Flamingos flock to Mumbai between September and April, but this year there are almost three times more birds than the amount that usually flocks to the area. Bachchan Kumar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Bachchan Kumar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images Flamingos flock to Mumbai between September and April, but this year there […]
A Rhode Island resident holds an envelope he received for the 2020 census test run in Providence County. Hansi Lo Wang/NPR hide caption toggle caption Hansi Lo Wang/NPR A Rhode Island resident holds an envelope he received for the 2020 census test run in Providence County. Hansi Lo Wang/NPR The federal government is getting ready
Jordan Peele acts as the narrator on the new incarnation of The Twilight Zone. Robert Falconer/CBS hide caption toggle caption Robert Falconer/CBS Jordan Peele acts as the narrator on the new incarnation of The Twilight Zone. Robert Falconer/CBS [Old stuff spoiler alert: This piece discusses the plot of Jordan Peele’s Get Out and the plots
A Chinese site engineer is seen during construction of an extension of the Southern Expressway in Sri Lanka, in November. The project is part of Beijing’s massive Belt and Road Initiative. Paula Bronstein/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Paula Bronstein/Getty Images A Chinese site engineer is seen during construction of an extension of the Southern
Pierre Comizzoli (right), reproductive physiologist at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, performs an artificial insemination on giant panda Mei Xiang March 29, 2019. Don Neiffer (left), chief veterinarian at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, performs for the procedure. (Roshan Patel/Smithsonian’s National Zoo)/Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute Scientists and veterinarians at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo
Family members pay their final respects to 7-year-old Jakelin Caal Maquin during a memorial service in Guatemala, on Dec. 24, 2018. Jakelin died while in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Oliver de Ros/AP hide caption toggle caption Oliver de Ros/AP Family members pay their final respects to 7-year-old Jakelin Caal Maquin during
Pope Francis, pictured earlier this week, unveiled a new mandatory-reporting edict on Friday. It requires any Vatican official who learns of an allegation of abuse within the city-state or by Vatican officials to report it to Vatican prosecutors. Andrew Medichini/AP hide caption toggle caption Andrew Medichini/AP Pope Francis, pictured earlier this week, unveiled a new
Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Biden Courage Awards, an event related to combating campus sexual assault, on Tuesday. Activist and former candidate Lucy Flores says Biden touched her in 2014, in an encounter that “wasn’t violent or sexual, it was demeaning and disrespectful.” Frank Franklin II/AP hide caption toggle caption Frank Franklin
Guards stand in front the Bataclan concert hall in Paris in November 2018, during a ceremony to remember the victims of the attacks in November 2015. On Friday, a man who rented an apartment to two fleeing terrorists received a four-year prison sentence. Benoit Tessier/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Benoit Tessier/AFP/Getty Images Guards stand
A fence stands at Elmore Correctional Facility in Elmore, Ala., seen in 2015. A federal judge ruled that mental health care for inmates is “horrendously inadequate.” Brynn Anderson/AP hide caption toggle caption Brynn Anderson/AP A fence stands at Elmore Correctional Facility in Elmore, Ala., seen in 2015. A federal judge ruled that mental health care
President Trump speaks to supporters during a rally at the Van Andel Arena Thursday in Grand Rapids, Mich. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images President Trump speaks to supporters during a rally at the Van Andel Arena Thursday in Grand Rapids, Mich. Scott Olson/Getty Images Updated at 11:31 p.m. ET Editor’s
President Trump speaks to the media Thursday prior to departing the White House for a Michigan campaign rally. In a presidential memorandum released the same day, Trump temporarily extended a program that gives Liberians protected status from deportation. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images President Trump speaks to the media Thursday