Ethan Oberman

Trauma surgeons and nurses who are on the front lines of gun violence are seeing no major changes in legislation or policy.

An antitrust trial over AT&T’s planned acquisition of Time Warner is underway this week. Court watchers say it could shape how content is made and distributed in Hollywood. 

Aparna Nancherla is one of the most promising comedians working audiences in today's heated political climate. What's her secret?

A look at this week’s big movie releases: the action reboot “Tomb Raider,” and the documentary “Itzhak,” about the life of renowned violinist Itzhak Perlman. 

Cosmology's most famous scholar, Stephen Hawking, passed away at the age of 76. His analysis of celestial bodies radiated across the fields of mathematics, physics, and philosophy.

Residents of a small, majority African American town in Alabama claim that a nearby landfill caused serious physical and mental illnesses. This week, the EPA dismissed their complaint. 

Upcoming primaries in states like Illinois, Arizona, and Mississippi will indicate whether Democrats can rally around the future of their party and retake seats held by Republicans.

On Monday, police officers and a judge arrived at the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Panama City to help the property's majority owner wrestle control of the hotel. 

While the Israeli prime minister goes about business as usual on the international stage, he’s left behind a growing cloud of turmoil at home.

The 90th Academy Awards is scheduled for Sunday. Critics are calling this an unpredictable year for the Oscars.

"Last Men in Aleppo" is one of this year’s Oscar nominees for Best Documentary Feature. Director Feras Fayyad discusses the significance of his nomination, and the conflict in Syria.

According to the U.N. Refugee Agency, more than 5.4 million Syrians have fled the country since civil war broke out in 2011.

As violence against Syrian civilians continues, one journalist give her perspective on what it means to be Syrian and see your home come apart at the seams.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller has indicted 13 Russians for conspiring to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. This indictment is just the latest component in his investigation.

The film marks a major moment in representation for comic book movie fans around the world, but Marvel still has a lot to answer for when it comes to diversity.

New York prosecutors object to new DNA testing that might answer questions left unanswered at a murder trial.

A meeting set for Saturday between the South Korean president and the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un represents the highest-level contact between the two Koreas in decades.

A policy change could upend years of waiting for thousands of people who have applied for asylum in the U.S. 

The East Bay Times in California is facing layoffs, and the Charleston Gazette-Mail is headed for Chapter 11. And now the LA Times is facing a fight over unionization.

On Monday, FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe abruptly quit his post. The move raised questions about the impact of the President’s influence on the DOJ and FBI.