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Jeff VanderMeer painted a grotesque picture of climate change. Now he's back for more

Since publishing Annihilation and the subsequent Southern Reach novels, VanderMeer has become a poster child for fiction confronting climate change. Now he's back with a highly anticipated prequel.

Memphis police officers work a crime scene in 2023. A new report says that "Memphis police officers regularly violate the rights of the people they are sworn to serve."

Memphis police use excessive force and discriminate against Black people, the DOJ finds

A Justice Department investigation launched after the beating death of Tyre Nichols in 2023 found that "Memphis police officers regularly violate the rights of the people they are sworn to serve."

Boniece Gillis, an assistant teacher at Educare DC in Washington, D.C., says the wage bump she receives through the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund has kept her on the job.

How D.C. tackled a child care crunch through a tax hike on the rich

In Washington, D.C., a tax on residents earning more than $250,000 a year is boosting the wages of child care workers. Two years in, it's proving to be a great investment.

Shailaja Paik is one of the 2024 MacArthur '"genius grant" recipients. She is a historian of modern India who writes about caste and gender, shedding light on the unseen lives of women from the Dalit caste — referred to as "untouchables."

This new MacArthur “genius” says she defied caste prejudice thanks to Dad and Mom

Shailaja Paik faced prejudice because of her family's Dalit caste and her gender. As a historian she's written ground-breaking books on India's Dalits and is now a MacArthur 'genius grant' awardee.

Turkeys at a farm as California declares state of emergency to prevent new public health crisis on Bird flu in Pescadero, California, in December.

Bird flu Q&A: What to know to help protect yourself and your pets

Each week some revelation about bird flu seems to flutter through the news cycle. Here's what the latest research is saying about how it is spreading and how to keep yourself and your pets safe.

Visitors pay their respects at a memorial to the victims of the deadly attack on Bourbon Street on Thursday after its reopening in New Orleans.

An aspiring nurse, a football star, a single mother and a father of 2 killed in New Orleans attack

Officials have not yet released the names of the 14 people killed in the New Orleans New Year's Day truck attack, but their families and friends have started sharing their stories.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during a press conference after the arraignment of shooting suspect Luigi Mangione on Monday evening in Hollidaysburg, Pa.

New York prosecutors charge suspect with murder in death of UnitedHealthcare CEO

Manhattan prosecutors Monday night filed murder and other charges against Luigi Mangione, 26, in the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO last week, according to online court documents.

David DePape, who bludgeoned Nancy Pelosi's husband with a hammer, is seen on Dec. 13, 2013, in Berkeley, Calif. DePape was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Man who attacked Nancy Pelosi's husband gets life in prison

David DePape, who was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for attacking Paul Pelosi with a hammer, was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole following a separate state trial.

Graduation at stake for some UCSD student protesters

UCSD said it had placed some student transcripts and degrees on hold pending an investigation into a violation of the student code of conduct.

Paul Ninson of Ghana embraced photography as a career -- and was inspired to create a library of photobooks about Africa. Above: Ninson in the Dikan Center in the capital city of Accra, which marked its second anniversary this month. He's holding a copy of the center's oldest book, The Gold Coast Yesterday and Today, published in the early 1940s.

Big dreams: He's the founder of a leading African photobook library

Paul Ninson had an old-school, newfangled dream: a modern library devoted to photobooks showing life on the continent. He maxed out his credit cards, injured his back — and made it happen.

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