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Artist Kadir Nelson was inspired by Kwame Alexander's poem celebrating African American life, and turned it into a picture book for children. Nelson was awarded the Caldecott Medal Monday.

Oracle accuses Google of illegally copying its software. Google contends the kind of code it used cannot be owned by anyone.

Capt. Chris Watkins, an 18-year veteran of the Peoria County Sheriff’s Department, defeated Lt. Jason Buckley in Tuesday's Republican primary for Sheriff. With no Democrat running in the general election, Watkins is in line to follow outgoing Sheriff Brian Asbell.

Nine days after Hurricane Fiona, hundreds of thousands in Puerto Rico still lack electricity. Mayors are calling on retired electrical workers, despite threats legal from the private electric utility.

President Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law at a White House ceremony.

William Barr is in line to be President Trump's next attorney general and the Senate Judiciary Committee had a lot of questions for him.

Sarah Parcak has found that studying the rise and fall of civilizations has given her hope, or at least some hope. Her new book is called Archaeology from Space: How The Future Shapes Our Past.

Californians face another electricity rate hike, in part to pay for PG&E to bury power lines to prevent wildfires. As climate change raises energy costs, low-income residents struggle to pay bills.

Republicans on the homeland security committee voted to approve the articles along party lines early on Wednesday, setting up a vote on the full House floor as early as this week.

In Syria, many Kurds celebrated Nowruz in secret under Assad. With him gone, Kurdish people are throwing their biggest spring equinox party in decades. But some still fear for their safety.