The giant pachyderms once roamed the Valley of Mexico.

A day after President Trump commuted the prison sentence of his longtime confidante Roger Stone, former special counsel Robert Mueller III broke his silence to sharply defend the prosecution and his investigation into ties between Russia and Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.

Once again, liberals are jolted by a rejection of the two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

Less than two weeks under a new national security law enacted by Beijing, Hong Kong residents already feel a curtain of control falling over the city's realms of speech and thought.

President Trump has commuted the prison sentence of Roger Stone, a longtime advisor and Republican operative who was convicted of lying to Congress and trying to interfere with a witness during the Russia investigation.

COVID-19 claims the lives of Black and Latino Americans earlier than it does for whites. Nonwhite victims are typically a decade younger than whites, the CDC says.

TikTok, owned by Chinese company ByteDance, is under pressure from lawmakers, who see a potential national security threat.

Chief Justice Roberts sends a message that the Supreme Court is independent and not an ally of one party.

Scientists have devised a way to use the plasma of COVID-19 survivors for an upper arm injection that could inoculate people against the virus.

Under mounting pressure from scientists, the World Health Organization allowed that the coronavirus might float in the air and issued new guidelines recommending people avoid enclosed spaces with poor ventilation.

Coronavirus health and safety requirements could change the appeal of an airport that even locals visited on their days off. The pressure is felt across Asia, which had been the site of an airport expansion boom prior to the pandemic.

Students and faculty across the U.S. are pushing for colleges to "defund the police," but goals vary across campuses

As caseloads rose, the Trump administration kept saying that death rates were falling. But in Arizona, Texas and other hard-hit states, deaths are up.

Scientists are finding evidence that blood type may be a risk factor for COVID-19. In one study, people with Type A blood were more likely to be hospitalized.

COVID-19 is disproportionately killing Marshallese immigrants in states such as Arkansas, Washington and Oregon, even as their homeland remains free of the coronavirus.

Unlike earlier in the year, most hospitals are not proactively canceling elective surgeries, even in some places seeing spikes in coronavirus patients.

Joe Biden unveils his economic recovery plan in a speech in Pennsylvania and accuses President Trump of being out of touch.

Immanuel Jarvis, GOP chair in Durham, N.C., sees President Trump as a friend of Black Americans and the media as an enemy.

As coronavirus spikes in Houston, refinery towns to the east that boomed before the pandemic now face business closures and layoffs.

Democratic Senate candidates in several key races announce huge fundraising totals that raise the party's hopes of retaking the chamber in November.

To healthcare workers on the front lines of the coronavirus crisis, encountering people who indignantly refuse face coverings can feel like a slap in the face.

President López Obrador uses his first official visit to talk trade with Trump.

Mexico's Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Donald Trump, who meet face to face for the first time Wednesday, have parallel — and dismal — records on human rights.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has long downplayed the coronavirus, says he has COVID-19. More than 65,000 Brazilians have died from the disease.

Drug rehabs across the U.S. have experienced coronavirus flare-ups or COVID-19-related financial problems, forcing them to close or limit operations.

Law professor Xu Zhangrun had already been suspended from teaching and put under house arrest after writing essays critical of President Xi Jinping.

After calling for the relocation of a Confederate statue at the University of Mississippi, students are now demanding administrators halt the project.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's first foreign trip stirs controversy on both sides of the border.

GOP lawmakers, Trump surrogates tread carefully on president's inflammatory remarks over the Fourth of July weekend, denounced by Democrats.

Gregorio Leon drove to the outskirts of Lexington, S.C., the night of Feb. 14, 2016, with a gun by his side and rage in his heart.

More than 200 researchers worldwide sign an open letter saying current guidance ignores evidence that the coronavirus readily spreads on microscopic particles known as aerosols that can hang in the air for long periods and float dozens of feet.

Texas became a national coronavirus hot spot this week but didn't close popular beaches like Galveston until Friday, when crowds still appeared.

