A team of scientists and veterinarians at the National Zoo artificially inseminated Mei Xiang on Thursday evening. Giant Pandas are only able to get pregnant for 24 to 72 hours each year.

Jakelin Caal Maquin was in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection when the infection led to the failure of multiple organs, according to the report.

Chinese companies are recruiting workers from home and subjecting them to harsh treatment abroad. In one case, laborers brought to the U.S. were forced to work 14-hour days without pay.

Georgia lawmakers approved a bill Friday that, if signed by Gov. Brian Kemp, will ban abortions once a heartbeat is detected in an embryo, which is typically about six weeks into a pregnancy.

Just before the final season of HBO’s Veep starts on Sunday, Matt Walsh talks about his role in the show playing Mike McClintock — a fired press secretary turned BuzzFeed reporter.

After apparent suicides rocked the communities of Newtown, Conn., and Parkland, Fla., one shooting survivor speaks out about the lasting mental health repercussions of these traumatic experiences.

An Alabama man was denied the right to have his Muslim spiritual adviser in the death chamber. But a Texas prisoner’s execution was delayed because he was denied his Buddhist minister.

Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s only connection to politics is the role he plays in a hit TV series about a man who accidentally becomes Ukraine’s president. He’s leading in polls ahead of Sunday’s elections.

The Salt Institute spent decades questioning government efforts to limit Americans’ sodium intake. Critics say the institute muddied the links between salt and health. Now it has shut its doors.

A research team tracked the diets and exposures to air pollution of kids inside Baltimore homes. Children with diets high in omega-3 fatty acids seemed less vulnerable to pollution’s effect on asthma.

A new study finds that American TV barely pays attention to Africa, And when it does, it might be talking about … Wakanda.

A least four of the major Democratic candidates will gather for an event billed as a way for the party to reconnect with rural voters. “If you ain’t there, you’re square,” editor Art Cullen says.

The medical community in Florida is increasingly sounding the alarm about the health risks associated with rising temperatures.

An investigation of the admissions scandal, and more in our weekly education news roundup.

Jawad Bendaoud denied knowing that the two men seeking refuge in Paris were involved in a devastating attack on the city, which killed 130 people and injured hundreds more in 2015.

Lucy Flores wrote that the 2014 encounter “wasn’t violent or sexual, it was demeaning and disrespectful.” Biden’s office says that he and staff who were present do not “recall what she describes.”

Applicable only to Vatican personnel and diplomats around the world, it is the first unified policy for the protection of children and vulnerable adults. But critics say it doesn’t go far enough.

McMahon is stepping down as head of the agency after more than two years in President Trump’s Cabinet. McMahon had been known as a professional wrestling promoter.

Democrats had asked for a copy of the full report by next week, but William Barr says it will take a bit longer. Barr also said he would testify before congressional committees in early May.

The “fornication law” had designated sex between unmarried people a class B misdemeanor, carrying a penalty of up to six months in jail or a maximum fine of $1,000.

“This wasn’t an accident; it’s murder,” Public Works and Housing Minister SM Rezaul Karim told reporters, blaming negligence for Thursday’s deadly fire.

A school should be defined by its commitment to great teaching and social equity, says the outgoing president of LaGuardia Community College.

French film director Agnès Varda was a pioneer during the new-wave arts revolution of the 1950s and ’60s. She kept making important films for the next five decades.

Deep brain stimulation offers relief from some neurological problems and is being tested for mood disorders. But the treatment — an implant in the brain — raises ethical questions.

A man is trapped in prison for a made-up crime. He’s overwhelmed by hopelessness and anger. That is until he hears a knock on the wall … and words from another time and place.

Attorney General William Barr got into a “shouting match” with Utah Sen. Mike Lee over Jessie Liu’s bid for associate attorney general, sources told NPR. Liu is the U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C.

The Time Magazine Person of the Year is an outspoken critic of President Rodrigo Duterte’s regime. She accuses the government of furthering a ‘descent to tyranny.’

The Social Security Administration says it’s trying to clean up its records. But immigration advocates fear the real objective is to expose undocumented immigrants at work.

Patrick Murphy, who escaped from prison and participated in a robbery that led to a murder, was scheduled to be executed Thursday. The court said he had the right to a spiritual adviser of his choice.

In a wide-ranging speech, the president touched on the recently completed Mueller investigation, but also on health care, the Green New Deal and immigration.

The delay will give Congress time to work on a possible permanent pathway for thousands of Liberians to remain in the U.S.

A federal judge already has ruled that mental health care for inmates in Alabama’s prisons is “horrendously inadequate.” Now he’s looking at the system’s response to 15 suicides in the past 15 months.

Harold Martin, a 54-year-old Navy veteran, was arrested in 2016. Authorities said he amassed a staggering trove of government documents, endangering U.S. national security.

“He wants to avoid the risk of contagion for the people, not for him,” Vatican spokesman Alessandro Gisotti told reporters on Thursday.