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Then-President Barack Obama speaks alongside then-Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew in June 2016.

Jack Lew had a front-row seat to debt ceiling fights under Obama. Here's his advice

The U.S. came dangerously close to defaulting on its debt in 2011. Jack Lew, chief of staff and then treasury secretary under President Obama, offers some advice to the current administration.

Moon Bin, a member of K-Pop group ASTRO, poses for photos on the red carpet for the 2021 Asia Artist Awards in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 2, 2021.

The K-pop star Moon Bin is found dead at his home at the age of 25

Police are investigating the death of the singer for the boy band Astro, but have so far found no signs of foul play, according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency.

Critics say U.S. government training videos like this one from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention exaggerate fears of fentanyl exposure among police.

Cops say they're being poisoned by fentanyl. Experts say the risk is 'extremely low'

Police officers regularly report being poisoned or overdosing after encountering trace amounts of fentanyl on the job. Experts say it's not happening.

Philadelphia Museum of Art employees picket outside the north entrance on Oct. 5, 2022. Two years after the museum workers joined a union, they voted to strike during first contract negotiations.

Strike by Philadelphia Museum of Art workers shows woes of 'prestige' jobs

Workers are unionizing in fields where they haven't had a big presence, including cultural institutions. A strike at the Philadelphia Museum of Art demonstrates the tensions driving this movement.

San Diego State guard Lamont Butler, center, celebrates with teammates after he hit the winning basket against Florida Atlantic during the second half of a Final Four game on Saturday.

UConn and San Diego State are set for NCAA men's basketball final. What are the odds?

A fifth title is at stake for the UConn Huskies. But the underdog Aztecs have proven their ability to surprise this season.

Spring break crowds, seen in 2021 in Miami Beach, Fla., are once again making the annual pilgrimage to the South Florida destination. Concerned about managing unruly crowds, city officials this year imposed an overnight curfew for Sunday night.

Miami Beach sets curfew to control spring break crowds after 2 shootings

The city issued a curfew on Sunday night and plans another starting on Thursday in an effort to curb violence after two fatal shootings took place over the weekend.

Belgian soprano <a href="https://www.clbmanagement.co.uk/gwendoline-blondeel">Gwendoline Blondeel</a> performs as la Folie (madness) in the Opera Lafayette production of Jean-Philippe Rameau's recently completed 18th century opera <em>Io</em>.

A forgotten opera premieres 280 years late

A Jean-Philippe Rameau opera, left unfinished at time of his death and recently completed by a musicologist, gets its premiere 280 years later, with extravagant costumes.

The sun and moon are photographed near Exmouth, Australia, during a solar eclipse on Thursday, April 20, 2023. The lucky few in the path of the hybrid solar eclipse will either get plunged into the darkness of a total eclipse or they'll see a "ring of fire" as the sun peeks out from behind the moon.

Viewers in parts of Australia and Indonesia saw this rare hybrid solar eclipse

Under a cloudless sky, about 20,000 eclipse chasers watched a rare solar eclipse plunge part of Australia's northwest coast into brief midday darkness Thursday with an accompanying temperature drop.

President Biden's visit to the Middle East will start in Israel on Wednesday. Then he will go to the Israeli-occupied West Bank to meet the Palestinian leadership. From there, he'll attend a regional Arab summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where he'll meet leaders of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, Iraq, Jordan and Egypt.

Biden's Middle East trip aims to shore up a relatively calm moment in the region

In his visits to Israel and Saudi Arabia this week, President Biden will aim to keep the oil flowing and lock in progress on the Middle East's simmering conflicts.

Margarita Ahuanari, left, and Karina Ahuanari look at posters of their mother. The images were placed where they think she was buried at the mass grave that was later renamed the COVID-19 Cemetery in Iquitos.

A mass COVID grave in Peru has left families bereft — and fighting for reburial

More than 400 people who died of COVID were secretly interred in a mass grave on the outskirts of the city of Iquitos. Families are demanding a proper burial for their loved ones.

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