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Petition calls for pardon of ‘Making a Murderer’ subject Steven Avery

June 12, 2018 at 8:10 a.m.

Steven Avery is an unlikely icon for innocence. In contrast to "Serial" podcast's Adnan Syed, he isn't particularly charismatic or well spoken, nor does he have a relatable story -...

Poll: Whites and Republicans are the angriest people in America

June 23, 2019 at 9:08 p.m.

Often, 2015 felt like the year of outrage. The reasons for this were large and small - from police brutality to all manners of microaggressions, from terrorism to the color...

Flint Mayor Karen Weaver, right, and City Administrator Natasha Henderson address questions about adding supplemental phosphates to the city's water during a news conference, at City Hall in Flint, Mich.

In Flint, Mich., there’s so much lead in children’s blood they’ve declared a state of emergency

May 25, 2019 at 6:24 p.m.

For months, worried parents in Flint, Mich., arrived at their pediatricians' offices in droves. Holding a toddler by the hand or an infant in their arms, they all have the...

The anonymous Silicon Valley satire that has stumped tech world insiders

May 23, 2019 at 6:58 p.m.

Koons Crooks should not be mistaken for your proverbial tech guy, though he may look the part: "relatively young," wearing a "pair of Neoprene cargo pants and a tattered fleece...

Tiger bites allegedly intoxicated woman who broke into Omaha zoo, police say

June 23, 2019 at 10:24 p.m.

Mai the tiger has seen her share of battles. Born in the wilderness of Pahang province, Malaysia, the Malayan tiger was found with her front left leg ensnared in a...

An ancient shipwreck - one of 22 - found in the small Greek archipelago of Fourni.

Discovery of 22 shipwrecks off Greece offers glimpse into ancient life

June 25, 2019 at 3:27 a.m.

In the Fourni archipelago of the Greek Aegean region, towering underwater cliffs descend into the darkness of the deep sea. Marine archaeologists comb these murky depths for objects made by...

Barbara Washington, 74, cheers on Diz Russell as he sings at Mr. Henry's.

After 60 years, Diz Russell’s wife said it was time to retire; then came his final show

June 15, 2018 at 3:02 p.m.

"I never thought I would be this old," Diz Russell said. Sitting on the worn black leather couch in his sunlit Capitol Heights, Maryland, living room, the 81-year-old singer was...

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