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Attorney General Merrick Garland swore in the new director of the federal Bureau of Prisons Tuesday as the Biden administration looks to reform the beleaguered agency. Colette Peters was sworn in at the agency’s headquarters in Washington. The former director of the Oregon state prison system...

President Joe Biden's “loose cough” has returned as he faces a rebound case of COVID-19, his doctor said Tuesday, though he “continues to feel well." White House physician Kevin O’Connor provided the update on the president's condition as he continues to test positive for the virus. He said...

Veterinarians at Zoo Miami took a close look inside one of the park’s endangered clouded leopards as they tried to get to the bottom of ongoing vomiting issues. 11-year-old “Serai,” a female clouded leopard, underwent a series of exams, including an ultrasound and an endoscopy, where “several...

The Marjory Stoneman Douglas Public Safety Commission met in Sunrise Tuesday to discuss a number of school safety issues, from the school guardian program to the Broward County 911 system. The MSD Public Safety Commission was established during the state’s 2018 legislative session to identify...

A new round of U.S. sanctions targeting Russian elites includes a woman named in news reports as Vladimir Putin’s longtime romantic partner. The Treasury Department said Tuesday that the government has frozen the visa of Alina Kabaeva, an Olympic gymnast in her youth and former member of the...

If what doesn't kill you truly makes you stronger, then Titan is the strongest turtle in the ocean. The juvenile Loggerhead turtle has been gashed by a boat propeller, had part of his front flipper bitten off by a shark, and was being attacked by a different shark when two New Jersey fishermen...

Maryna Havrysh struggled to hold back her tears as she helped a group of volunteers load her elderly parents into an evacuation van in Kramatorsk, near the front line of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Her 84-year-old father, Viktor Mariukha, was carried by stretcher out of the house, while her mother...

Luxury Italian automaker Ferrari raised its 2022 forecast Tuesday after reporting a 22% increase in second-quarter earnings as sales in the Americas surged. The maker of high-performance luxury sports cars reported net profits of 251 million euros ($257 million) in April through June, up from...

A new museum in the Bahamas is preparing to showcase priceless discoveries, which were made 350 years after a legendary shipwreck. The Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas, which translates to Our Lady of Wonders, sank on January 4, 1656 while transporting a treasure trove of gold, silver and gems...

The father of a 6-year-old killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting said Tuesday that it was “cowardly” of Alex Jones to skip hearing his testimony in person about how Jones' claims that the massacre was a hoax deeply affected his family. “What was said about me and Sandy Hook itself...

A House oversight panel on Tuesday subpoenaed gunmaker Smith & Wesson for documents on the manufacture and sale of AR-15-style semi-automatic rifles after its CEO refused to appear for a hearing on the firearms frequently used in mass shootings. The House probe found that five major gunmakers...

African officials outlined their priorities for the upcoming U.N. climate summit, including a push to make heavily polluting rich nations compensate poor countries for the environmental damage done to them. The continent will also focus on how countries can adapt to global warming and how the...

The Indiana House proposed new changes Tuesday to a state Senate-approved abortion ban, with additional exceptions to protect the health of the mother and adjusting the time frame when abortion would be permitted in cases of rape and incest. Republican Rep. Wendy McNamara, of Evansville, who...

The man charged with killing his mother at sea during a 2016 fishing trip off the coast of New England in a plot to inherit millions of dollars will remain detained pending trial, a federal judge in Vermont ruled Tuesday. U.S. District Court Judge Geoffrey Crawford denied Nathan Carman's...

Ukrainian officials say they are struggling to establish the truth surrounding an explosion in a prison that killed dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war captured by the Russians following the fall of Mariupol. Ukraine’s human rights chief, Dmytro Lubinets, told The Associated Press he has tried...

New research hints that even a simple exercise routine just might help older Americans with mild memory problems. Doctors have long advised physical activity to help keep a healthy brain fit. But the government-funded study marks the longest test of whether exercise makes any difference once...

Five people from Florida became millionaires last week after Friday’s Mega Millions drawing, the Florida Lottery announced. Two of the lucky players each won $1 million and three lucky players each won $2 million. According to Lottery officials, the winning tickets matched all five of the...

A former deputy leader of the al-Shabab extremist group has been named a government minister by Somalia’s new administration in what some call a chance to persuade fighters to denounce violence. Mukhtar Robow was given the post of religious affairs minister, the government of President Hassan...

Guatemalan authorities arrested more than a dozen alleged members of a migrant smuggling network near the shared border with Mexico early Tuesday, including four sought by the United States in connection with the death of a migrant in Texas in 2021. The arrests came a month after 53 migrants...

We’re expecting another quiet week in store for the Atlantic, which begs the question: when does the hurricane season typically pick up the pace? It’s been since July 3 that the Atlantic’s observed a named storm, and all of us would welcome another month (or two or three) without one, but...