What is ketamine, the drug tied to actor Matthew Perry's death?
Perry was using ketamine infusion therapy for depression and anxiety. But his last infusion was likely not responsible for his death, according to his autopsy.
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Israeli soldiers mistakenly killed 3 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, Israel says
While fighting in Gaza City on Friday, Israeli soldiers "inadvertently identified" three male hostages as a threat, Israel's military said. More than 100 hostages remain in Gaza as fighting continues.
Giuliani is ordered to pay $148 million to Georgia election workers he defamed
The former mayor of New York helped Donald Trump try to overturn his 2020 election loss, and in the process spread lies about election workers in battleground states.
Homelessness in the U.S. hit a record high last year as pandemic aid ran out
The jump is 12% more than the year before and came as rents and inflation skyrocketed. The increase was driven by families and those who lost housing for the first time.
Are you playing 'Whamageddon'? It's the Christmas game you've probably already lost
Last weekend, a DJ caused a stir in Britain after playing the hit Wham! song "Last Christmas" at a soccer game in front of about 60,000 people. Here's why.
We asked, you answered: How have 'alloparents' come to your rescue?
"Alloparents" means "other parents" — family, friends, community folk, even strangers — who lend a hand to a parent. Here are stories you shared about your own encounters with alloparents.
How we found criminal trials where Ohio prosecutors acted improperly
In a two-year investigation, we built a dataset of some 450 claims of prosecutorial misconduct by analyzing thousands of pages of appellate decisions from 2018 to 2021. Detailed here is how we did it.
'Fear rather than sensitivity': Most U.S. scholars on the Mideast are self-censoring
The war between Israel and Hamas is testing the limits of free speech across college campuses. And it's also affecting those who study the Middle East.
Prince Harry wins landmark phone hacking case against one of Britain's major tabloids
A U.K. judge ruled against the publisher of the Daily Mirror, finding that the paper used phone hacking to gather information unlawfully on the Duke of Sussex.
To fight so-called book bans, some states are threatening to withhold funding
Illinois made a splashy announcement with their new law intended to protect libraries from book challenges by withholding funding. Other states are closely watching to see if they will follow along.