Lena Horne becomes first Black woman honored with Broadway theater
Horne's granddaughter said that renaming the theater in her honor is a "celebration of the contributions of Black women to theater history."
6-year-old Florida boy reunited with his mom 2 months after he went missing
A private investigator believes 6-year-old Jorge "Jojo" Morales' father had been planning to take him to Canada for a year to live "off the grid."
Europe temperatures increased more than twice global average, report says
Europe is a leader in climate mitigation. That couldn't save it from also becoming a leader in temperature increases.
Hate speech spiked on Twitter after Elon Musk's takeover, study finds
The number of hate speech-filled tweets increased by 4.7 times an hour immediately following Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter, researchers found.
Blue whales are "canaries" for microplastic consumption, study finds
The estimate is conservative, one researcher said, but shows the whales are "canaries in the coal mine" for a potentially toxic problem for other animals, including humans.
"Planet killer" asteroids discovered hiding in sun's glare
The massive space rock could be "very bad for life as we know it" if it collided with Earth.
Dolly Parton says she has "no intention" to "ever tour again"
The 76-year-old "Jolene" singer says she's toured "my whole life" and now wants to stay closer to home with her husband: "We're getting older now...Something could happen."
The science behind NASA's "smiling" sun
The sun appeared to be "smiling" down on Earth ahead of Halloween weekend. But what does it mean?
After multiple broken bones, Michael J. Fox has one mission: "Don't fall down"
"I'm just getting to where I'm walking steadily again," the award-winning "Back to the Future" actor said. "...It's fantastic."
Tom Brady, Gisele Bündchen announce divorce after 13 years of marriage
The decision for the divorce was "painful and difficult," Brady said, but was done "amicably and with gratitude for the time we spent together."
Texas woman fatally shot by ex-husband as she was on the phone with 911
The incident, under investigation as a domestic violence murder-suicide, happened at an apartment complex in Lewisville, Texas.
Stephen Colbert says Kanye West is banned from "The Late Show"
"My jurisdiction extends to the northern half of Times Square and I am banning Kanye from coming north of Bubba Gump Shrimp," Stephen Colbert quipped on-air.
New reports warn of "untold human suffering" as climate goals fall short
Nations pledged to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, but three new U.N. reports show that the world is on track to hit nearly double that in less than 80 years.
Kanye West says he lost $2 billion after antisemitic remarks
Ye directed his post to Ari Emanuel, who wrote an op-ed saying "silence and inaction" about the rapper's antisemitism "are not an option."
53 species previously thought silent have vocal communication
The findings indicate that vocal communication is an ancient vertebrate skillset that dates back about 407 million years.