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Facebook to meet #WeTheNipple campaigners amid nudity censorship row
Facebook has agreed to meet with anti-censorship campaigners and figures from the art world amid a growing row over its policy regarding artistic nudity.
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Liam Payne opens up about alcohol abuse and his 'toxic' time in One Direction
Liam Payne was 14 years old when One Direction rose to fame, and it wasn't an easy transition for him.
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Staggering homeless count stuns LA officials
The stunning increase in homelessness announced in Los Angeles this week — up 16% over last year citywide — was an almost incomprehensible conundrum given the nation's booming economy and the hundreds of millions of dollars that city, county and state officials have directed toward the problem.
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What happened during the Normandy landings?
Donald Trump joined Queen Elizabeth II and 15 other heads of state in the British city of Portsmouth Wednesday to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day; the largest joint military operation ever undertaken.
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3 years, 80,000 miles, 61 national parks
There's a sandhill crane nesting in the middle of a patch of restored marsh, the bird's partner calling out as it returns to their nest.
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House passes bill that would provide a pathway to citizenship for many undocumented immigrants
The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday that would provide a pathway to citizenship for more than one million undocumented immigrants, a move that comes amid a fierce debate over illegal immigration.
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Why Hope Hicks and Don McGahn testimony is key
How many times can the White House slap Congress in the mouth before Congress hits back? The list got longer this week when the White House instructed former Trump administration officials Hope Hicks and Annie Donaldson to defy a House Judiciary Committee subpoena for documents relating to their work in the White House. Hicks and Donaldson now join other subpoena recipients -- Attorney General William Barr, former White House counsel Don McGahn, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin -- in telling Congress to pound sand.
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Michael Wolff defends book sourcing, says Trump era is getting 'crazier and crazier'
A version of this article first appeared in the "Reliable Sources" newsletter.
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Britain's mixed-race GI babies want to know why they were given away
A wedding ring and a photograph are all Leon Lomax has left of his mother, a woman he has longed to know his whole life.
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The upside to dyslexia, even as a journalist
As a parent, if you were told your child would be a creative, intelligent, big-picture thinker with a strong sense of grit and resilience, you'd be happy, wouldn't you? That sounds like a great set of skills for life success, doesn't it?
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Top trainer Bob Baffert: 'Once horses get in your blood, you can't get out'
He's one of horse racing's most celebrated trainers, but Bob Baffert had to defy his mother to reach the summit of the sport.
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Three Americans checked into a resort on the same day and died within a week. Now their families want answers
Pennsylvania resident Miranda Schaup-Werner checked into a resort in the Dominican Republic on May 25 and was excitedly taking pictures in the room she shared with her husband.
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It included an assortment of US cargo planes, including the C-47 and C-130, as well as four F-15 Eagle fighters.
To celebrate the start of the 2019 Women's World Cup, we asked female footballers around the world to record a day in their lives. In the video at the top of this page, they tell us their story.
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A 97-year-old vet jumped out of a plane to recreate his D-Day parachute drop
For most people, a summer trip to France is a chance to relax in beautiful surroundings and to savor the country's fine food. For Tom Rice of San Diego, it's an opportunity to relive the time he nearly died jumping from a C-47 Douglas airplane, then was shot at, again and again.
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National Civil Rights Group Responds to YouTube’s Move to Ban White Supremacy and Other Violent Extremism
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law responds to YouTube for taking a step in the right direction to address the proliferation of hateful activity on its platform. YouTube announced today that it would no longer allow videos alleging that a group is superior in order to justify discrimination, segregation, or exclusion based on qualities like race, religion, age, gender, caste, sexual orientation, or veteran status.
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Council Connection for Monday, June 3
At their Monday, June 3 Regular Meeting, Councilmembers proclaimed the week of June 16-22 as Juneteenth Week; approved an ordinance establishing temporary maximum speed limits and designating locations, dates and times for school zones located within the City for summer school; and passed a resolution designating authorized signatories for contractual documents and documents for requesting funds pertaining to the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Program. Here is a rundown of all Council actions at the meeting:
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AARP Texas Statement on Passing of Luis Alonso Wilmot
AARP Texas Director Bob Jackson released the following statement today in reaction to the news of the passing of Luis Alonso Wilmot of San Antonio, who served as the AARP Texas Director from 2002 to 2007:
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Tech's antitrust problem has been out in the open for years
On January 23, 2013, Dick Costolo, then the CEO of Twitter, teased a new six-second video service with an oddly captivating clip showing how to make steak tartare. The next day, Twitter officially launched Vine, with the potential to put Twitter at the vanguard of mobile videos and establish it as a destination for more than just 140-character bursts of text.
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Tariffs on Mexico could cost America 400,000 jobs, a new report says
The Trump administration's expansion of the global trade war to Mexico could have harsh economic consequences for American workers — especially in Texas.
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More than 20 years ago, Alex Rodriguez described Jennifer Lopez as his dream date. Now he calls her his fiancée
Alex Rodriguez knew what he wanted in life and got exactly that -- a date with Jennifer Lopez.
