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One law approved by North Carolina Republicans eliminates the governor's power to appoint the State Board of Elections; the other ends a three-day grace period to receive and count absentee ballots.

Michael Son has driven one of London's famous black cabs since 1965. But it was a recent encounter with a passenger that led to minor internet fame for the 80-year-old.

The Washington Post plans to cut 240 jobs, or 10% of its workforce, through voluntary buyouts. Leaders said they had been "overly optimistic" about growth.

"Please do not let me leave this earth without justice," Hughes Van Ellis said in 2021, the centennial of the racist violence that destroyed a thriving community once known as Black Wall Street.

UNESCO World Heritage Sites are considered "outstanding works of human genius." There are now 25 in the U.S., including the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, the Statue of Liberty and the Grand Canyon.

At a highway rest stop near where Hamas gunmen killed Israelis and took hostages, Israeli volunteers are helping rescue civilians and support soldiers who are being dispatched to the front lines.

With diet-related disease on the rise in the U.S., some schools are adding nutrition to the curriculum. Teaching kids to grow and cook fresh produce can influence life-long eating habits.

A school in Peru is part of a wave of community-based projects around the world that uses a perhaps surprising method to help kids: surf therapy. And it's not just about physical well-being.

As part of covering climate change we've heard from a number of the doers. Here are a few of those innovators and influencers' thoughts and what motivated them to make a change in their communities.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to exact an "immense price from the enemy" after Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip used paragliders and other means to infiltrate Israel.