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FCC approves the merger of local television owners Nexstar and Tegna

The FCC has approved the sale of Tegna television stations to rival Nexstar Media Group Thursday. The deal would create a company that owns 259 television stations in 44 states.

Saucer-like lenticular clouds appear over Turkiye's Bursa province in the early morning hours of January 19, 2023.

New NASA report lays out roadmap for studying UFOs

NASA is releasing a new report from advisers on what it would take for the agency to study unidentified anomalous phenomena (also known as UFOs) scientifically.

Palestinian journalist Taghreed El-Khodary (center) reports from Rafah in the Gaza Strip in 2008.

The day Gaza got an airport and a presidential visit, fueling dreams of statehood

It seems hard to fathom today, but 25 years ago, a relatively calm Gaza appeared to be progressing toward a Palestinian state — and President Bill Clinton inaugurated the Gaza International Airport.

Norwegian playwright Jon Fosse wins the 2023 Nobel Prize in literature

A Norwegian writer, Jon Fosse, has won the 2023 Nobel Prize in literature. Though little-known outside his home country, he is celebrated in literary circles.

Claudine Gay (from left), president of Harvard University, Liz Magill, president of University of Pennsylvania, Pamela Nadell, professor of history and Jewish studies at American University, and Sally Kornbluth, president of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, testify before the House Education and Workforce Committee on Tuesday.

Lawmakers grill the presidents of Harvard, MIT and Penn over antisemitism on campus

Three university presidents defended their responses to rising antisemitism in a House committee hearing Tuesday. Many have faced scrutiny as they struggle to balance free speech with student safety.

Angels for Change founder Laura Bray took on the problem of drug shortages when the hospital ran out of the drug that her then-9-year-old daughter needed to treat her leukemia.

The hospital ran out of her child's cancer drug. Now she's fighting to end shortages

Laura Bray couldn't watch her 9-year-old's leukemia go untreated. She started campaigning to fix a broken system and get patients the treatments they need in the face of drug shortages.

Li Shangfu in Singapore on June 1. He served as China's defense minister this year but Chinese leaders removed him on Tuesday.

China removes Li Shangfu as defense minister, who was out of public eye for 2 months

China's leadership has formally dismissed the country's defense minister, Li Shangfu, two months after he disappeared from the public eye — the second minister to be removed recently.

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona talks to reporters during the daily news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on June 30, 2023 in Washington, D.C.

Education Department punishes student loan servicer for billing mistakes

The department is withholding payment from loan servicer MOHELA as 2.5 million borrowers didn't receive timely billing statements.

Demonstrators hold up large cut-out letters spelling "VOTING RIGHTS" at a 2021 rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.

An appeals court has struck down a key path for enforcing the Voting Rights Act

Who can sue to enforce key voting protections for people of color under the Voting Rights Act could be severely limited by a lawsuit out of Arkansas, which may be headed for the U.S. Supreme Court.

In this picture obtained from Iran's ISNA news agency, residents fish from the shore as cargo and commercial vessels lie at anchor in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas on June 8.

With Iran deal, Trump told ships to 'start your engines.' That's not happening yet

Iran's control of the Strait of Hormuz inflicted global pain during the months-long conflict with the U.S. and Israel. A tentative deal is in place, but questions remain about the key waterway.

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