Although the latest image from the Hubble Space Telescope arrived just in time for July 4, the cosmic fireworks have been unfolding over two centuries.
Four children have been infected with E. coli -- one fatally -- after visiting the county fair in San Diego.
The children infected ranged between ages 2 and 13, and their cases have been linked to contact with animals at the San Diego County Fair, the county said in a statement Friday.
President Donald Trump shook hands with Kim Jong Un on Sunday and took 20 steps into North Korea, making history as the first sitting US leader to step into the country.
Environmentalists have removed more than 40 tons of plastic from the Pacific Ocean. It's estimated that 1.15 to 2.41 million tons of plastic enter the ocean each year.
American tennis prodigy Cori "Coco" Gauff, 15, just became the youngest player in the Open era to advance through qualifying to reach Wimbledon's main draw where she will play compatriot Venus Williams.
The House of Representatives voted 230-195 on Tuesday to approve $4.5 billion in aid for the growing crisis at the US southern border -- a vote that followed Democratic infighting over the package and a White House veto threat.
Acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner John Sanders is resigning, he said in a message sent to agency employees Tuesday, amid the dramatic increase in the number of undocumented migrants crossing the border and a fight over how to address it.
It's the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster, responsible for causing an incalculable number of deaths and exposing millions to dangerous radiation.
It's also a tourism hotspot, a place where visitors seemingly strip off for selfies in front of abandoned buildings and snap artistically macabre shots of ruined relics.
Five years into a knife-crime crisis, Britain is still scrambling for solutions. Few weekends pass without reports of violence in the country, while flowers laid on London street corners serve as a near-daily reminder of its results.