Calling capital punishment “archaic, costly, discriminatory and violent,” state Sen. Melanie Levesque, a Democrat, said the time has come to end it. Twenty-one states have discarded the death penalty.

Lawyer Gareth Peirce told the court in London that the WikiLeaks founder was “not very well.” The U.S. is pursuing criminal charges against Assange, including a violation of the Espionage Act.

Derek Rotondo filed a class-action complaint against his employer for offering more paid parental leave to women than to men. On Thursday, the bank announced it settled the case.

The smaller boat was carrying 35 people — 33 tourists and a Hungarian crew of two. All seven of the dead are South Korean tourists. Divers searched the Danube River for the missing.

Victims of sexual misconduct by nuns say there hasn’t yet been a reckoning for their claims. In part, that’s because reports on allegations of abuse by women are treated differently than those by men.

“Time is not on our side,” opposition leader Juan Guaidó told NPR in an interview in Caracas on Wednesday. “Time is running against all Venezuelans.”

In 2016, almost half of all in-person voters checked in to their polling place electronically. There are no federal regulations for the technology they used.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi continues to stress that Democrats will conduct investigations and pursue facts before opening potential impeachment proceedings.

In the 1980s, ACT UP demanded action from the U.S. government and got results with drama. AIDS activists today have fresh tactics for their new goal: a more affordable HIV prevention pill.

In the past two years, more than 800,000 acres in northern Nevada have burned. The traditional sagebrush rangeland is being replaced by cheatgrass that burns hotter and more frequently.

Retailers across the country have begun to capitalize on the rising popularity of CBD, a newly legalized form of cannabis with alleged calming and pain-relieving properties.

The world’s most widely used weed killer was once seen as one of the safest pesticides. Now it is blamed for causing cancer. Yet the scientific evidence remains disputed.

“As soon as I hit it, the first person I locked eyes on was her,” Chicago Cubs outfielder Albert Almora Jr. told reporters. Astros officials said the girl was rushed to the hospital.

A long-term study finds that children who are bullied or shamed for their weight may gain more weight over time than peers who aren’t teased.

Six other states have recently passed laws banning abortions. When Louisiana’s bill becomes law, it will join four other states in which abortions are barred when a heartbeat is detectable.

She was born prematurely at 23 weeks of gestation weighing about as much as a large apple.

The teenager, who had smashed an egg on the head of a right-wing politician, said the donations pledged to him to pay for legal fees were not “mine to keep.”

“Respect is a two-way street, and so is accountability,” a company official announced. Riders will get advice on how to improve their ratings before being deactivated, including being polite.

Kurdish Syrian authorities have tried 7,000 ISIS suspects in a justice system that bans torture and the death penalty. Some of the judges are women, which comes as a shock to ISIS fighters on trial.

Walking every day has been shown again and again to be important for staying healthy as you age. But how much do you need to walk to promote a long life?

Rare earths are used in communications, health care and national security. China blocked rare earths to Japan in 2010, but analysts say the threat — regardless of the trade war — may be hollow.

“The doctors said they hadn’t seen this kind of positive result in their memory,” the Jeopardy! host told People magazine. “Some of the tumors have already shrunk by more than 50 percent.”

The Democratic National Committee released new qualification standards for its first post-Labor Day debate. Candidates will need higher poll numbers and more grassroots donors.

Mueller, a decorated veteran and long-serving prosecutor, returned to public life to lead the most-watched — and yet lowest-profile — Washington investigation in a generation.

The Senate majority leader told an audience in Kentucky that if a vacancy were to occur in the election year, “we’d fill it.” He had refused to allow a vote on President Obama’s nominee in 2016.

Mueller underscored that his report did not exonerate the president. In his first public remarks, he said that he did not believe the Justice Department could charge a sitting president with a crime.

Iran has been developing drones for both itself and its proxies. In recent months those drones have been used for targeted assassinations, military strikes and to sow chaos in the region.

A British court is ordering Boris Johnson to face accusations that while holding public office he repeatedly lied by saying Britain paid £350 million each week to be in the EU.

The Fire and Fury author offers surprising stories about the president. But there may never have been a more polarizing president, nor an author less likely to be read as a neutral recorder of facts.

A report released Wednesday concludes government troops are instigating violent clashes, extrajudicial executions, conducting arbitrary arrests, torturing prisoners and destroying historical sites.

More than half of Americans contacted about an overdue bill said it related to medical debt. Some consumer advocates say newly proposed limits on debt collectors don’t do enough.

The massive tornado skirted the metropolitan area but struck several towns to the west of Kansas City, Kan., leaving damaged houses “for a mile in every direction.”

Authentic Brands Group is buying the iconic magazine in order to take advantage of licensing opportunities. Meredith Corp., which acquired it in 2018, will continue to publish the magazine.