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After recently weakening the Voting Rights Act, the Supreme Court avoided for now taking up a legal question that may severely limit enforcement of the law's remaining protections for minority voters.

The bodies of all five Italian divers who died in the Maldives last week have now been found, officials tell the BBC.

Civilians, including humanitarians, continue to face great danger across war-torn Ukraine amid ongoing hostilities, according to the UN humanitarian relief coordination office there, OCHA.

From Ebola outbreaks in Central Africa to the complex evacuation of passengers aboard a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) opened its annual assembly on Monday as countries grapple with disease outbreaks, deep funding cuts and growing geopolitical tension.

4th grade science teacher Sara Stinson must have known she was doing a great job when her intrepid students began giving themselves extra homework. It didn’t involve studying for an exam, but raising money to help a local wildlife trust buy a parcel of imperiled land in California’s Big Bear Valley...

Reproductions of works by Monet, Picasso and Van Gogh are being hung in town centres to bring art closer to communities The post Monet for nothing: the famous artworks cheering up UK high streets appeared first on Positive News.

Tuesday's primary in Georgia features contentious Republican contests for governor and U.S. Senate while Democrats hope an enthusiasm advantage is enough to flip two state supreme court seats.

A new study suggests humans became overwhelmingly right-handed because of two major evolutionary shifts: walking on two legs and developing much larger brains. Researchers found that as human ancestors evolved, their right-hand preference steadily intensified — transforming a mild tendency into one...

Keep Britain Tidy awards six Blue Flags but Avon Beach misses out because of a slip-up.