Obnoxiously loud car? A traffic camera might be listening

New York City's latest weapon in its fight against street noise is a traffic camera equipped with a sound meter.

Judge OKs trial for Illinois paramedics in patient’s death

The two emergency medical professionals are facing first-degree murder charges after a patient they strapped facedown to a stretcher suffocated.

Door of No Return: Yellen visits onetime slave-trading post

The Treasury secretary, on a trip aimed at rebuilding U.S.-African economic relations, acknowledged the ongoing ramifications of a brutal past.

Justice Department investigating Abbott baby formula plant

Sundance documentary looks into Brett Kavanaugh investigation

The film focuses on sexual harassment allegations made by a Yale classmate, Deborah Ramirez, that were detailed in a New Yorker article in 2018.

Sections of Balkan river choked by floating garbage

River fencing installed by a hydroelectric plant has turned the city into an unwilling regional waste site, activists complain.

Brazil’s army chief fired in aftermath of capital uprising

President Lula da Silva said several times in public that some military members allowed the Jan. 8 uprising in the capital by far-right protesters.

Girl asks police to test cookie for DNA proof of Santa

A young Rhode Island girl has finally figured out how to determine if Saint Nick is real.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says debt standoff risks ‘calamity’

The Biden administration and Republican lawmakers have been at loggerheads over how to increase the government's legal borrowing capacity.

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin marries longtime love on 93rd birthday

Aldrin made history along with Neil Armstrong as the first humans to set foot on the surface of the moon.