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In a Richmond area special election, Virginia has elected its first Black woman to Congress. Democratic State Sen. Jennifer McClellan won easily in the heavily Democratic district.

On both the East and West coasts, whales are at risk of being entangled and injured by ropes used by fishermen. Fishing grounds are being closed, but new technology could help avoid that.

She's a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and her vote is critical if majority Democrats want to confirm President Joe Biden’s nominees to the federal courts.

A new documentary All The Beauty and the Bloodshed tells the story of Nan Goldin, a photographer and activist who survived opioid addiction — then challenged members of the Sackler family.

A network of more than 300 surveillance towers along the southern border has widespread bipartisan support. Their locations were a mystery until recently.

After two years of virtual events, the STAR TREK UNIVERSE returns to San Diego Comic Con this month to lay out the next wave of final-frontier fun. Cast and creatives from Star Trek: Lower Decks, Star Trek: Picard, and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will hit the legendary Hall H stage on Saturday, July 23 to discuss their upcoming seasons and the just-concluded first year of STRANGE NEW WORLDS with the San Diego Comic Con crowd, along with a few planned “reveals and surprises.” Kicking off in Hall H on Saturday, July 23 at 12:45 p.m. (PT): The fan-favorite STAR TREK UNIVERSE panel returns to San Diego Comic-Con, featuring exclusive back-to-back conversations with the casts and executive producers from STAR TREK: PICARD, STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS and STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS as they discuss the latest seasons of their hit series and tease what’s ahead, along with a few reveals and surprises — moderated by actress and STAR TREK: PICARD Season 2 director, Lea Thompson ("Back to the Future"). STAR TREK: PICARD cast members scheduled to appear include Patrick Stewart and Gates McFadden, alongside executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Rod Roddenberry. STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS will feature voice cast members Jack Quaid, Tawny Newsome, Noël Wells and Dawnn Lewis and creator and executive producer Mike McMahan, executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Rod Roddenberry. STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS will have its Hall H debut with cast members Anson Mount, Ethan Peck, Christina Chong, Celia Rose Gooding and the latest addition to the cast, Paul Wesley, along with executive producers Henry Alonso Myers, Alex Kurtzman and Rod Roddenberry. #SDCC #StarTrekSDCC Along with these stage events, fans attending San Diego Comic Con can stop by the pop-up 10 Forward Experience and Starfleet Outpost beer garden (at 340 Fifth Ave, July 21-24) which first debuted in Los Angeles back in March, and get a taste of the special Wrath of Khan anniversary ice cream on July 23.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen made a surprise visit to Ukraine and announced $1.25 billion in economic aid as the country's war with Russia goes into its second year.

It's the 80th anniversary of a little-known battle — by Black U.S. soldiers against segregation in the military. They were convicted of mutiny. Villagers in England want them exonerated.

The German cockroach evolved to live only in human environments. This roach is very good at adapting to pest control methods — even if it means changing its mating rituals.

At least 39 migrants are dead following a fire Monday in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, just across the U.S. border. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says the migrants started the fire out of despair.