HBCUs are underfunded. A legal effort starting in Missouri seeks to fix it

An effort to address decades of underfunding at some historically Black colleges and universities kicked off Wednesday with a ...

‘Fjord,’ Cristian Mungiu’s Palme d’Or winner, strikes a nerve while asking questions of progressives

The title of Cristian Mungiu’s previous film, “R.M.N.” — MRI in Romanian — is an apt metaphor for what Mungiu aims to do in ...

Maricarmen, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction shook Spain, has died in hospital

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Wednesday expressed his condolences after the reported of María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked nationwide ...

Neither Bolsonaro nor Lula: Brazil’s undecided and abstaining voters may determine the election

Ana Beatriz Bon Raggio is not persuaded by either left-leaning Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva or far-right Sen ...

Tropical Storm Isaias is forecast to strike the US Gulf Coast as a hurricane

Tropical Storm Isaias formed early Wednesday in the warm waters off eastern Mexico and forecasters said it was expected to ...

A rocky ‘wonderland’ in Arizona is poised to be the next US national park

An area of towering rock spires in southeastern Arizona known among Native Americans as the Land of Standing-Up Rocks is ...

After numerous delays, Raleigh’s ‘annoying’ Atlantic Avenue widening reaches completion

A bit under a mile, the Atlantic Avenue widening project in Raleigh is finally finished — taking 4.5 years to complete and ...

Disaster relief funding is creeping into Trump’s midterm rhetoric. Critics say it has no place there

President Donald Trump has turned emergency relief into a campaign talking point in the final sprint to the midterm elections, approving disaster declarations in consequential states and coupling ...

Workers allegedly exploited while building US consulate in Milan sign deals for record payout

Foreign workers building the vast new U.S. consulate compound in Milan signed agreements at a Milan hotel Wednesday securing ...

Christa Pike is angry and confused after surviving execution attempt, attorney says

Death row inmate Christa Pike has regained consciousness after Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute her by lethal injection ...

Brewers starting Robert Gasser to match up with Padres’ Walker Buehler in Game 4 of NLDS

Left-hander Robert Gasser will start for the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 4 of the NL Division Series with the San Diego Padres on Wednesday night. The Brewers announced Gasser (5-5, ...

49ers’ Kyle Juszczyk wins appeal on fine over ‘Juice’ celebration that NFL said imitated beer chug

San Francisco 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk won his appeal over the fines issued by the NFL for what it deemed an “offensive” celebration when he imitated drinking a ...