Confederate statue being moved at University of Mississippi

The University of Mississippi was founded in 1848, and the marble statue of a saluting Confederate soldier was put up in 1906.

Navy fights blaze on warship in San Diego Bay for 3rd day

The U.S. Navy said late Monday that firefighters were making significant progress with the assistance of water drops by helicopters.

Burger King addresses climate change by changing cows’ diets

By tweaking their diet, Burger King said Tuesday that it believes it can reduce a cows' daily methane emissions by about 33%.

Discoveries from decades-long HIV research now repurposed in race for coronavirus vaccine

Decades of research into HIV have taught scientists about the immune system, honed vaccine technologies now repurposed against the coronavirus and created a worldwide infrastructure of clinical trial networks.

Pence tells governors to protect citizens however they can

The vice president dropped previous talking points meant to argue that the pandemic's threat was overstated.

The Latest: Florida continues to surpass coronavirus records

U.S. carries out the 1st federal execution in nearly 2 decades

The U.S. put to death a man who was convicted of killing an Arkansas family in the 1990s in a plot to build a whites-only nation in the Pacific Northwest.

‘MythBusters’ host Grant Imahara dies at 49

The Hollywood Reporter reported that Imahara died of a brain aneurysm.

White House turns on Fauci as Trump minimizes virus spike, cites ex-game show host

The administration is working to undercut its most trusted coronavirus expert as the president continues to play down the threat posed by the virus and pushes to reopen the economy before the election.

Hundreds protest in Pennsylvania after officer uses knee to restrain man

Activists against police brutality express outrage and demanding accountability after video emerged over the weekend of an officer putting his knee on a man’s head and neck area outside a hospital.