In 1915, Norwegian artist Emanuel Vigeland, one of the most respected Scandinavian artists of his time, created an image of Christ with golden hair and fair skin.

Vigeland was well aware of a widely popular Bible illustrated by French artist James Tissot showing Christ as Middle Eastern with dark hair and brown skin. Tissot had spent ...Read more

For the 2022 midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use congressional districts that violated the law and diluted the voting power of Black citizens.

A 5-4 vote by the Supreme Court in February 2022 let Alabama use these illegal districts during the election while the court heard the state’s appeal on the case ...Read more

Many medical organizations have been recommending lung cancer screening for decades for those at high risk of developing the disease.

But in 2022, less than 6% of people in the U.S. eligible for screening actually got screened. Compared with other common cancer screenings, lung cancer screening rates fall terribly behind. For ...Read more

After a hard day's work, Cameron Gordon sometimes finds a bit of solace as he lounges on the gurney in his yard, surveying a patchwork of weeds, potted plants, garden beds and a hose that meanders across the dirt.

This is where his struggle to navigate the housing crisis has left him: living by day on an 18,000-square-foot lot in Sun Valley, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — If you were looking for the book “Sister Outsider” a few years ago at a school in Tennessee, you might not have found it there. But thanks to California Sen. Laphonza Butler, parts of it now live in the Congressional Record.

“Perhaps for some of you here today, I am the face of one of your fears. Because I am a Black woman,...Read more

SEATTLE — Among the jagged peaks of the North Cascades, lush alpine meadows rich with berries and wildflowers blanket valleys carved by glaciers, some threaded with trickling creeks.

But these idyllic landscapes are missing one big thing that had helped sustain them over the millennia: grizzly bears.

That will soon change after federal ...Read more

It comes in greenish powders, capsules and extracts, and is readily found in smoke shops and online.

Some say they use it for an energy boost or as a mood lifter. Others seek relief from pain. It can act both as a stimulant and as a sedative. Doctors have warned that in some cases, it has spurred seizures or vomiting, and the Drug Enforcement ...Read more

Across various news channels and outlets, a visceral fear of some property owners — that an unwanted guest could move into their vacant home, refuse to leave, and then claim ownership — has been a trending story.

These squatter horror stories have reached a fever pitch in the past month after a migrant TikTok influencer, Venezuelan national...Read more

BALTIMORE — Mindy Bowman started online classes to get her psychology degree because she feels it will make her a better mom. To meet that goal, she sends her 2-year-old daughter to day care three days a week, which costs $474 a month.

That’s after the child care scholarship Bowman receives as a single parent going to school full time, ...Read more

MIT will suspend any student protesters who did not leave the Kresge lawn by 2:30 p.m. Monday, the administration said in a letter to the campus community — leading police to block off the encampment and droves of new protesters to rally on the campus.

“In short, this prolonged use of MIT property as a venue for protest, without permission,...Read more

BOSTON — The head of the Anti-Defamation League is calling out Emerson College’s president for his handling of the pro-Palestinian protests, saying the campus leader urging the DA to not pursue charges “rewards their disruptive conduct.”

Boston police officers last month arrested 118 pro-Palestinian protesters at the tent encampment in ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — University of Pennsylvania interim President J. Larry Jameson, in a Monday email to the campus, reiterated that the pro-Palestinian encampment should come down, but said the university is weighing its response against the risk that any forceful action could cause.

At Penn, he said the risk is more significant because of the ...Read more

ATLANTA — After more than a week of pro-Palestinian demonstrations on its Atlanta campus, Emory University announced Monday it will move its commencement ceremonies from campus to the Gas South District in Duluth.

In a letter to community members, Emory President Gregory L. Fenves said safety concerns led officials to move graduation-related ...Read more

DAVIS, Calif. — A group of pro-Palestine protesters erected an encampment Monday at UC Davis amid a nationwide chorus of protesters on campuses calling on universities to divest from Israel amid the war in Gaza.

The group, calling itself the Davis Popular University for the Liberation of Palestine, brought at least 20 tents to Memorial Quad, ...Read more

NEW YORK — Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters gathered near the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Manhattan’s Upper East Side early Monday evening as A-list stars and celebrities began arriving for the annual Met Gala soiree.

Barricades lined the streets outside the museum at East 79th Street and Fifth Avenue as a large crowd of protesters ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Four men pleaded no contest Monday in a sweeping gang shooting case that illuminated reams of racist text messages shared between dozens of Antioch police officers.

Terryon Pugh, Eric Windom, Keyshawn McGee and Trent Allen all pleaded no contest Monday to voluntary manslaughter and attempted murder in the March 2021 ...Read more

Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner will have to wait at least another day for its first human spaceflight as teams scrubbed a Monday night launch attempt.

With just over two hours on the countdown clock before a planned 10:34 p.m. Eastern time liftoff, an issue with an oxygen relief valve led to the call while NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni ...Read more

Sexual abuse of juvenile detainees was rampant in youth centers across Illinois for more than two decades, according to a sweeping lawsuit filed Monday.

One claimant was about 14 years old when he was raped repeatedly – sometimes daily – in his cell by an employee who revoked his yard and phone privileges if he tried to protest, according ...Read more