A candidate for superintendent of a Massachusetts school district says he had his contract rescinded after he used the word "ladies" in an email -- and another candidate pulled out of consideration after controversial Facebook posts about women's sports surfaced.
Science educator and engineer Bill Nye explains what a light-year is, why we have a unique measurement for outer space, and why it's "the coolest thing ever that there's so much we don't know" about the universe.
A group of progressive Tesla shareholders want the company's board of directors to make CEO Elon Musk concentrate more on one of his many jobs, that of running the EV automaker.
The acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration told staffers he will step down this summer, further expanding the leadership vacuum at the agency.
Home buyers have proved to be mortgage rate sensitive, with home sales over the past year tanking as rates have surged, and improving during periods when rates have ticked down. The past year has shown that as monthly mortgage payments decline, demand goes up.
In response to last month's turbulence in the banking industry, financial regulators on Friday proposed a more comprehensive approach in identifying and addressing threats to financial stability, including closer scrutiny of nonbank financial companies.
Melissa Henry already had a lot on her plate before a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine about a mile away from her home on February 3, spilling toxic chemicals into the air. She was going through a divorce and getting her home ready to put on the market. All she had left to do was photograph the home before it was to be listed.
All eyes are on the Supreme Court as it could say at any moment before midnight Friday how it will handle a blockbuster medication abortion case that landed on its doorstep late last week.
SVB Financial Group, the company that owned the failed Silicon Valley Bank until the US government took it over last month, announced that two of its top executives have left their jobs.
A judge denied bond Friday to a man accused in the 2017 White supremacist march in Charlottesville, Virginia, citing allegations the man continued to participate in antisemitic incidents after the infamous event at the University of Virginia.
After the first test launch of a SpaceX Starship rocket — the most powerful launch vehicle ever constructed — ended in an eruption of flames over the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, the company sought to frame the mission as a success.
The firearm a 25-year-old man used this month to shoot and kill five of his colleagues at a bank in Kentucky is expected at some point to go up for auction -- a practice set by a state law the shooter's family and Louisville's mayor say they want changed.
The United States government has not yet made a decision about whether to evacuate US diplomatic personnel from Sudan, but preparations are continuing for a potential evacuation, multiple US officials said Friday.
BMW has apologized in China following a backlash over its ice cream giveaway promotion at the Shanghai auto show, where it was accused of discrimination against Chinese attendees.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed on Friday legislation that expands the state's law enforcement reach in the city of Jackson and implements major changes to its judicial system.
President Joe Biden announced new environmental justice actions on Friday, including an executive order that the White House says will make environmental justice a central mission of federal agencies.
