A prompted a lawsuit, a public apology and the dismissals of two municipal employees — and it may soon result in an $80,000 payout. The woman, Latosha Clemons, 48, sued the city of Boynton Beach, about 60 miles north of Miami, in April for defamation and negligence. Her depiction in the mural, hun...

The Perseverance rover, which spent months traveling to Mars, could hardly have landed in a more interesting spot.  The Jezero crater — — was once a lake bed fed by an ancient river with floods so powerful they could move boulders, scientists say.  Those findings, , confirmed scientist...

More than 50 years after he debuted as the beloved Capt. James T. Kirk in the original series of “Star Trek,” William Shatner boldly flew to the edge of space. The 90-year-old actor launched Wednesday aboard a rocket and a capsule developed by Blue Origin, the private spaceflight company...

Residents of a predominantly Black city in Michigan whose drinking water has contained high levels of lead for at least three years now are demanding a more aggressive state response. While state officials say they are working to rectify the problem stemming from outdated, corroded service lines, Be...

LOS ANGELES — Longtime politician Mark Ridley-Thomas and a former dean at the University of Southern California were indicted Wednesday on federal bribery and corruption charges involving political support for county contracts, prosecutors said. The charges against Ridley-Thomas, 66, a Los Angeles...