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The Grindr app logo is seen on a mobile phone screen on November 24, 2016. Following a number of deaths linked to the use of anonymous online dating apps, the police have warned users to be aware of the risks involved, following the growth in the scale of violence and sexual assaults linked to their use.

Texas man pleads guilty of hate crime against gay men

June 3, 2021
Skulls displayed at a devotion for tribes of Namibia.

Namibia tribal chiefs accept German compensation for 1904 genocide (Video)

June 3, 2021
People in front of ATM

Lebanon reverses bank decision that caused depositors panic

June 3, 2021
Princess Dianas dress on display in a glass case.

Princess Diana’s wedding dress displayed in London (Gallery)

June 3, 2021
COVID-19 vaccines prepared for children 12 and up.

WHO says COVID-19 vaccines for children are ‘not a high priority.’

June 3, 2021
Dmitry Gudkov, center, is surrounded by people after being released in case of an expiration of 48 hours of detention in Moscow on June 3.

Russian police release opposition figure held for 2 days

June 3, 2021
Map of Pakistan

3 children die playing with hand grenade in Pakistan

June 3, 2021

Speech on Black history of Memorial Day cut (Video)

June 3, 2021
Protester raises his fist in a Myanmar march

Myanmar military court sentences two journalists to jail

June 3, 2021
Demonstrators protesting the death of Ronald Greene

Louisiana police shot Texas woman, 3rd shooting in 3 days

June 3, 2021
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox stands with resident during wildfire campaign.

Utah Gov. Cox calls residents to pray for rain during drought

June 3, 2021
George Floyd Officers Civil Rights

[Photo] Chauvin sentencing: State seeks 30 years

June 2, 2021
Teresa Perales won Spains annual Princess of Asturias award.

Paralympic champion swimmer Teresa Perales wins prestigious Spanish prize

June 2, 2021
FILE - In this Thursday, March 16, 2017 file photo, the logo of German Lufthansa airline is attached at a gate during the companys annual press conference in Munich, Germany. German officials say Germany has denied Russian airlines permission to use its airspace after Moscow failed to approve a Lufthansa flight to Russia. In a statement, Germany’s Transport Ministry said the decision was based on the practice of reciprocal approval of flights, and affected connections operated by Aeroflot and budget carrier S7. The tit-for-tat decision on Wednesday, June 2, 2021 comes amid mounting tension between Russia and the European Union over Moscow’s support for Belarus. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, file)

Lufthansa to resume flights to Russia

June 2, 2021
Thousands were forced to evacuate as Tropical Storm Choi-Wan reached land.

Tropical storm Choi-Wan in Philippines leave at least 3 dead

June 2, 2021
Jennifer Woodley

Former Make-A-Wish CEO pleads guilty to embezzlement

June 2, 2021
Disney cruise

Disney to offer 2-night cruise, no vaccines required

June 2, 2021

Child found dead at Texas motel believed to be missing (Video)

June 2, 2021
Stimulus checks stolen: Thieves stole thousands in COVID relief money (Timeline)

Stimulus checks stolen: Thieves stole thousands in COVID relief money (Timeline)

June 2, 2021
Former Houston police officers Steven Bryant and Gerald Goines turn themselves in.

Houston ex-cop pleads guilty in connection with fatal drug raid

June 2, 2021
Dallas Mall Disturbance

Dallas mall shoppers startled by false shooter report

June 1, 2021
Coleman Thomas Blevins was arrested in Texas, accused of plotting to carry out a mass shooting at a Walmart, according to a statement released by authorities on May 30.

Man accused of plotting Walmart attack arrested in Texas

June 1, 2021
The Supreme Court is seen as sundown in Washington on Nov. 6.

U.S. Supreme Court rejects Johnson & Johnson appeal of $2 billion talc verdict

June 1, 2021
Police tape remains at Club Clé nightclub, following a shooting early this morning that left two dead and two injured on May 31 in Houston.

Off-duty deputy kills suspected shooter at Houston club

June 1, 2021
Slaughtered chickens are displayed for sale at a wholesale poultry market in Shanghai on Jan. 21.

China reports human case of H10N3 bird flu — a possible first

June 1, 2021
Mother of two, Yue Yan looks after one of her daughters at a park in Beijing on May 20. Yue, 35, spends days looking after her 2-year-old and evenings helping her 10-year-old with homework.

China faces strains as population ages, birth rate falls (Gallery)

June 1, 2021
Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador gives his daily morning press conference on Feb. 8.

Mexico report suggests child sex abuse ring at some schools

June 1, 2021
A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination session for medical staff who work at private clinics in Caracas, Venezuela on May 28.

