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The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case about the firing of a Federal Trade Commissioner. The court could overturn a 90-year precedent limiting the president's power over independent agencies.

A museum devoted to art crafted from human hair drew curious visitors to Independence, Mo., for decades. Now that it has closed, its delicate Victorian wreaths and jewelry are finding new homes.

Concern for the plight of the homeless in California has plummeted in recent years.

Syria is struggling to heal a year after the Assad dynasty's repressive 50-year reign came to an end following 14 years of civil war that left the country battered and divided.

Habba's decision comes as the Justice Department has lost a string of court cases ruling that U.S. attorneys have not been appointed legally, including in Nevada, California and Virginia.

The payments are targeted at row crop farmers in the wake of this year's tariff hikes.

Patrick Markee spent two decades walking through New York City's tunnels, armories and intake centers. His book asks: what if homelessness isn't a personal failing, but the result of policy choices?

Fresh Air's book critic says her picks tilt a bit to nonfiction, but the novels that made the cut redress the imbalance by their sweep and intensity. Karen Russell's The Antidote was her favorite.

The FBI agents kneeled during a protest in 2020 not to reflect a left-wing political view, but to de-escalate a volatile situation, they say in court papers. The FBI fired them in September.

Gehry is famous for monumental works like the Guggenheim Bilbao, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago.

These days, 95% of adoptions are "open," meaning birth parents, or the birth mother, have some degree of involvement with the adoptive family.

Paramount has launched a hostile bid for the company that's home to Casablanca, Batman and CNN. Just Friday, Netflix and Warner Brothers executives were celebrating a deal they had struck.