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Bloomington High School South science teacher Kirstin Milks leads a lesson on human-caused climate change and technologies that could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

In the face of global warming, students are dreaming up a better climate future

With heat waves and extreme weather becoming more and more common, one Indiana teacher wants to empower her students with information, and the creative freedom to imagine big ideas.

In this photo taken from video released by Khamovnichesky District Court press service on July 18, U.S. citizen Michael Travis Leake stands in a cage in a Moscow courtroom before being convicted of drug trafficking charges and sentenced to 13 years in prison.

Russia sentences American Michael Travis Leake to 13 years on alleged drug charges

The American rock musician and former paratrooper was arrested last year on drug trafficking charges.

Palestinians carry their belongings on their way to migrate for safer areas following the Israeli army's warning to evacuate the Dawa Faculty of the Ministry of Endowments in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on Monday.

The U.S. urges major changes to Israel's evacuations in Gaza, a leaked memo says

In an internal memo obtained by NPR, U.S. officials warn that Israel's "drastically increased" evacuation orders in Gaza have further displaced Palestinians and could debilitate aid efforts.

A woman protest against hardship on the street of Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. Thousands of mostly young people poured onto the streets across Nigeria on Thursday as they protested against the country's worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. Security forces fired tear gas to disperse some of the protesters in the capital, Abuja.

'Enough is enough' : Nigerians take to street in protest over a cost-of-living crisis

Thousands take to the streets in Nigeria in the first day of planned “days of rage” protests over the soaring cost of living and fuel crisis in the West African country.

Martin S. Indyk speaks at the State Department, July 29, 2013, in Washington.

Martin Indyk, former U.S. diplomat and author, dies at 73

Veteran diplomat Martin S. Indyk, an author and leader at prominent U.S. think tanks who devoted years to finding a path toward peace in the Middle East, died Thursday. He was 73.

Pro-Palestinian students and activists face police officers after protesters were evicted from the library at Portland State University in Portland, Ore., in May.

With a new semester, colleges brace for more antiwar protests from students

The Israel-Hamas war has prompted some of the most volatile campus protests in decades. This summer, student organizers are rethinking strategies, as are counter-protesters and college administrators.

Algeria's Imane Khelif celebrates after defeating Hungary's Anna Hamori in their women's 66kg quarterfinal boxing match on Saturday.

As an Olympic boxing controversy deepens, the women at its center are poised to medal

Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting are guaranteed to leave Paris with medals. But fallout continues, as does drama between Olympic officials and the Russian-led association that disqualified them last year.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin nullified the plea deal with the defendants accused of plotting the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Defense secretary revokes plea deal with accused 9/11 plotters

The previous agreements exchanged guilty pleas from the men for sentences of at most, life in prison.

Henrik Christiansen, pictured at a 2022 championship medal ceremony in Australia, is chasing medals as well as chocolate muffins in his third Olympic Games.

A Norwegian swimmer's love affair with chocolate muffins may be winning the Olympics

When he’s not in the pool, Henrik Christiansen is documenting his deepening obsession with the gooey treats. His many dramatic TikToks are spreading muffin fever across the Olympic Village and beyond.

Israeli armoured vehicles move on a street during a military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024.

Israel launches a big operation in the occupied West Bank, killing 10 Palestinians

Israeli forces said they launched a large operation in the occupied West Bank overnight and into Wednesday, killing at least 10 Hamas militants, carrying out arrests and sealing off the city of Jenin.

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