective and shake things up.

Des Moines City Councilman and a precinct chair Carl Voss shows the app that was used for caucus results reporting on his smartphone after he unsuccessfully attempted to drop off a caucus results packet from Precinct 55 at the Iowa Democratic Party headquarters on Tuesday in Des Moines, Iowa.

What We Know About The App That Delayed Iowa's Caucus Results

Iowa Democratic Party officials said a new smartphone app designed to speed the results actually ended up delaying them. Last month, NPR reported on security and other concerns with the app.

Transcript: Greta Thunberg's Speech At The U.N. Climate Action Summit

"You have stolen my dreams, and my childhood, with your empty words. And yet I'm one of the lucky ones," activist Greta Thunberg, 16, tells world leaders.

ISIS Announces New Leader

Less than a week after President Trump announced the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the terrorist group has issued a defiant message to the world.

A crane stands at a housing construction site in downtown San Diego in this undated photo.

San Diego Chamber: Steel, Aluminum Tariffs Will Impact San Diego Businesses

The tariffs on imported metals from Mexico, Canada and the European Union are expected to affect several key industries including the local shipbuilding and construction industries.

President Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend "Howdy, Modi!" at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, Sept. 22, 2019.

India Set To Welcome Trump, Whose First Stop Will Be In Modi's Home State Of Gujarat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host Trump for a two-day visit starting Monday. As Gujarat's chief minister, Modi oversaw impressive economic growth. But he also presided over a dark chapter.

Photograph of an African-American man with a camera looking at the skeletons of iron beds which rise above the ashes of a burned-out block after the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, in Oklahoma.

New Research Identifies Possible Mass Graves From 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

"I'm as confident as I can be in the results that this is a very big candidate for something associated with the massacre," a senior researcher at the Oklahoma Archeological Survey said on Monday.

Men use tablets and laptops to check news over wifi at a coffee shop in Hanoi in 2014. Today almost half of Vietnam's population of over 95 million have access to Internet. A new and controversial cybersecurity law goes into effect nationwide Jan. 1, 2019.

To The Dismay Of Free Speech Advocates, Vietnam Rolls Out Controversial Cyber Law

The law requires internet companies to store locals' data in Vietnam and hand over user information if the government asks for it, among other contentious provisions.

In this Sunday, April 21, 2019, a view of St. Sebastian's Church damaged in blast in Negombo, north of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan authorities blame seven suicide bombers of a domestic militant group for coordinated Easter bombings that ripped through Sri Lankan churches and luxury hotels which killed and injured hundreds of people. It was Sri Lanka's deadliest violence since a devastating civil war in the South Asian island nation ended a decade ago.

Sri Lanka Victims: Four US Citizens Among Victims From At Least 12 Countries

At least 290 people were killed, including four U.S. citizens, in a series of nine bombings of churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday.

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