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake was reported Friday afternoon at 5:18 p.m. Pacific time 15 miles from Hawaiian Beaches, Hawaii, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

July 4 speeches — by Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, John F. Kennedy — are reminders of what America's national purpose has been and should be.

Nationwide, police officers who kill unarmed Black people often are not charged, but Dallas County appears to be an outlier.

The Lebanese are used to eating plenty of meat, but the country's economic woes have made it a luxury as rampant inflation takes its toll.

If Chief Justice John Roberts can find a way to maintain the court's reputation and eliminate Roe, he will.

This Houston hospital tried to prepare for the second wave of COVID-19, but was already 80% full this week as a nurse and doctor fell ill.

Authorities suspect the assault was part of a fierce turf battle that has transformed industrial Guanajuato into one of Mexico's deadliest states.

Why has the U.S. done so much worse than Europe in controlling the coronavirus? Preferring medical miracles, Americans reject simple public health steps.

Hospitals in Texas and Arizona are straining, and caseloads are soaring nationwide, but Trump continues to downplay the coronavirus and advocate reopening.

The Chinese video-sharing app is booted from its biggest foreign market as India retaliates for a deadly border clash.

With COVID-19 cases rising in red states, Republican officials are caught between taking a hard line to tamp down the outbreak or staying consistent with Trump.

A newer strain of the coronavirus has a mutation that might make it more infectious, a team of scientists says. Other researchers disagree.

A court's surprisingly light sentences for seven Papuan activists highlights how far the Black Lives Matter protests have reverberated in Indonesia.

Activists say Gilead Sciences has signed agreements that could prevent the antiviral drug remdesivir from reaching dozens of hard-hit countries.

As the House and Senate prepare to leave Washington for a two-week break, action on national police reform seems increasingly unlikely.

On the anniversary of the former British colony's handover to Chinese rule, thousands defied tear gas and pepper pellets to protest the security law.

The DOE says that radioactive leakage from Runit Dome is insignificant. Marshall Islands leaders are skeptical.

Researchers calculate that there were 122,300 more deaths in the U.S. in March, April and May this year than are typically seen during that three-month period.

Ratzinger was renown in his own right as a director of an acclaimed German boys' choir.

The Hong Kong government's ban on demonstrations did little to stop thousands from testing a new national security law imposed by mainland China.

A new tracker from Johns Hopkins University lets you compare the trajectory of coronavirus cases in each state with the reopening policies there.

July 1 is traditionally the day newly minted doctors start their first year of residency. But this year, that transition is complicated by the coronavirus.

In the middle of America, without intention or, really, anyone noticing, a decades-long, real-world experiment shaped by the money, politics and eccentricities of two 80-something billionaires is underway in two equally white, Christian, Republican cities.

The city of Omaha "does a great job of investing in itself," said James Chung, a son of Wichita and founder of strategy and predictive analytics firm Reach Advisors.

While funding for charities in both cities grew at the same pace across most categories in 2014 and the decade before, Omaha started at a higher level of giving.

Charles Koch's philanthropic giving reflects his belief in removing barriers to "self-actualization," says David Dziok, the Kansas billionaire's spokesman.

Susie Buffett, daughter of Omaha billionaire Warren Buffet, is a top-tier philanthropist in her hometown.

China's leaders were caught off guard by Hong Kong's fierce protests. A year later, they're armed with a law that ensures Beijing's firm control.

Experts warn the pandemic could force millions of children worldwide out of school and into the work force, exposing them to stress and exploitation.

The National Cancer Institute plans to launch a study next year to assess whether at-home HPV tests can reduce rates of cervical cancer in the U.S.

In Arizona and Texas, border wall construction has sped up over the objections of residents and environmentalists

The new law will stifle dissent in a city where millions of protesters demanded autonomy from China. Hong Kong's future as a global financial hub is now unclear.

Roberts made clear he disagrees with today's abortion decision, but felt that precedent had to be honored

The Supreme Court resolves a clash between presidential power and Congress' attempt to set up a quasi-independent agency.

A coalition of activists, frontline workers and public health professionals from the AIDS era are disturbed to see history repeat itself with COVID-19.

