Olympic beach volleyball player Steven van de Velde pleaded guilty to raping a 12-year-old girl in 2014. He's competing in the 2024 Paris Games, sparking public outcry.
Myanmar's Kachin State is believed to hold up to 90% of the world's most valuable jade. Demand for it is growing in China, where the stone is considered sacred.
Underwater welders have one of the world's riskiest jobs. We followed welders in Indonesia who dive with minimal protection in polluted waters to build piers for petrochemical plants that are booming across the country.
Sand is the most mined resource in the world. But extracting it from lakes and rivers comes at a deadly cost — and could have dire consequences for the environment.
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President Joe Biden addressed the nation in a rare speech delivered from the Oval Office. It was his first public appearance since announcing he would not run for reelection. These are the highlights.
Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to continue attacks in Gaza, insulting pro-Palestinian protesters as 'idiots' in a fiery speech to US Congress. Here are the highlights.
Donald Trump loyalists and GOP lawmakers attacked Kamala Harris with racist and sexist accusations following an endorsement from President Joe Biden.
The director of the US Secret Service stepped down after Republican and Democratic lawmakers called for her resignation at a chaotic hearing. These are the highlights.
President Joe Biden announced he would not seek re-election, and he endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him.
A global IT outage made the world stop Thursday into the weekend when CrowdStrike's flawed update disrupted Microsoft software everywhere.