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Altaf Hussain cries over the grave of his brother Aftab Hussein at Fairview Memorial Park in Albuquerque, N.M., on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. A funeral service was held for Aftab Hussein, 41, and Muhammad Afzaal Hussain, 27, at the Islamic Center of New Mexico on Friday.

An Albuquerque man was charged with killing 2 Muslim men, suspected of killing 2 more

A man was charged with killing two Muslim men and is suspected of killing two others in Albuquerque, N.M. The killings sparked fear in Muslim communities nationwide.

The image from video released on Jan. 27, 2023, by the City of Memphis, shows police officers talking after a brutal attack on Tyre Nichols by five Memphis police officers on Jan. 7, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn. Nichols died on Jan. 10. The five officers have since been fired and charged with second-degree murder and other offenses.

4 of the 5 officers charged in Tyre Nichols' death had prior violations at work

Five officers have been indicted over the beating death of Nichols. Four of them had been disciplined earlier by the Memphis police department for car crashes, failure to report use of force and more.

President Biden tours a shipyard in Philadelphia with two union members on July 20 before giving remarks about unions and clean energy jobs.

Biden loves to talk about unions. But the autoworkers are withholding their affection

Most of the country's big unions have already endorsed President Biden for reelection. But not the United Auto Workers. A looming strike draws attention to this tension.

A motorist travels through floodwaters on a road that remains closed a day after Atlantic storm Lee passed through the region, on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023, near Northeast Harbor, Maine.

Forecasters cancel warnings as Lee begins to dissipate over Maritime Canada

A 51-year-old motorist in Searsport, Maine, died in the storm Saturday after a large tree limb fell on his vehicle.

A fire set off by a gas explosion in Kenya kills at least 3 people and injures 280

Liquid petroleum gas cylinders exploded in an illegal depot in a residential area of the Kenyan capital, officials said Friday, setting off the inferno. The death toll was expected to rise.

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing's Starliner spacecraft aboard is rolled to the launch pad ahead of the NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test set for Saturday, June 1.

The launch of Boeing’s crewed Starliner space capsule is called off yet again

The Boeing Starliner launch was halted with just minutes to spare. The mission to the International Space Station was to carry two NASA astronauts. Starliner has already faced years of delays.

Humans still haven't seen 99.999% of the deep seafloor

Human eyes have only seen a tiny, tiny, tiny fraction of the areas of the world that are covered by deep water. Scientists want to change how they explore these regions.

Photo of crash scene included in lawsuit documents. Suit was fgiled in the Soputhern District of U.S. District Court, Fort Lauderdale, on Sept. 16.

Naples jet crash lawsuit filed, seeks damages from General Electric, others; alleges unreported corrosion

A multi-count lawsuit has been filed in a case involving the February 2024 crash of a private passenger jet along I-75 in Naples that killed the pilot and co-pilot.Two passengers and a flight attendant escaped the crash.

West Nile Found in SWFL

West Nile virus has been confirmed in humans in Lee and Collier County.

School Ends Volleyball Season Early

Southwest Florida Christian Academy's volleyball team is ending its season early due to a confirmed case of COVID-19.

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