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An Israeli protester places a sticker on a banner showing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a demonstration outside the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem on June 5. The Hebrew reads: "You failed" and "Leave."

Assessing Benjamin Netanyahu's 12 Uninterrupted Years In Power

The Israeli prime minister leaves office with a legacy that includes economic prosperity, a growing partisan divide in the U.S. over support for Israel and the unresolved conflict with Palestinians.

Visitors at Disneyland after it reopened to the public on April 30, 2021.

California Urges People To Vacation In State, Boost Tourism

California tourism leaders are urging residents to spend their pent-up travel dollars exploring their home state as coronavirus case numbers stay low. Tourism officials are calling on Californians to do their patriotic duty and vacation within the state to bolster the industry.

China's President Xi Jinping (C) applauds with other leaders and delegates after they voted on changes to Hong Kong's election system during the closing session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 11, 2021.

In Latest Power Move, Beijing Approves Electoral Overhaul For Hong Kong

The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress unanimously approved a law that will cut the number of district representatives for Hong Kong residents.

The Justice Department has assembled a new task force to confront ransomware after what officials say was the most costly year on record for the crippling cyberattacks. It managed to recover $2.3 million of the ransom paid by Colonial Pipeline in an attack earlier this year, the department announced Monday.

How A New Team Of Feds Hacked The Hackers And Got Colonial Pipeline's Ransom Back

The linchpin to retrieving $2.3 million, half the company's payment, was gaining access to the private key linked to the attacker's Bitcoin account. Here's how authorities may have gotten it.

President Biden will welcome Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the White House — but their meeting will be virtual due to COVID-19 constraints.

Biden Welcomes Canada's Trudeau (Virtually) To White House For 1st Meeting

President Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won't be able to meet in person because of COVID-19 constraints. But the White House is trying to simulate the experience.

A Teton County emergency medical services volunteer outside the Benefis Teton Medical Center in Choteau, Mont.

Rural Ambulance Services At Risk As Volunteers Age And Expenses Mount

To keep emergency services afloat in rural areas, communities will have to go beyond volunteer-based programs to get people to distant hospitals, experts say. Meanwhile, some 911 calls go unanswered.

YWCA camp for girls. Highland Beach, Maryland, 1930. These photos are from the Scurlock Studio Collection at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. <strong>Read more</strong> about the photos at the end of this story.

Songs For Freedom: A Juneteenth Playlist From Pianist Lara Downes

Music offers freedom. Freedom of expression — a way to rejoice and to mourn, to offer comfort, to call for change.

The health threat posed by the coronavirus pandemic is particularly intense for people with cancer. Medication weakens the immune system. Cancer treatments are often delayed.

Pandemic Deepens Cancer's Stress And Tough Choices

For many cancer patients, daily life can feel full of risky choices involving work, family, friends and money. Nearly every option pits the risks of catching the coronavirus against other downsides.

A Maryland state flag waves near the Statehouse in Annapolis. Maryland has decided to drop a state song that originated during the Civil War and alludes to Abraham Lincoln as a tyrant and a despot.

Maryland Repeals State Song That Called Lincoln A 'Tyrant'

Maryland, though a slave-holding state, did not secede from the Union and attempted to maintain neutrality during the Civil War. The song was a full-throated defense of the Confederacy.

Mark Forrest is back fishing after rehabilitation with the IpsiHand device helped him regain use of his right hand.

New Device Taps Brain Signals To Help Stroke Patients Regain Hand Function

After a stroke, people often lose dexterity in one hand. Now, the Food and Drug Administration has authorized a device that can restore function by encouraging the brain to rewire.

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