WHO grants emergency approval to 2nd Chinese COVID vaccine

June 1, 2021
Ana Rubik

Celebrities seek to raise funds for Poland’s LGBT movement

June 1, 2021
Biden speaks in Tulsa at the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre

[Photo] Biden honors forgotten victims of Tulsa race massacre (Gallery)

June 1, 2021
Photo of Curtis Cokes during his boxing career

Curtis Cokes, Hall of Fame champ, dies at 82

June 1, 2020
A man with a hood over his face protests in Belarus.

Belarus opposition leader jailed after joining protest

June 1, 2020
President Trump holds up a Bible.

Trump, citing Dallas, threatens to deploy troops in response to protests (Video)

June 1, 2020
Vladimir Putin

Kremlin: Trump tells Putin about idea for summit with Russia

June 1, 2020
flags and entrance

2 dead after North Dakota air base shooting (Video)

June 1, 2020
2020 Texas Democratic Convention

Texas Democrats host online convention (Live Video)

June 1, 2020
A tanker truck supplies gasoline to a state oil company gas station in Caracas, Venezuela, May 31. After decades of being the cheapest gasoline in the world, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro indicates that as of next Monday a new pricing scheme will be imposed on some 200 stations. The time has come to move toward a new policy, toward a new normality, toward a new situation, Maduro said.

Cheap fuel no longer a reality for Venezuelans

May 31, 2020

Average US gas prices rose over 2 weeks

May 31, 2020
Tourists view the newly repaired Norte Dame cathedral.

Grounds in front of Notre Dame reopen after cleanup

May 31, 2020
A line of people in a school hallway at a evacuation center

States to update hurricane plans for the coronavirus

May 31, 2020
Joe Biden speaks at a presidential debate.

Texas Democrats kick off virtual convention Monday

May 31, 2020
Austin police protest

Protests erupt locally at Austin Capitol following Minneapolis police killing (Gallery)

May 30, 2020
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy announces regulations for travelers amid pandemic.

Alaska requires testing for travelers, extends quarantine

May 30, 2020
The Maine Democratic Party logo

Maine Democrats elect convention delegates virtually

May 30, 2020
A worker stands ready to clean at the city-owned waterpark in Grand Prairie, Texas on Friday, May 29, 2020. Water parks in Texas were allowed to reopen Friday at 25% occupancy, though some are choosing to remain closed.

Despite eased Abbott restrictions, some Texas waterparks remain closed

May 30, 2020
Workers stand at the bottom of the Olympic rings

No news on rescheduled Olympics until fall

May 30, 2020
vandalized monument

Alamo Cenotaph monument vandalized with spray-painted graffiti (Gallery)

May 30, 2020
German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Merkel won’t attend G7 summit in person if US goes ahead

May 30, 2020

China donates huge rock to San Antonio museum

June 3, 2019

Coastal flooding strands endangered turtles

June 3, 2019

Lawsuit says oil boom imperils national park

June 3, 2019

1 killed, 3 hurt during shooting at car wash

June 3, 2019

California sues opioid maker Purdue Pharma

June 3, 2019

Schools plan for facial recognition system

June 3, 2019

Pretrial hearing set for Capitol Gazette shooter

June 3, 2019

Video reveals fate of ‘Jeopardy!’ star

June 3, 2019
Sudan

[Photo] Sudan troops move to crush pro-democracy camp, killing 30

June 3, 2019
Feds accuse Harlingen man of having child porn

Feds accuse Harlingen man of having child porn

June 2, 2019
FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2018, file photo, protesters wave revolutionary Syrian and Turkish flags as they attend a demonstration against the Syrian government offensive in Idlib, in Maarat al-Numan, south of Idlib, Syria. The violence raging once again in the northwestern province of Idlib, Syrias last rebel-held bastion, is putting Turkish-Russian relations to the test. (Ugur Can/DHA via AP, File)

Car bomb kills at least 13 in town in northern Syria

June 2, 2019
Police kill armed man during disturbance call in Texas

Police kill armed man during disturbance call in Texas

June 2, 2019
Marjory Stoneman Douglas Logo

Dwyane Wade surprises graduates at Stoneman Douglas

June 2, 2019
In this May 20, 2109 photo, Venezuelas President Nicolas Maduro flashes a hand-heart symbol to supporters outside Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela. Maduro said Thursday, May 23, 2019, that he is inviting Chinas Huawei to help set up a 4G network in Venezuela, prompting opposition leader Juan Guaidó to accuse him of having an absolute disconnection with reality.

