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Gary Powers, accused of espionage over Russia in his U2 airplane, was tried in Moscow in August 1960. Powers endured months of interrogation, went through a Soviet show trial, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, and served nearly two years before he was traded for a Soviet spy.

Chinese balloons conjure past confrontations over electronic eyes in the sky

It is worth remembering that the U.S., while surely spied upon, has been the world leader in developing aerial reconnaissance through at least the last few generations of technology

Five Just Stop Oil activists spray paint the wall and glue themselves to the frame of the painting <em>The Last Supper</em> on Tuesday at the Royal Academy in London.

Climate protesters in England glued themselves to a copy of 'The Last Supper'

Activists from the same group have glued themselves to other paintings at U.K. art galleries in recent days, calling on the government to end all new oil and gas licenses.

The rebuilt heart of Jason Isbell

A decade ago, Jason Isbell gave his career a second act by facing his own mistakes. Can he help his listeners do the same?

An old hotel is submerged by rising water levels in Lake Baringo in Kampi ya Samaki, Kenya on July 20, 2022.

Developing nations suffering from climate change will demand financial help

The chairperson of an influential negotiating bloc in the upcoming U.N. climate summit has called for compensation for poorer countries suffering from climate change to be high up on the agenda.

Palm trees sway in the wind in San Diego, Calif. Sept. 23, 2022.

Summery autumn heat wave in store for San Diego area

The most torrid conditions will prevail in the county's eastern desert locales, where an excessive heat warning will be in effect from 11 a.m. Sunday to 11 p.m. Tuesday.

Power transmission lines rune through Pine Valley, June 21, 2021.

State warns of possible rolling blackouts amid scorching heat wave

The California Independent System Operator has now issued an Energy Emergency Alert 3, in effect from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with a payload including two lunar rovers from Japan and the United Arab Emirates, lifts off from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022.

A Japanese company has fired a rocket carrying a lunar rover to the moon

A Tokyo company aimed for the moon with its own private lander Sunday, blasting off atop a SpaceX rocket with the United Arab Emirates' first lunar rover and a toylike robot from Japan.

A student cries after the 2019 attack on a public school in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The attack, by two former students, resulted in 10 deaths, including the attackers, who turned their weapons on themselves. It was one of the deadliest school attacks in the country's history.

Attacks on Brazil's schools — often by former students — spur a search for solutions

The numbers are far less than in the U.S. but school attacks are definitely on the increase, prompting soul-searching — and a national debate over strategies to prevent future tragedies.

Rep. George Santos, R-NY, made sure he was in a prime position for the State of the Union address.

When politicians have no shame, the old rules don't apply

Rep. George Santos, a Republican freshman who fabricated much of his life story but has defiantly resisted public pressure to leave, has shown just how much things have changed.

This map illustrates the severity of projected food insecurities across Somalia

The U.N. says famine will reach parts of Somalia later this year

The United Nations says "famine is at the door" in Somalia with "concrete indications" famine will occur later this year in the southern Bay region.

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