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This undated photo provided by the Dallas County Sheriff's Office shows Bryan Riser. A judge on Wednesday, ordered the release of Riser, a former Dallas police officer who was arrested on capital murder charges for allegedly ordering two killings in 2017 after prosecutors agreed that they don't have enough evidence to move forward with the case.

Murder Charges Against Ex-Dallas Officer Dropped For Insufficient Probable Cause

"If we get to a point in any case, no matter who the defendant is ... that we feel there is insufficient probable cause, we have to alert the defense and alert the court," prosecutors said Wednesday.

People opposed to COVID-19 vaccines often embrace ivermectin, a drug they think is not getting the attention it deserves. Here, an anti-vaccination protester takes part in a rally against vaccine mandates last month in Santa Monica, Calif.

How ivermectin became the new focus of the anti-vaccine movement

Scientists are still studying whether the deworming medicine could have any effect on COVID-19. But the frenzy over the drug has far more to do with politics than science. Here's how that happened.

Rain from a winter storm on a car windshield in San Diego, Jan. 14, 2019.

Southern California Rainfall Likely To Be Below Average For Year

The Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has placed the odds of reaching an average amount of precipitation in Southern California this year at just 20%.

Surrounded by loved ones, Pastor Michelle Thomas grieves at the stone marking her son's grave at the African American Burial Ground for the Enslaved at Belmont. Her son, Fitz Alexander Campbell Thomas, 16, died in June and is the first free African American to be buried at the site.

A Pastor Rescues A Cemetery For Enslaved People, Then Buries Her Son In It

After her teenaged son drowned, Pastor Michelle Thomas decided to bury him in a old burial ground she had come across earlier while searching for a new site for her church.

Thomas poses for a portrait at the African American Burial Ground for the Enslaved at Belmont. Thomas restored the graveyard and then used it to bury her teenage son when he drowned in June.

A Pastor Rescues A Cemetery For Enslaved People, Then Buries Her Son In It

After her teenaged son drowned, Pastor Michelle Thomas decided to bury him in a old burial ground she had come across earlier while searching for a new site for her church.

Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, reopened to the public for the first time since 2018 on Tuesday. The Virginia mansion where Robert E. Lee once lived underwent a rehabilitation that includes an increased emphasis on those who were enslaved there.

Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, Reckons With Its History Of Slavery

Arlington House has reopened after a 3-year renovation. It seeks to memorialize Robert E. Lee and acknowledge his role in the Confederacy while also telling the story of those enslaved there.

In this Dec. 20, 2020, file photo the Biden administration's nominee for Secretary of Interior, Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., speaks at The Queen Theater in Wilmington Del.

Indian Country Gripped By Haaland Hearing For Top US Post

Deb Haaland is an elected official on track to become the first Indigenous secretary of the Interior Department. For Native Americans, she is also a fierce pueblo woman whose political stances have been molded by her upbringing.

A view of Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, from the riverfront of a temple complex outside the city.

'Houses On The River Will Fall': Cambodia's Sand Mining Threatens Vital Mekong

A building boom in the Southeast Asian country has pushed up demand for sand in a river that 60 million people rely on.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Chris Magnus speaks during an interview in his office with The Associated Press, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, in Washington.

Border agency chief faces challenges from within and outside

Among them are agent discontent, allegations of migrant mistreatment, a failure to recruit more women and an asylum system that many view as broken.

The Wootens — (from left) Nate, Tiffany, Mya and Cole — recently moved from red Indiana to Austin, a dark blue spot in the otherwise-red Texas.

Americans are fleeing to places where political views match their own

America is growing more geographically polarized — red ZIP codes are getting redder and blue ZIP codes are becoming bluer. People appear to be sorting.

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