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Japan Prime Minister Kishida makes surprise visit to Ukraine to meet Zelensky

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has made a surprise trip to Ukraine to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky -- a day after Chinese leader Xi Jinping met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

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Google was beloved as an employer for years. Then it laid off thousands by email

On the morning of January 20, one Google employee had to call tech support after getting hit with an unusual error message when they tried to log in to their work system.

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From groceries to clothes, inflation-weary Americans flock to cheaper products online

Nearly two years of high inflation has caused many consumers to say goodbye to premium goods in favor of cheaper alternatives.

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Credit Suisse's gold bars, hats and bags are cropping up in online stores

Hats, bags and gold bars emblazoned with Credit Suisse's logo are being sold on resale sites, having popped up mere hours after the 167-year-old bank was saved from collapse by rival UBS.

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Video shows Irvo Otieno being pinned to the floor in the moments before his death

Surveillance video released by a prosecutor Tuesday shows Irvo Otieno being pinned to the floor by multiple security officers at a Virginia state mental health facility in the moments leading up to his death earlier this month.

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Dominion wants Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch to testify at trial, court filing shows

Dominion wants to put Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan Murdoch on the witness stand at next month's expected defamation trial against Fox News, according to court filings.

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Home prices fell in February, breaking a decade-long streak of year-over-year increases

The median price of a US home was lower this February than it was in February 2022, ending more than a decade of year-over-year increases, the longest on record, according to a National Association of Realtors report released Tuesday.

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Teacher allegedly shot by 6-year-old can't forget the look on student's face, she tells NBC in first interview since the shooting

The first-grade teacher allegedly shot by a 6-year-old student in her Virginia classroom can't forget the look on the student's face as he aimed the gun at her and moments later "thought I had died," she told NBC in her first interview since the January incident.

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Google begins rolling out its ChatGPT rival

Google is opening up access to Bard, its new AI chatbot tool that directly competes with ChatGPT.

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HEALTH MINUTE: Rising bird Flu Cases Causing Concern

It's been a record season for bird flu. Experts say we're seeing the deadliest outbreak of the illness among birds on record in the US. While it's not currently considered a serious threat to human health, this latest strain is causing some concern. In today's Health Minute, we explain why and have a look at the latest bird flu numbers.

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Steps have dropped since Covid-19 and the trend is worrisome, study says

Americans took fewer steps during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, and they still haven't gotten their mojo back, a new study found.

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Sleep starts: Why your body 'hiccups' as you fall asleep

Ever drift off to sleep and suddenly feel like you're falling, forcing you to wake with a start? Some people say they are startled alert by a loud snapping noise or a blinding light coming from inside their head, while others describe their muscles twitching involuntarily from a sudden electric shock.

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Men with advanced prostate cancer 'missing months of therapy' amid medication shortage

Doctors across the United States who treat people with advanced prostate cancer can't find supplies of a medicine that may help them live longer.

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DEA issues alert about widespread threat of xylazine

The US Drug Enforcement Administration issued an alert Monday about the widespread threat of fentanyl mixed with xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer also commonly known as "tranq" or "tranq dope."

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Asteroid forms a debris cloud after intentional hit from spacecraft

Telescopes around the world were watching when a NASA spacecraft intentionally crashed into an asteroid in September 2022.

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CBMAS first-ever Best Tattoo category to help raise money for MJF Scholarships

All proceeds of “Show Us Your Favorite Tattoo” category go to The Michael James Jackson Foundation to help fund technical education, and career advancement for

The Craft Beer Marketing Awards (CBMAS) announced the extension of their “Show Us Your Favorite Tattoo” charity category until May 1, 2023. This category is open at TheCrushies.com to anyone age 21+ who wants to enter their favorite tattoo for a chance to win a Global Crushie Trophy for themselves, and their tattoo artist.

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The University of Houston-Downtown Receives Grant Nearing $2.5M To Improve Connectivity and Literacy of Houston’s Hispanic Community

Project Promises Significant Impact on Local Economy

Aspiring to be an anchor institution for Houston, the University of Houston-Downtown was recently awarded $2,470,225 by the U.S. Department of Commerce to upgrade the UHD bilingual e-library in support of connectivity and literacy skills of the Hispanic community. Additionally, this project will have a dramatic impact on workforce development and, ultimately, the local economy, as the City of Houston seeks to increase the literacy skills of Houstonians by one level. The benefits of this project will extend beyond Houston since access to the bilingual e-library will be available worldwide.

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Meagan Good On Black Women Being Superheroes: ‘We Also Need To Be Protected’

We spoke to Meagan Good about tapping into her inner heroine through Darla in 'Shazam! Fury of the Gods,' her ideal super suit and Black women being superheroes.

Black women are superheros but that doesn’t mean we don’t need and deserved to be rescued. For Meagan Good that means feeling protected. She may play a caped baddie in Shazam! Fury of the Gods but, in real life, she wants to be seen as so much more.

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Jason Sudeikis and 'Ted Lasso' cast meet with Biden for mental health discussion

Ted Lasso and President Joe Biden are teaming up to -- as the television football coach would say -- "believe" in the importance of mental health.

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Kenya opposition leader calls for weekly protests after being tear-gassed by police

Kenyan opposition leader and former prime minister Raila Odinga has called for weekly nationwide protests against the high cost of living, in a brief address to demonstrators flanking his motorcade in Nairobi Monday.