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Uri Berliner resigned from NPR on Wednesday saying he could not work under the new CEO Katherine Maher. He cautioned that he did not support calls to defund NPR.

NPR editor Uri Berliner resigns with blast at new CEO

The senior editor says CEO Katherine Maher has "divisive views" that confirm the issues he wrote about in an essay accusing NPR of losing the public's trust.

Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., questions Columbia University president Nemat Shafik during a House committee hearing on antisemitism in higher education last month.

In Knesset speech, GOP's Elise Stefanik calls for unrestricted U.S. war aid to Israel

Stefanik spoke before a caucus of Israel's parliament focused on antisemitism on college campuses around the world. She called for Hamas to be wiped "off the face of the earth."

Dr. David Morens, a former top adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci, appears during a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic hearing on Capitol Hill.

As Republicans probe COVID’s origins, some see an attack on science; others say it’s long overdue

Hearings have turned up embarrassing emails and problems with grants, but evidence of a larger cover-up is lacking.

Sierra Leone, with jockey Tyler Gaffalione, (2), Forever Young, with jockey Ryusei Sakai, and Mystik Dan, with jockey Brian Hernandez Jr., cross the finish line at Churchill Downs during the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race Saturday, in Louisville, Ky.

Mystik Dan wins the Kentucky Derby by a nose

In a close finish, Mystik Dan won the 150th running of the race on Saturday.

West Virginia voters chose their nominees in primaries with the key posts of governor and a U.S. Senate seat coming open.

W. Va. AG known for opposing Obama and Biden policies wins GOP primary for governor

The AP called the race, making Attorney General Patrick Morrisey the frontrunner going into the November election in the heavily Republican state. But a Democrat hopes for an upset.

The campus of the University of Saint Katherine in San Marcos in an undated photo.

University of Saint Katherine announces closure, filing for bankruptcy

The news was shared with students and staff Thursday via email.

The Taliban has a history of supporting the use of stoning as a punishment for "moral crimes" — reiterated in a statement this year by their supreme leader. Above: In 2015, Afghan Solidarity members gather in Kabul to protest Taliban militants who stoned an Afghan woman to death in the Taliban-controlled area outside Firozkoh, the capital of central Ghor province. She was accused of adultery.

Taliban affirms that stoning will be punishment for adulterers — especially women

In a recording, the group's leader declared: "We will flog the women ... we will stone them to death in public [for crimes]." What does Islamic law say on the matter? And have stonings taken place?

Insurrectionists climb the west wall of the the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.

Imperial Beach man indicted for allegedly taking part in Jan. 6 capitol breach

An Imperial Beach man who allegedly scaled the U.S. Capitol building with a rope on Jan. 6, 2021, has been indicted on felony and misdemeanor charges.

Security officers stand guard outside Orthodox Assyrian church in Sydney, Australia, Monday, April 15, 2024.

A knife attack in Australia is being treated as terrorism

Australian police say a knife attack in Sydney that wounded a bishop and a priest during a church service as worshippers watched online and in person, and sparked a riot was an act of terrorism.

A recent Russian space launch placed a satellite onto the same orbital plane as a U.S. satellite, the Pentagon says. Here, a Soyuz-2.1a rocket booster with the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft sits at the launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan last September.

What to know about the 'space weapon' the U.S. says Russia recently launched

The U.S. accusation, which Russia denies, raises questions about how a satellite might be used as a weapon in low Earth orbit and how close the two countries are to developing such a military tool.

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