Camila Domonoske

Till, a black 14-year-old, was killed in Mississippi in 1955, and two white suspects were acquitted by an all-white jury. The men later confessed to the killings. No other suspect was charged.

A 16-year-old in southwestern Minnesota drove into an unexpected cleft that had opened up in the earth; he escaped safely by crawling out of the back window of his car.

Every year, the Consumer Product Safety Commission urges Americans to use fireworks responsibly. It does this by blowing up a bunch of mannequins on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

The departments of Justice and Education have retracted letters and memos suggesting ways schools and colleges can consider race to encourage diversity.

Winner reached a plea deal with prosecutors that calls for her to serve more than five years in prison. She was charged with violating the Espionage Act by sending NSA documents to a news site.

A 16th century statue of St. George in the town of Estella has gotten a fresh coat of paint — and inspired a fresh wave of outrage.

Dassey was convicted on the basis of a confession he gave as a teen; his lawyers and supporters say it was coerced. He won some rounds, but lost an appeal; the Supreme Court won't be weighing in.

In the past 14 months, more than 13,000 migrants and refugees have been dumped in the Sahara by Algerian authorities, with unknown numbers dying in the desert, The Associated Press says.

Southwest Key has, for many years, operated shelters that house unaccompanied migrant children. The family separation policy shined a spotlight on that work — and raised uncomfortable questions.

The Pew Research Center looked at Americans' ability to identify factual statements as opposed to opinion statements. Success rates varied significantly, they found — and partisan bias played a role.

The Trump administration Wednesday reversed a policy of separating families at the border, which had meant children were held at detention facilities and moved to shelters. What comes next is unclear.

Rep. Beto O'Rourke organized the Father's Day march in just a couple of days. Hundreds of people showed up to protest the Trump administration's policy of separating families at the border.

The former president of Italy's soccer federation is accused of groping a colleague. The New York Times and The Guardian say prosecutors believe the woman, in her 50s, was too old to be intimidated.

The holiday cease-fire — promised on both sides — is a rare act of goodwill. However, not all warring parties in Afghanistan are laying down arms.

A lawyer has released body cam footage from January showing police hitting a man and later mocking him as he lies bleeding. It's the department's third use-of-force controversy this month.

Two riders fell 34 feet to the ground, while others were stranded in a dangling roller coaster car. Six people have been taken to the hospital, according to the Daytona Beach Fire Department.

The late scientist's voice will be "beamed toward the nearest black hole," his daughter tells the British press. Hawking is being interred at Westminster Abbey on Friday.

Canadian clarinetist Eric Abramovitz was accepted into a prestigious conservatory — but, a court found, his girlfriend at the time deleted the acceptance email and sent him a fake rejection.

The ballot initiative says the state of California is so enormous and diverse that it is "nearly ungovernable." Long a billionaire's pet project, the idea will go before voters this fall.

With the sun entirely blocked out by dust, the solar-powered rover has presumably fallen asleep to wait out the storm. NASA scientists say they are "very concerned," but that they hope for the best.