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OSLO, NORWAY - DECEMBER 10: Nobel Peace Prize awarded Maria Ressa gives a speech at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony 2021 at Oslo City Town Hall on December 10, 2021 in Oslo, Norway. (Photo by Per Ole Hagen/Getty Images)

Nobel Peace laureates blast tech giants and warn against rising authoritarianism

"If you're working in tech, I'm talking to you," Rappler CEO Maria Ressa said. She later added, "What happens on social media doesn't stay on social media."

In this image taken from Alameda Police Department body camera video, Alameda Police Department officers pin 26-year-old Mario Gonzalez to the ground during an arrest, April 19, 2021, in Alameda, Calif. Gonzalez stopped breathing during the arrest and was pronounced dead at a hospital. (Alameda Police Department via AP)

Mario Gonzalez died after police pinned him down for 5 minutes. Now his autopsy is in

The autopsy of a California man who was restrained by police calls his death a homicide but says the leading cause was methamphetamine toxicity. His family's attorneys are filing a civil rights suit.

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - OCTOBER 30: U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, commander of U.S. Central Command, speaks as a picture of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is seen during a press briefing October 30, 2019 at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. Gen. McKenzie and Hoffman spoke to the media to provide an update on the special operations raid that targeted former ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Idlib Province, Syria. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

NPR sues the Pentagon for info on possible civilian deaths during the Baghdadi raid

NPR has sued the Defense Department to get it to release files regarding possible civilian casualties during the 2019 raid in Syria that resulted in the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

We're not dying of metastatic breast cancer. We're living with it

Getting diagnosed with incurable breast cancer didn't end this reporter's life — it just marked a new chapter. She and others with the diagnosis have insights that might help you, too.

Marty James (L), 59, and a neighbor stand in front of his house in Mayfield, Kentucky, on December 12, 2021 after it was destroyed by a tornado. - Dozens of devastating tornadoes roared through five US states, leaving more than 80 people dead on December 11, 2021 in what President Joe Biden said was "one of the largest" storm outbreaks in history. (Photo by Cyril JULIEN / AFP) (Photo by CYRIL JULIEN/AFP via Getty Images)

64 are dead and 105 unaccounted for in Kentucky as states reel from tornadoes' wrath

Tornadoes over the weekend destroyed entire communities in Kentucky while leaving thousands homeless. People were also killed in Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas and Tennessee.

Historian James M. McPherson Talks Civil War History and 'Mercy Street'

Recently, noted Civil War historian James M. McPherson visited Binghamton University to deliver the ninth annual Shriber Lecture. Professor McPherson sat…

FILE - In this April 11, 2020, file photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center top, attends a politburo meeting of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang. Since taking power after his father’s death in 2011, Kim has spent 10 years erasing doubts that he was too young and weak to extend his family’s brutal dynastic grip over the impoverished, nuclear-armed state. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

North Korea's Kim at a critical crossroads a decade into his rule

As North Korea's dictator marks a milestone on Friday, he might be facing his toughest moment yet, as crushing sanctions, the pandemic and growing economic trouble converge

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 07: Nurse at Northwell Health’s Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, Sandra Lindsay attends the "Hometown Heroes" Ticker Tape Parade on July 07, 2021 in New York, New York. Healthcare Workers, first responders and essential workers were honored in Manhattan's Canyon of Heroes for their service during the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images)

Sandra Lindsay got the first U.S. COVID jab. Here's her secret to motivate others

Since Lindsay rolled up her sleeve to get vaccinated a year ago, she has devoted herself to motivating others, especially those who are hesitant, to get vaccinated. She shares five persuasive tips.

TOPSHOT - Migrants head towards the Polish Kuznica border crossing on the Belarusian-Polish border on November 15, 2021. - Thousands of migrants -- most of them from the Middle East -- have crossed or attempted to cross the EU and NATO border since the summer. Western countries have accused the Belarusian regime, which is backed by Russia, of engineering the crisis in retaliation against EU sanctions, charges that Minsk has denied. - Belarus OUT (Photo by Leonid SHCHEGLOV / BELTA / AFP) / Belarus OUT (Photo by LEONID SHCHEGLOV/BELTA/AFP via Getty Images)

Authoritarians are using migrants as weapons. The White House frets it's on the rise

The White House is concerned migrants will be increasingly used as a geopolitical tool as migration increases because of instability and climate change.

Authoritarians are using migrants as weapons. The White House frets it's on the rise

The White House is concerned migrants will be increasingly used as a geopolitical tool as migration increases because of instability and climate change.

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