The police killing of George Floyd and resulting protests have led white Americans to reckon with racism more vigorously than at any moment in recent history.

A 15-year-old boy who helped spread Roman Catholic teaching online is a good candidate to become patron saint of the internet, the Vatican says.

Just shy of 2020 voter deadlines, the federal agency that handles citizenship is out of money, and thousands of green card holders can't become citizens.

Hoping to prevent annexation of the West Bank, Palestinians look to international allies, Israeli politics and the lack of a mandate from President Trump.

In Mohave County, Arizona, which went 73% for Donald Trump in 2016, some residents are starting to question their support for the president.

A growing number of professors in China have been punished for 'improper speech.' Some are reported by students, harking back to the Cultural Revolution.

The older you are, the greater your risk for a severe case of COVID-19, the CDC says as it expands its list of risky underlying health conditions.

In a major border wall ruling, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals says the Trump administration broke the law using defense funds for wall construction.

The Jalisco New Generation cartel, one of Mexico's most powerful criminal groups, is blamed for the early-morning ambush on Paseo de la Reforma.

Critics from both sides of the aisle fear Nancy Beck, nominated to lead the U.S. consumer safety regulator, would be too cozy with business interests.

The governors of Texas and Florida backpedal on their states' aggressive reopenings amid resurgences of COVID-19 cases.

Cells hijacked by the coronavirus grow long, streaming tentacles to reach out to new victims, scientists found. This could complicate the search for a vaccine.

In many parts of the South and West, the spread of the coronavirus is getting worse, prompting new warnings and restrictions.

Facing a spike in coronavirus cases, deepening unemployment and his own political isolation, President Trump lashed out at his enemies Thursday but offered no clear guidance for a nation in crisis.

The Seattle mayor has declared it is 'time for people to go home.' But reclaiming the territory is proving much harder than giving it up.

Homelessness is a rare misfortune in Taiwan, but still a struggle. "I have nothing," says one man. "I'm worried about starving."

Mass screenings and quarantines have helped contain the coronavirus in Dharavi, home to 1 million people.

Viruses are not as smart as humans, but they are much more patient. And the coronavirus' track record suggests it won't simply burn itself out.

European officials are deciding which countries' citizens to allow in after the continent reopens its borders July 1. The U.S. might not make the cut.

Throughout the pandemic, Lee Duk-hoon has coped the only way she knows how — bringing order to a chaotic world one head of hair at a time.

With Congress limited by the Constitution, what has it done, and what can it do, about police reform at the local level?

Trump's first campaign rally didn't flop just because it was only one-third full. It fizzled because he offered voters no agenda for a second term other than grievances and racist appeals.

The Los Angeles congresswoman and chair of the Congressional Black Caucus is being vetted as a potential running mate for Biden.

NASCAR officials say what appeared to be a noose in Bubba Wallace's garage was a garage door pull made of rope, and 'not an intentional, racist act.'

A federal prosecutor said in prepared testimony that he faced extreme pressure from Justice Department officials to go easy on Roger Stone, a Trump confidant.

A powerful earthquake centered near the beach resort of Huatulco shook southern and central Mexico on Tuesday.

In a letter, Democrats call the Senate GOP policing reform bill "woefully inadequate" and indicate they will block its consideration.

Fireworks are a summer tradition. But in New York and cities around the country, complaints over displays have exploded this summer. The exact reasons for the uptick remain a mystery.

NASCAR fans react to the news that a noose was found in the garage of Black driver Bubba Wallace.

Local officials in Texas require masks and raise alarm over coronavirus spike, while the governor insists businesses remain open.

COVID-19 has led to a push for vote by mail, but advocates face logistical and legal hurdles — and "rigged election" claims from President Trump.

President Trump expands restrictions on U.S. visas to target temporary workers from tech to seasonal construction, but includes broad carve-outs.

Vice President Mike Pence says the U.S. is 'winning the fight against the invisible enemy' that is the coronavirus. We fact-check that and other claims.