Dana Roberson

Over the weekend in San Antonio, Texas, at least nine people died after being found inside a sweltering semi-trailer that was parked in a Walmart parking lot.

The controversy over the expansion of a U.S. Marine base in Okinawa has pitted locals, concerned about noise, the environment and crime, against U.S. officials.

A post-election report from the South Carolina State Election Commission found nearly 150,000 attempts to penetrate the state’s voter registration system on Election Day.  

Though President Trump's overall approval ratings continue to fall, many of his voters continue to support the president 181 days in. 

The details are still unclear, but after calling 911 to report an alleged assault in an alley outside her home, Justine Damond was shot and killed by a police officer.

2016 saw a record 200 killings of people defending their land, forests, and rivers against various industries.

An all-female team of student inventors from Afghanistan finally has permission from the U.S. to travel to a forthcoming international robotics competition in Washington, D.C.

Scientist confirmed this week that the Larsen C Ice Shelf — a block of ice about the size of Delaware — broke off from the Antarctic peninsula. 

Newly-appointed Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author who has published three books of poetry.

There were 11,000 homicides in the first five months of 2017 alone. 

Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin is one of the few cabinet holdovers from the Obama administration.

Yesterday, a cyberattack that originated in the Ukraine quickly spread across Russia and Europe, and a few cases of disruption appeared in the U.S.

In 2012, Dalya Hassan fled Syria with her mother to live in the U.S. She's been in California since age 13, and has worked to maintain her cultural identity.

More than 11,000 non-citizens serve in the Army—most are legal immigrants or green card holders. But if these soldiers or vets get in trouble with the law, they can face deportation.

If the new Republican healthcare bill becomes law, many people with disabilities fear they won't be able to get the coverage they need.

Both movements were shaped from more than 100 years of black social and political thought that argues not just for equal rights, but for the equal dignity and respect for black people.

Officer Jeronimo Yanez, who was acquitted last week in the shooting death of Philando Castile, attended a warrior policing seminar, which teaches cops to use military style tactics.

Elise Boddie, a professor of law at Rutgers University, says the Philando Castile case shows how black Americans are criminalized for everyday actions. 

On the longest day of the year, a look at how the summer solstice helped humanity to better understand its place in the cosmos some 2,000 years ago. 

Over the weekend, a U.S. fighter jet downed a Syrian plane after it bombed American-backed fighters in Raqqa. Russia condemned the action, and said there would be repercussions.