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Biden officials may change how the U.S. defines racial and ethnic groups by 2024

The Biden administration is starting a process that could change how the U.S. census and federal surveys produce racial and ethnic data that is used for redistricting and civil rights enforcement.

Police members inspect a crater caused by a Russian rocket attack in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (June 15)

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

FILE - The Liddell Power Station, left, and Bayswater Power Station, coal-powered thermal power station are pictured near Muswellbrook in the Hunter Valley, Australia on Nov. 2, 2021. Australia’s new government on Thursday formally committed to a more ambitious greenhouse gas reduction target of 43% by the end of the decade in fulfillment of a key election pledge. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)

Australia commits to reducing greenhouse emissions by 43%

The new government may face pressure to set even more ambitious goals for a country that is one of the world's largest exporters of coal and liquified natural gas.

A pro-choice demonstrator holds up a placard outside the US Supreme Court (rear) in Washington, DC, 08 November 2006 as the court hears oral arguments in the partial-birth abortion ban case. The court is weighing in on the constitutionality of a law banning a surgical method to terminate a pregnancy. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Criminal defense lawyers sound the alarm about mass incarceration if Roe falls

Criminal defense attorneys all over the country are gearing up for a wave of criminal charges if, as expected, the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 13: A clip of former President Donald Trump is played during a hearing of the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack at the Cannon House Office Building on Monday June 13, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

The Jan. 6 committee says the Trump campaign ripped off donors. But was it illegal?

Rep. Zoe Lofgren said Monday the Trump campaign took $250 million in donations but didn't use it for the legal defense funding it claimed to need it for.

A U.S.-led military raid in Syria captures a senior IS leader

The coalition did not name the person but identified him as one of the top leaders of the extremist group's Syria branch.

An American Airlines jet sits parked at a gate as light snow falls at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, in Arlington, Va. American Airlines says bookings are coming back — they're nearly at pre-pandemic levels. As a result, the airline said Monday, March 29, 2021, that it expects to bring back most of its grounded planes by early summer. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

'Revenge travel' is surging. Here's what you need to know

Despite sky-high prices and limited availability, people are traveling in droves. Could this new term explain why?

Freetown Elementary School students including Mason Santos, closest to camera and Mila Talbot wearing white, get a chance to pet Hunter, Bristol County Sheriff’s Office’s COVID-detection dog after she finishes checking a classroom.

Dogs trained to sniff out COVID in schools are getting a lot of love for their efforts

A school in southeastern Massachusetts latches onto a novel program that uses canines to sniff out COVID on surfaces. The idea is to help protect kids from the virus and keep the school open.

The Abbott manufacturing facility in Sturgis, Michigan, on May 13, 2022. - Abbott representatives announced on Wednesday that the Sturgis plant could reopen within the next two weeks, subject to FDA approval. The company initiated a voluntary recall after two infants became sick and two died with traces of Cronobacter sakazakii, a common environmental bacteria, found in their systems after consuming formula produced in the plant. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

Abbott's baby formula plant closes again after severe storms and flooding

Abbott's Sturgis, Mich., plant was open for less than two weeks before it had to close again after flooding from severe weather. The company said it hopes to resume production in a few weeks.

Binghamton University says it's building up Johnson City's economy, but at what cost to affordable, family housing?

“Before, if you walked in Johnson City, you would just hear kids laughing and giggling. Now you don’t hear that. All you hear is construction.”

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