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The tragedy at the Capital Gazette is back in the limelight as the gunman's insanity plea goes before a jury.

A survey of 7,000 emoji users in the U.S., Europe and Asia found that emoji are not only useful on the job — they can make people feel more connected and receptive to new tasks.

Masih Alinejad, an Iranian American journalist, says she is the target of an alleged kidnapping plot recently described in a federal indictment: "It's just obvious that they were going to execute me."

The National Weather Service will send survey teams to at least four counties today, after several dozen tornadoes were reported across the state Wednesday afternoon and evening. A judge has delayed today’s scheduled sentencing of the man accused of killing Mollie Tibbetts in 2018. And, it’s the first day on the job for the University of Iowa’s new president.

The storms also have struck Belgium and other European countries. More than 60 people have died and dozens remain missing. In Germany has a state of emergency and the army has been deployed.

Chinese propaganda paints the U.S. as a big, bad foreign power out to hold China down. This kind of rhetoric is as old as China's Communist Party, as it celebrates its 100th birthday this month.

Robert Santos, one of the country's leading statisticians, could become the first person of color to lead the U.S. Census Bureau as a Senate-confirmed director.

At the peak of the Perseids this week, up to 100 meteors an hour can be caught shooting across the sky at 37 miles per second, leaving long streaks in their wake.

A sentencing hearing for the man convicted of killing Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts has been delayed, after his attorneys requested a new trial and more time to review new evidence. Instead of sentencing Cristhian Bahena Rivera on Thursday, a judge will hold a hearing on defense requests to compel prosecutors to hand over information about other suspects.

The Biden administration faced mounting pressure to relocate about 18,000 Afghans who helped with U.S. military operations, along with their families. Many fear a resurgent Taliban will seek revenge.