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The inkstand is considered to be the oldest surviving artifact of the House of Representatives, dating back to the early 1800s. Pelosi had it placed in front of her during President Biden's first State of the Union.

What we know about the inkstand in front of Nancy Pelosi during the State of the Union

The inkstand is the oldest surviving artifact of the House of Representatives, dating back to the early 1800s.

Catherine Serou, a U.S. citizen studying in Russia, was found dead after going missing earlier this week, officials said.

A U.S. Student Who Went Missing In Russia Is Found Dead

Catherine Serou, a 34-year-old U.S. citizen, is found dead a few days after she was feared abducted. A suspect in her killing, a man in his early 40s with past convictions, has been arrested.

Bill Cosby (center) approaches members of the media gathered outside his home in Cheltenham, Pa., with his spokesperson Andrew Wyatt. On Wednesday, Pennsylvania's highest court overturned Cosby's sex assault conviction, and he was released from prison.

Bill Cosby's Release Could Have A Silencing Effect On Victims, Advocates Say

Visceral reactions to the news that Bill Cosby has been released from prison include shock from victims' advocates and #MeToo activists to support from his friend and TV co-star Phylicia Rashad.

As Russian forces began their invasion of Ukraine last week, artists in the Syrian city of Binnish painted a mural to show solidarity with Ukraine. It was painted on what's left of a home destroyed by Russian aircraft during Syria's civil war.

Russia showed its playbook in Syria. Here's what it may mean for civilians in Ukraine

The lessons of Moscow's involvement in Syria's civil war stand as a specter of the heavy-handed playbook experts fear could be used on an even larger and more deadly scale in Ukraine.

On <em>The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill</em>, the singer provides a re-education in Blackness 101, in which she's both student and teacher.

How 'The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill' Taught Me To Love Blackness

The theory of nigrescence describes the process of developing a Black identity. Namwali Serpell says it's like falling in love — and for her, it began when she first heard Lauryn Hill's 1998 album.

A man receives a COVID-19 vaccine at the vaccination super station at Grossmont Center in La Mesa, Calif. Feb. 2, 2021.

San Diego County Reports 76 New COVID-19 Cases As Vaccination Rate Slows

San Diego County public health officials have reported 76 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths as the county grapples with a major question about what happens when the vaccine supply exceeds the demand.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has already changed the world as we know it

Journalist Anne Applebaum has been covering the war in Ukraine for The Atlantic. "I don't think that we will ever again smugly assume that borders in Europe can't be changed by force," she says.

Dragon blood tree at Diksam Plateau, on Yemen's Socotra Island. It's one of the sites included on the 2022 Watch from the World Monuments Fund.

Sites in Beirut, Benghazi and Brownsville, Texas, make a most-endangered list

Beirut's historic city center and the traditional territory of the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas are among 25 places listed by World Monument Watch as in urgent need of preservation.

A new report from UNICEF and the World Health Organization documents what it calls "aggressive" and "misleading" marketing of infant formula. There's special concern about efforts in low-resource countries

Infant formula promoted in 'aggressive' and 'misleading' ways, says new global report

UNICEF and the World Health Organization issued the paper. It shows "that formula milk marketing remains unacceptably pervasive, misleading and aggressive," says Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of WHO.

A U.S. Citizen Has Gone Missing In Russia, Sparking A Criminal Investigation

Catherine Serou, a U.S. citizen studying in Russia, has been missing since she got into a car with a stranger earlier this week.

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