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WASHINGTON – Gicela Aleman thought she was making just another unremarkable shopping trip to buy her 7-year-old daughter a pair of tennis shoes for an upcoming cheerleading event.

People use humor for all kinds of reasons. For comedian Mark Critch it was a defense against bullying. He grew up in St. John’s, Newfoundland, the most eastern point in North America.

More than 40 presidents of historically Black colleges and universities and dozens of other leaders are gathering in Atlanta this week for a summit conference organized by the United Negro College Fund to discuss opportunities to better support the estimated 300,000 students who attend these schools.

Vote counters made numerous mistakes during an audit of Georgia’s 2020 presidential election in Fulton County, including double-counted and misallocated votes, according to a consent order recently approved by the State Election Board and the county.

The 2024 live-action “Snow White” film appears to have taken the advice of Peter Dinklage, making significant changes to the characterization of the cohort previously known as “the Seven Dwarfs.”

Some convicted of sex crimes are simply too dangerous to be let back on the streets even after they’ve completed prison sentences.

A man walked into a Fayetteville, Georgia, Wingstop restaurant, where his ex-girlfriend worked, and kidnapped the woman at gunpoint Sunday night, according to authorities.

Russia said two Ukrainian drones caused explosions that damaged its flagship bridge to Crimea, killing two people and causing the suspension of road and rail traffic.

Ron DeSantis’s team sought to reassure donors about the rocky start to his presidential campaign bid by summoning them to Tallahassee for a briefing with senior staff and holding a reception at the Florida governor’s mansion on Sunday afternoon.

With the Supreme Court striking down the use of affirmative action in higher education last month, New York colleges have come under pressure to reconsider giving priority to the children of alumni in admissions decisions.

WASHINGTON -- Indicted New York Rep. George Santos aside, House Republicans facing competitive races next year had a better spring fundraising than Democratic colleagues in similar positions, new disclosures show.