At least 25 people have been killed, including three children, after a Guatemala volcano erupted on Saturday. Volcan de Fuego (‘volcano of fire’), one of Central America’s most active volcanos, sent lava flowing into rural communities where homes and roads were charred and blanketed with ash. Hundreds...
A protest by a group of black schoolgirls at Pretoria High School for Girls has sparked similar protests at schools across South Africa, a country that has sought to make progress on racial cohesion since the days of apartheid. A protest by 13-year-old Zulaikha Patel and...
U.S. election officials responsible for managing more than a dozen close races this November share a fear: Outdated voting machines in their districts could undermine confidence in election results that will determine which party controls the U.S. Congress. In 14 of the 40 most competitive races,...
[caption id="attachment_22047" align="alignleft" width="300"] surfer makes his way out into the water as a subtropical approaches on Monday, May 28, 2018, in Pensacola, Fla. The storm gained the early jump on the 2018 hurricane season as it headed toward anticipated landfall sometime Monday on the...
An 89-year-old woman just became a member of the graduating class of 2018. And as she tells it, Ella Washington is not stopping there. The octogenarian graduated this past weekend with an associate degree in interdisciplinary studies, and she plans to pursue her bachelor’s degree in history...