Canada stops operations at embassy in Venezuela

June 2, 2019
cherokee nation logo

Chuck Hoskin Jr. elected Cherokee principal chief

June 2, 2019
PRESIDENT OF HUNGARY

Hungarians protest over Orban’s planned seizure

June 2, 2019
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Logo

Cougar killed after attempted attack on child

June 2, 2019
springfield, missouri school district logo

Former teacher pleads in prostitution case

June 2, 2019
2 bodies found off Libya after migrant boat capsizes

2 bodies found off Libya after migrant boat capsizes

June 2, 2019
sephora logo

Sephora to close US stores for inclusion workshops

June 2, 2019
Medical staff help migrants to disembark from the Cigala Fulgosi Italian Navy ship at the harbor in Genoa, Italy, Sunday, June 2, 2019. An Italian navy ship docked Sunday morning in the northern port city of Genoa carrying 100 migrants who were picked up from the Mediterranean Sea, where the number of migrant crossings has picked up in recent weeks.

Italian ship with rescued migrants docks in Genoa

June 2, 2019
A family snapshot of Eduardo Posso

Dad, stepmom charged in starvation death of son

June 2, 2019
North Korean official reappears days after purge

North Korean official reappears days after purge

June 2, 2019
Dallas Baptist baseball

Texas A&M, Dallas Baptist win regional games College World Series

June 2, 2019
Passengers board a train in Houston

Houston Metro may continue to expand plans for public transportation improvements

June 2, 2019
mug shots of victims

[Photo] Virginia Beach shooting: Survivor who crossed path with gunman thought it was a drill

June 2, 2019
houses

Hurricane season 2019: Growing fear for towns already hit

June 2, 2019
A skylight is reflected in the rear window of a Waymo driverless car during a Google event Dec. 13, 2016, in San Francisco. Googles self-driving vehicle division says its bringing autonomous trucks to the Phoenix area. Waymo announced May 30 that its fully self-driving tractor-trailers will start driving on freeways this week and will expand to more routes over time.

Waymo bringing self-driving trucks to Phoenix-area freeways

June 1, 2019

Gator busts into home, breaks wine bottles

June 1, 2019
Riley Howell

North Carolina campus suspect may have recorded carnage

June 1, 2019

Terminal room named after Fort Hood’s ‘hug lady’

June 1, 2019
This Jan. 3, 2013, file photo shows Googles headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. The U.S. Justice Department is readying an investigation of Google’s business practices and whether they violate competition standards, according to news reports. The search giant was fined a record $2.72 billion by European regulators in 2017 for abusing its dominance of the online search market. In the U.S., the Federal Trade Commission made an antitrust investigation of Google but closed it in 2013 without taking action.

Reports: Justice Dept. preparing antitrust probe of Google

June 1, 2019
Border Crossing Large Group

116 Africans arrested at border

June 1, 2019

‘El Chapo’ family gets US visas to visit drug lord

June 1, 2019
Bomb attack kills soldier in northwest Pakistan

Bomb attack kills soldier in northwest Pakistan

June 1, 2019
Dallas adds homicide detectives to deal with murder surge

Dallas adds homicide detectives to deal with murder surge

June 1, 2019
Dallas police kill dog that injured 2 people

Dallas police kill dog that injured 2 people

June 1, 2019
Police escort members of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club

UK police arrest 34 for drugs at Hells Angels event

June 1, 2019
A volcano erupts

Italy’s Mount Etna spews lava, poses no threat to population

June 1, 2019
Dalia Jimenez has been charged with pouring rubbing alcohol on her 5-year-old stepdaughters face, according to police. This is an undated Grand Prairie Police Department booking photo of Jimenez.

Texas woman charged with burning stepdaughter’s face

June 1, 2019
Protestors march with a banner.

[Photo] Polish doctors march for health care funding

June 1, 2019
Man who impersonated Saudi royals sentenced to 18 years

Man who impersonated Saudi royals sentenced to 18 years

June 1, 2019
Russell Studebaker checks just-picked peaches on Wednesday, May 22, in his Studebaker Farms orchard east of Fredericksburg, Texas. Many Hill Country peach producers are reporting abundant crops of quality peaches.

Texas peach growers see successful season despite weather

June 1, 2019
Participants wave a German flag

Pro- and anti-Israel protests draw hundreds in Berlin

June 1, 2019
Liverpools Divock Origi celebrates with his teammates

Salah scores early; Liverpool defeats Tottenham in Champions League final

June 1, 2019
The Trump administration’s “inclusion of a citizenship question in the 2020 Census is arbitrary and capricious, an abuse of discretion, and otherwise not in accordance with law,” the plaintiffs wrote in their filing.

[Photo] Trump administration sued for proposing addition of citizenship question to census

May 31, 2018
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