Florida deputies rescue American flag from swollen river after Hurricane Ian

Deputies in Volusia County, Florida, found a U.S. flag in the swollen St. Johns River this week in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian and rescued the stars and stripes.

Emotional abuse and sexual misconduct 'systemic' in women's pro soccer, report says

Former acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Q. Yates wrote in the report that abuse is “rooted in a deeper culture in women’s soccer, beginning in youth leagues.”

Biden comforts Puerto Rico ahead of Florida visit in wake of Hurricanes Fiona, Ian

Hurricane Fiona caused catastrophic flooding, tore apart roads and bridges, and unleashed more than 100 landslides in Puerto Rico. Biden plans to also visit Florida on Wednesday.

Supreme Court rejects bump stock ban cases

The Supreme Court says it won't take up two cases that involved challenges to a ban enacted during the Trump administration on bump stocks, the gun attachments that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns.

Death toll eclipses 60 as more Hurricane Ian victims found in Florida

The death toll from Hurricane Ian climbed over the weekend as fatalities in North Carolina, Florida, and Cuba brought the total to at least 65 people.

Soccer match stampede: Indonesian police probe tear gas firing after 125 killed

Indonesian police are investigating officers responsible for firing tear gas that set off a crush that killed 125 people at a soccer match. At least 17 children are among the dead.

Supreme Court welcomes the public again, and new Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

Monday is the first time new Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the court’s first Black female justice, will participate in arguments. It's also the first time the public will be able to attend since March 2020.

Sacheen Littlefeather, activist who declined Marlon Brando's Oscar, dies at 75

Sacheen Littlefeather famously refused to accept the Oscar for best actor on behalf of Marlon Brando in 1973. Her death came just weeks after the academy apologized for the abuse she endured.

Nobel prize in medicine awarded to Svante Paabo for research on evolution

Swedish scientist Svante Paabo and his team found that gene flow occurred from Neanderthals to Homo sapiens, "demonstrating that they had children together during periods of co-existence."

Hurricane Ian heading for the Carolinas after slamming Florida

The National Hurricane Center placed Ian about 145 miles southeast of Charleston, South Carolina and forecast a “life-threatening storm surge” and hurricane conditions along the Carolina coastal area later Friday.

Eliza Fletcher autopsy: Death caused by gunshot wound to head

An autopsy report shows that a Tennessee kindergarten teacher who police said was kidnapped during a pre-dawn run and then killed earlier this month died from a gunshot wound to the head.

Kids with head lice shouldn’t be sent home from school, new AAP guidance says

The American Academy of Pediatrics says a head lice diagnosis is neither a health hazard nor a sign of poor hygiene, and children should not miss school because of it.