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Kyle Rittenhouse returns to the courtroom after a break during his trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse on November 9, 2021 in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Prosecutors in Rittenhouse trial rest their case, but face questions about strategy

Legal experts say the jury's verdict could come down to how well the prosecution made its central argument that Rittenhouse was the aggressor and not just acting in self-defense, as he claims.

Three white men found guilty of murdering Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia

A Georgia jury convicted three white men of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. The 25-year-old Black jogger was shot and killed as he ran through a residential neighborhood.

FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell at the National Hurricane Center in Miami on Tuesday.

As Atlantic storm season nears its end, Florida appears (fingers crossed) to be in the clear

All things considered, the state has been relatively unscathed in the highly active storm season, allowing emergency staff in Florida — who also needed to react to wildfires and the COVID-19 pandemic — to continue addressing lingering impacts of past storms.

A Disney employee welcomes guests to Walt Disney World Resort on July 11, 2020 in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Disney has paused its COVID-19 vaccine mandate to comply with a new Florida law.

COVID in the U.S. update: Disney's vaccine mandate, boosters, a startling death toll

Disney has paused its vaccine mandate for Walt Disney World employees after a new Florida law barring workplace vaccine mandates. Meanwhile, new discussion on the definition of "fully vaccinated."

Former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, right, and his attorney Julian McPhillips, left, leave the courtroom in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday following jury selection. Moore and Leigh Corfman, who accused him of sexual assault, are suing each other for defamation.

Testimony begins in the dueling defamation suits over Roy Moore molestation claims

The allegations overshadowed Moore's 2017 campaign as he fell in a stunning defeat to Doug Jones, the first Alabama Democrat elected to the Senate in 25 years.

Blood supply is critically low

Lee Health is looking for blood donors to replenish its blood supply.

In the year since the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection, a crackdown by big tech platforms has sent the attack's organizers and far-right groups scrambling for new homes on the internet.

Kicked off Facebook and Twitter, far-right groups lose online clout

In the year since the January 6th Capitol attack, far-right influencers and extremists are taking new approaches to organizing online.

Avah Lamie is in fifth grade and lives in Hartford, Vt. The pandemic brought a big loss of stability for kids, experts say.

What life is like for an 11-year-old

Avah Lamie, 11, says this is a stressful time to be a kid. Rates of anxiety and depression among children and youth were on the rise even before COVID, but the past two years have made things worse.

A man shovels snow in near whiteout conditions during a nor'easter in Marshfield, Mass., on Saturday.

A winter storm piles snow and causes dangerous conditions along the East Coast

A bomb cyclone is storming the East Coast, leaving close to 100,000 without power as of Sunday night Blizzard conditions in New England are dropping 2 feet of snow in some areas.

Vijay Gupta performing with some of the professional musicians in Street Symphony at the Midnight Mission on LA's Skid Row.

Street Symphony plays in harmony with Skid Row's 'sacred spaces'

Vijay Gupta was a 19-year-old violin prodigy when he joined the LA Philharmonic. Now he runs Street Symphony, an organization bringing music to clinics, jails and homeless shelters on Skid Row.

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