Tiffanie Turnbull BBC News, Sydney Australian Museum Before koalas became Australia’s animal ambassadors, the country tried platypus diplomacy In 1943, a camouflaged ship set off from Australia to England carrying…
When parents’ complaints and evidence of inappropriate behavior began stacking up against a San Ramon Valley High teacher, he was fired — but only after the school district agreed in…
Hundreds of thousands of young Catholics poured into the Tor Vergata field on Rome’s outskirts, for an evening vigil and Mass celebrated by Pope Leo XIV. The first American Pope…
By Michael Kunzelman | Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Senate has confirmed former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as the top federal prosecutor for the nation’s capital, filling the post…
A Ukrainian MP and other officials have been arrested after the country’s anti-corruption agencies uncovered what they call a large-scale bribery scheme in the purchase of drones and electronic warfare…
By Mary Clare Jalonick and Joey Cappelletti | Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Senate is leaving Washington Saturday night for its monthlong August recess without a deal to advance dozens…
Megha Mohan Gender and identity correspondent, BBC World Service Getty Images During a meeting at her office in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, 24-year-old Faith suddenly became nervous – reluctant to…
SAN JOSE — Just over a year after the Alum Rock Union School District board fired its last superintendent, officials have shown another superintendent the door without any public explanation.…
President Donald Trump on Thursday reinstated the Presidential Fitness Test in public schools. First instated in the 1950s to gauge young people’s health and athleticism, the assessment included sit-ups, push-ups,…
NEW YORK — The good vibes lasted only a day. The Giants dropped back below .500 with a 12-6 blowout loss to the New York Mets on Saturday evening at…
