The nomination of Stephen Dickson comes as the agency faces criticism for its response to crashes involving the Boeing 737 Max.

Canada is under pressure from the two rival powers over the Meng Wanzhou extradition case.

The surge in attacks on responders obscures a crucial point: The violence is coming from two very different sources. And efforts to combat one could exacerbate the other.

Facebook had given online advertisers tools to exclude users from viewing their ads on the basis of race, gender and other federally protected characteristics. Now Facebook is changing that.

Once a tiny specialty that drew mostly psychiatrists, addiction medicine is expanding its accredited training to include residents from specialties like family medicine who see it as a calling.

The Anti-Defamation League says white supremacist propaganda has increased by more than 180 percent in the past year, as the groups seek to recruit disaffected white kids looking for community.

Nazarbayev is the only president Kazakhstan has ever known. He first rose to authority as a Communist Party official — and he’s been accused of human rights abuses.

Auerbach breaks down working with new artists and seasoned session players through his label imprint, Easy Eye Sound.

“This is not a victory announcement,” the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces say, even as they celebrate a breakthrough in a battle in Syria’s Euphrates River Valley.

The renowned economist and former Obama adviser Alan Krueger died this past weekend. We look at his enormous legacy.

More than 100,000 people descended on Lake Elsinore, Calif., over the weekend for a chance to frolic among the flowers. City officials strained to keep up.

The video was viewed about 4,000 times before Facebook removed it. Then the social media platform had to contend with more than a million attempted re-uploads.

Other journalists have previously reported many of the serious claims presented in Vicky Ward’s book; her own yields generally feel meager, wrapping even the smallest scoops in a fog of insinuation.

Bryan Washington’s debut story collection brings the Texas city to life in all its struggle and imperfect glory.

Many U.S. chefs and retailers prefer intact fillets that constitute a single portion. That demand is driving overfishing for young fish that haven’t reproduced. A new campaign aims to change that.

A decade ago, dozens of Texas landowners fought the federal government’s efforts to build a wall on their land. Those battles are beginning again as new walls are planned for the Rio Grande Valley.

The twin sites in the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory are about to go back online. New hardware should make them able to sense more colliding black holes and other cosmic events.

The Minnesota Democratic senator and 2020 presidential candidate has touted a bipartisan approach and stopped short of embracing some progressive priorities, distinguishing her from many competitors.

Jacinda Ardern repeated her pledge to change New Zealand’s gun laws and she questioned the role of social media in publicizing the attack by a self-proclaimed white supremacist.

In the days following Friday’s attack, more details are emerging about the alleged gunman. The country’s police force believes he acted alone.

Former East Pittsburgh police officer Michael Rosfeld fatally shot Antwon Rose last summer, sparking local protests.

President Vladimir Putin signed the new law, which allows punishment of individuals with fines and jail time for the spread of “fake news.”

The government used a 2009 financial stimulus package to move the country from paper medical charts to electronic records. Care was supposed to get better, safer and cheaper. It hasn’t worked out.

In the Philippines, marine biologist Darrell Blatchley recovered the body of a young whale that showed signs of emaciation and dehydration due to the 88 pounds of plastic it had ingested.

Spring floods are no surprise in communities along the Missouri River. “My washer and dryer are floating around down there somewhere,” said one Iowa resident.

Millions of music and other media files may have been lost, the company acknowledges. The news comes after some users reported difficulty accessing their music files over the past year.

Princeton economist Alan Krueger, who served in the Obama White House, has died. Krueger’s research interests included the minimum wage, the opioid epidemic and rock ‘n’ roll. He was 58.

Lee Boyd Malvo was convicted in the 2002 killings and is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. But he was a minor, and the Supreme Court says that’s not allowed in most cases now.

A #NunsToo movement has emerged from #MeToo, as Roman Catholic nuns start speaking out about sexual abuse by priests. Cases of rape and forced abortion have begun coming to light.

In an interview, former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara talks about his new book, Doing Justice, and weighs in on how executives have been able to avoid criminal prosecution and on Robert Mueller’s probe.

In an interview with NPR, the Vermont independent talked about why he’s running again and his place as a white man in a diverse field of candidates.

The cyclone made landfall in Mozambique on Thursday and has destroyed roads, bridges and homes, leaving people stranded and displacing tens of thousands.

After authorities were tipped off about the heist, they replaced the Flemish masterpiece with a replica.