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Dan Nelson speaks at a press briefing at the Independence Utility Center to discuss finding of a special investigation into police overtime.

Independence police overtime probe finds lax oversight and 'miscommunications'

The special investigation examined thousands of hours of overtime incurred by police officers to fix up the city jail.

The chief records officer of the U.S. government has asked the Secret Service to determine whether any of its text messages on Jan. 5 and Jan. 6, 2021, were improperly deleted.

The National Archives is looking into reports that the Secret Service deleted texts

Reports that the Secret Service deleted text messages related to the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection have caught the attention of the chief records officer at the National Archives.

Testing capacity for monkeypox is being rapidly expanded.

Monkeypox keeps spreading. Here's what authorities are doing to stop it

Public health experts know what it takes to control a disease outbreak: access to testing and vaccines. But in the last two months of the monkeypox outbreak, the response has not met the need.

Ivermectin has developed an enormous following over the course of the pandemic – in part because of a small cadre of fringe doctors who promote it as an alternative to COVID vaccines, despite early studies which didn't support it as a treatment.

Doubting mainstream medicine, COVID patients find dangerous advice and pills online

A 75-year-old woman became enmeshed in conspiracy theories about COVID. After she got infected, she rejected effective treatments and sought out black market drugs instead.

Environmental activists protest outside the National Press Club, where minister for the Environment and Water, Tanya Plibersek, is scheduled to speak, in Canberra, Tuesday, July 19, 2022.

A report warns that Australia's endangered animals will increase because of wildfires

The wide-ranging report found the number of Australian species listed as threatened had increased since the 2016 report.

House Judiciary Committee Chairperson Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., leads a hearing on the future of abortion rights following the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court, at the Capitol in Washington, July 14, 2022.

Bill to protect same-sex and interracial marriage passes overwhelmingly in the House

Wary of political fallout, GOP leaders didn't direct members to hold the party line against the bill and dozens of Republicans joined Democrats in passing it. But it will likely stall in the Senate.

Relatives and family members enter the courtroom after recess on the first day of the sentencing trial for Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Judicial Complex on Monday in downtown Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

The prosecutor recounted the coldness and cruelty of Parkland gunman as trial begins

The prosecutor seeking the death penalty for the gunman who massacred 17 people at a Parkland, Fla., high school detailed for jurors how he coldly mowed down his victims.

'A Strange Loop' writer and composer started out on Broadway as an usher

Michael R. Jackson's Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical is about a young Black gay musical theater writer named Usher, who works as an usher at a Broadway show — just like Jackson once did.

A woman shelters from the sun under a dark umbrella in London on Monday. Temperatures are forecast to hit well over 100 degrees in parts of the U.K. on Monday and Tuesday.

The heat in London on Monday and Tuesday is rivaling parts of the Sahara

"I think it's the Devil's armpits outside already," a Manchester resident reported around 1 p.m. local time on Monday. The heat wave in Europe that has resulted in deaths and fueled massive wildfires.

At sentencing, Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz faces the death penalty

In a Florida court Monday, lawyers for Nikolas Cruz, who killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018, will ask a jury to spare his life. He already pleaded guilty to the murders.

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