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A high altitude balloon floats over Billings, Mont., on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. The U.S. is tracking a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been spotted over U.S. airspace for a couple days.

Blinken postpones his Beijing trip after a Chinese balloon is spotted over Montana

China's foreign ministry described the balloon as "a civilian airship" for meteorological research that had blown far off course by winds. The Pentagon suspects it's collecting sensitive information.

Owners of apartments (seen at right) opposite Tate Modern have won a privacy case against the famous art gallery.

Tate Modern's terrace is a nuisance for wealthy neighbors, top U.K. court rules

For years, tourists have peered into multi-million-dollar apartments from the top of London's busiest art gallery. Britain's Supreme Court says that has to change.

Extreme cold has moved into the Northeast on the first weekend of February.

Precautions urged during extreme cold snap

Extremely cold temperatures in the Northeast today and tomorrow have state and local officials warning residents to take precautions.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen shake hands after a joint press conference after talks in Kyiv on Thursday.

European leaders meet in Kyiv to discuss Ukraine's path toward joining the EU

This is the first summit to take place with Ukraine as an official candidate to join the European Union.

Brandon Tsay is awarded the medal of courage by Alhambra Police Chief Kelley Fraser at the Alhambra Lunar New Year Festival in Alhambra, Calif., on Sunday, a little over a week after the Monterey Park mass shooting.

Brandon Tsay wants to use his celebrity to help heal his community

The 26-year-old, who wrested the gun from a shooter who killed 11 people, has been hailed as a hero. Now, he's using his platform to redirect the overwhelming support to Asian American communities.

In his expansive music, brakence tries on different worldviews like clothes, seeing how they fit as he develops his own theory of the world.

The extremely online psychedelia of brakence

Already a quiet influence on the hyperpop scene, fame, relationships, stimulants and screens collide in brakence's "realer-than-real" sound.

Pedestrians view a partially frozen fountain on a cold-weather day on Jan. 11 in New York City.

In many parts of the northern U.S., it's really cold. Here's how to stay safe

Wind chill warnings and advisories are in place for parts of the northern United States as regions see temperatures settle in the single digits.

The Great Salt Lake is roughly 8-9 feet lower than it should be. A snowy winter recently has helped lake levels some.

Climate change and a population boom could dry up the Great Salt Lake in 5 years

Utah leaders are under pressure to end water diversions and enforce tougher restrictions in order save the drying Great Salt Lake. A recent report predicted it will completely dry in five years.

This scanning electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows rod-shaped Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria. U.S. health officials are advising people to stop using the over-the-counter eye drops, EzriCare Artificial Tears, that have been linked to an outbreak of drug-resistant infections of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Manufacturer recalls eyedrops after possible link to bacterial infections

EzriCare artificial tears are suspected to be the cause of an outbreak of the VIM-GES-CRPA strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which the CDC said is the first outbreak of its kind in the U.S.

Bobbi Wilson holds her collection of spotted lanternflies as she is honored at the Yale School of Public Health on Jan. 20.

Yale honors the work of a 9-year-old Black girl whose neighbor reported her to police

Bobbi Wilson went on a mission to save New Jersey's trees, capturing spotted lanternflies. That frightened her neighbor, who called the cops. Now, her bug collection is part of a Yale museum.

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