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From left to right: Marcus Arbery, father of Ahmaud Arbery; attorney Ben Crump; Rev. Al Sharpton; Wanda Cooper-Jones, mother of Ahmaud Arbery; and attorney Lee Merritt address the media following guilty verdicts for the defendants in the trial of the killers of Ahmaud Arbery on Wednesday in Brunswick, Ga.

For many, guilty verdicts in Arbery case mark progress for racial justice in court

Attorneys and activists lauded the jury verdict that found three white men guilty in the murder of a 25-year-old Black man.

Norway's team lines up during the 2018 Women's Beach Handball World Cup final against Greece on July 29, 2018 in Kazan, Russia.

Female handball players will no longer have to wear bikini bottoms

The rule change is an apparent victory for Norway's female handball team after it was fined for wearing shorts rather than the requisite bikini bottoms over the summer.

The Oregon-born wolf known as OR93 near Yosemite, Calif. in February 2021. The wolf thrilled biologists as it journeyed far south into California, but was found dead after apparently being struck by a vehicle.

A famously far-ranging gray wolf is found dead in Southern California

The Oregon-born gray wolf gained a following this year when it became the first to travel to Southern California in a century. Wildlife officials say it appears to have been struck by a vehicle.

Britain has set new criteria to protect thousands of red public phone booths. Here, spectators sit on two of the kiosks as a crowd watches a parade of athletes who competed in the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The U.K. will save thousands of its iconic red phone kiosks from being shut down

Thousands of the U.K.'s famous red public phone booths will be kept in service, despite lagging use. Regulators say they still play a vital role in emergencies.

Countries at the COP26 conference in Glasgow pledge to accelerate the transition to 100% new zero-emission vehicle sales.

COP26 sees pledges to transition to electric vehicles, but key countries are mum

The agreements were hailed as a major step toward decarbonizing the auto industry, but the world's largest auto markets, including the U.S., and top carmakers failed to sign on.

NASA's ambitions for putting astronauts on the moon have been delayed. Here, newly minted astronauts from NASA and the Canadian Space Agency are seen last year. They're the first candidates to graduate under the Artemis program, and could be eligible for assignments including the Artemis missions to the Moon, International Space Station, and missions to Mars.

NASA says it can't put the first person of color on the moon until at least 2025

NASA's leaders say an overly aggressive timeline from the Trump administration and a legal fight over a contract are two reasons why it's altering plans for the Artemis lunar program.

New waves of Syrian migrants are fleeing postwar misery

While the numbers are far below the levels during the height of the civil war, the number of Syrians applying for asylum in the EU increased 70% over last year.

Pat Holder teaches a humanities class outdoors most afternoons during the week. Students design and construct furniture that will be sold at the end of the school year to raise money for the Gary and Jerri-Ann Jacobs High Tech High at Liberty Station, San Diego, April 13, 2022.

High Tech High students building their way through science and humanities curriculum

Students at Jacobs High Tech High in Liberty Station are using woodwork to learn about science and humanities.

Muhammad Aziz, center, stands outside the courthouse with members of his family after his conviction in the killing of Malcolm X was vacated on Thursday in New York. A Manhattan judge dismissed the convictions of Aziz and the late Khalil Islam, after prosecutors and the lawyers said a renewed investigation found new evidence that the men were not involved with the killing.

2 men convicted of killing civil rights leader Malcolm X are exonerated in court

Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam spent more than a half-century being thought of as murderers of one of the nation's most important Black leaders in 1965.

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