A rare spotless giraffe gets a name to match
The public has voted and the spotless superstar born at a family-owned zoo in Tennessee has been named Kipekee.
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Former NFL players speak out against the league's handling of disability benefits
While the lawsuit lists 10 players, attorneys representing the former players say the lawsuit represents thousands who have filed for benefits before them.
He came to Maui to find his granddad. He wound up giving out thousands in aid money
Kian Lutu says it was his duty to volunteer in shelters and dole out donations. It's one example of how Maui's communities and families banded together after last month's wildfires.
This summer was the hottest on record across the Northern Hemisphere, the U.N. says
The world's oceans were the hottest ever recorded, while Antarctica continued to set records for low amounts of sea ice, the World Meteorological Organization said.
Coco Gauff, 19, and Ben Shelton, 20, reach their first U.S. Open semifinals
Coco Gauff will face No. 10 Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic on Thursday. The unseeded Ben Shelton will next meet 23-time major champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia.
A Vietnam veteran helicopter pilot receives the Medal of Honor for a daring rescue
Capt. Larry Taylor received the award from President Biden for flying into heavy enemy fire to save four members of a reconnaissance team from almost certain death as they were about to be overrun.
2 Pennsylvania school districts cancel classes after a man escaped from prison
Danelo Cavalcante was sentenced to life in prison and has been spotted six times since escaping from the Chester County Prison in late August. Police say how he got out is still under investigation.
Tropical Storm Lee will soon be a major hurricane - with 145 mph winds or more
The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Lee is forecast to strengthen rapidly into an "extremely dangerous" major hurricane this weekend as it nears the Lesser Antilles and Caribbean.
Burning Man attendees say learning to live with the unexpected is part of the program
Organizers had asked attendees to shelter in place on Saturday, as torrential rains turned the desert site into a mud pit. A driving ban has since been lifted, but exiting is still a trek.
Alabama's congressional map is struck down again for diluting Black voters' power
Alabama is once again appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court a lower court order that struck down the state's congressional map for likely violating the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black voters' power.