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From Liberia: Women Who Pushed For Peace Face New Challenges

Their movement is at a crossroads. It's hard to get younger women involved. But the problems of sexual- and gender-based violence against them are serious.

The FBI team investigating the incident concluded the "noose" found in Bubba Wallace's garage was actually a pull rope that had been in the stall long before the driver was assigned.

NASCAR's Bubba Wallace Was Not The Target Of A Hate Crime, FBI Says

"After a thorough review of the facts and evidence surrounding this event, we have concluded that no federal crime was committed," FBI officials said in a statement, Tuesday.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio backs a decision to remove the statue of Theodore Roosevelt in front of the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Visitors look at a statue which includes a man in a Native American headdress.

Theodore Roosevelt Statue To Be Removed From New York Museum Entrance

"It is time to move the Statue and move forward," the 26th U.S. president's great-grandson says. It depicts Roosevelt on horseback with a Native American man and a man of African descent on foot.

U.S. flags will fly at half-staff on federal and military posts through Sunday, as President Trump orders a remembrance of the nearly 100,000 people who have died from COVID-19 in the U.S. Earlier this month, flags in the hard-hit state of New York flew at half their normal height to honor of those lost to the pandemic.

President Trump Orders Flags To Fly At Half-Staff As U.S. Mourns Nearly 100,000 Dead

Flags will be lowered from Friday through Sunday's sunset in a show of national mourning and remembrance.

Isabella Colbdorf feeds salad to a turkey at this year's Feeding of the Turkeys ceremony in Watkins Glen, in upstate New York, on Nov. 20, 2011.

Where Turkey Is The Guest, Not The Entree

At a farm in upstate New York, the only worry turkeys have around Thanksgiving time is which dishes they want to dig their beaks into. They're the guests of honor at a feast honoring the birds.

Public school teachers protested on street corners all over Broward County on the afternoon of Wednesday, Feb. 26.

Broward Teachers Protest On Street Corners Ahead Of Hearing Over Salary Increases

A small group of teachers wearing matching red T-shirts with the words “Strong Public Schools” gathered on the street corner outside the Northwest...

EU Ambassador to China Nicolas Chapuis said it was "regrettable" that a Chinese newspaper deleted a key phrase about the coronavirus from an opinion piece by EU officials.

EU Officials' Opinion Piece In Chinese Newspaper Censored On Coronavirus Origin

The version published in China Dailyomitted a reference to the illness originating in China and spreading to the rest of the world. The piece was published in full on the authors' websites.

Tropical Storm Gonzalo has formed in the central Atlantic Ocean and is the earliest 'G' storm on record.

Tropical Storm Gonzalo Forms During A Very Busy Atlantic Hurricane Season

Gonzalo, which formed in the Atlantic Ocean, is the earliest "G" storm on record. It has been a busy start to the Atlantic hurricane season. Forecasters don't think it'll be slowing down.

Rep. Ted Deutch Releases Details Of Sexually Abused Migrant Children

Thousands of unaccompanied migrant children have reported being sexually abused while in U.S. government custody. The numbers were detailed in documents released by a Democratic congressman.

Bozo The Clown Actor Frank Avruch Dies At 89

Actor Frank Avruch, who portrayed Bozo the Clown from 1959 to 1970, has died at 89. Avruch died Tuesday at his Boston home from heart disease.

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