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Journalist Chronicles The 'Power Struggle' Within The NRA

New York Times reporter Danny Hakim discusses conflicts within the NRA's leadership, its lawsuit against its advertising and PR company, and what leaked documents reveal about the organization.

"No one understands it," says Sylvia Cunningham of how she and her husband, Brandon, holding Braxton, 2, got three of their children returned from foster care, including daughter Jordan, 17 (at left), but a court allowed one son to be placed for adoption because the Cunninghams had failed to pay part of the bill for foster care.

In some states, an unpaid foster care bill could mean parents lose their kids forever

Some states allow children to be removed from their parents if they fail to pay the cost of foster care. But that can be hundreds of dollars a month, and it's often the poorest families who must pay.

A man walks past a newsstand with advertisements for the Mega Millions lottery on Tuesday. The $1.537 billion Mega Millions winning lottery ticket was sold in South Carolina.

A Winning Ticket In S.C. For $1.5 Billion, One Of Largest Jackpots In Lottery History

The drawing was Tuesday at 11 p.m. ET. The odds for holding the winning ticket were about 1 in 302 million.

District 5 Candidate Eileen Higgins, Key West Pride & Scripps Spelling Bee Finalist

Two candidates are vying to be the next Miami-Dade County District 5 Commissioner. Former commissioner Bruno Barreiro resigned the seat in March to run...

First Coast Faces Critical Shortage Of Type O, Type B Blood

The resumption of elective surgeries means hospitals in Northeast Florida need more blood.That’s a problem, since blood drives all but dried up during the…

A demonstrator wears an Oath Keepers anti-government organization badge on a tactical vest during a protest outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 5, 2021.

Justice Department Charges Suspected Oath Keepers In Plot To Attack The Capitol

The Justice Department charged six more members of a far-right militia group for allegedly plotting ahead of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. At least three others were already charged from the group.

Breaking with tradition, Ukrainians celebrate Christmas on Dec. 25 this year

In a stark rebuke of Russia, Ukraine joins the West in celebrating Christmas on Dec. 25 instead of Jan. 6-7 as it traditionally has done.

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino says he will step down in January

Bongino's tenure was at times tumultuous, including a clash with Justice Department leadership over the Epstein files. But it also involved the arrest of a suspect in the Jan. 6 pipe bomber case.

Security guards stand in front of the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in the city of Wuhan on January 11, 2020, after the market had been closed following an outbreak of COVID-19 there. Two new studies document positive samples of SARS-CoV-2 from stalls where live animals were sold.

Newly published evidence points to Wuhan seafood market as pandemic origin point

The studies offer the strongest evidence to date of a link between the animals at the seafood market and the spread of SARS-CoV-2. A top virus sleuth gives the details.

As Amherst, Mass., writes its rules for where to put solar, some local environmentalists worry about farmland and forests getting lost to solar projects. Other local environmentalists worry that overly restrictive solar rules would limit the town's ability to fight climate change.

In some fights over solar, it's environmentalist vs. environmentalist

The U.S. needs a lot more renewable energy to meet its climate goals. In some communities, the opposition to large solar projects comes from environmentalists themselves.

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