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Homero Calderón, a Venezuelan professional soccer player, has been detained in an ICE detention center for nearly six months, despite having two immigration processes pending.

ICE detained a Venezuelan soccer pro. His case shows the immigration backlog crisis

Homero Calderón's detention by ICE spotlights the massive backlog in the U.S. immigration system.

People participate in a protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court on May 15, 2025, over President Trump's move to end birthright citizenship.

As birthright citizenship goes to Supreme Court, here's how Americans feel about it

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday on whether all children born in the United States can continue to automatically receive citizenship.

Student Mack Godbee and mentor Natasha Santana-Viera go over Godbee's report card. Godbee's performance has improved since a data monitoring program identified him as a dropout risk.

Putting Student Data To The Test To Identify Struggling Kids

Schools collect a trove of student information, like attendance and grades. Now, more schools are mining that data to flag kids at risk of dropping out — often before anyone realizes they need help.

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Telescope on board is seen transiting the sun during its Aug. 30 launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Roman telescope, named after the agency's first chief astronomer, will help scientists study dark energy, exoplanets and the evolution of the universe.

'A glorious dawn launch': NASA's newest space telescope has left the Earth

The tour-bus-sized telescope aims to unravel cosmic mysteries and identify more than 100,000 planets beyond our solar system.

A voter casts a ballot at a vote center set up in a tent in Las Vegas on June 9.

DHS acknowledges the noncitizen numbers it touted on voter rolls were inflated

The Trump administration claimed to have found 250,000 noncitizens on the voter rolls in four states. But the agency's communications with states since then indicate that data was preliminary.

Wildfire experts have found that homes with dense vegetation are at higher risk of burning, like in the Palisades Fire in 2025. New regulations in California require homeowners to manage plants within 5 feet of a structure.

California passes the toughest wildfire rules in the U.S. for home landscaping

California has adopted the toughest new rules in the country that require homeowners to manage the plants around their houses. Fire experts say it helps protect houses from burning, but public pushback has been strong.

Ulrich Siegmund, the far-right Alternative for Germany's candidate in Saxony-Anhalt, speaks at the Generation Germany youth group's federal congress in Magdeburg, Aug. 29.

Germany's far-right AfD party is poised for power in a state election

Germany's AfD's TikTok-fueled rise in Saxony-Anhalt is raising fears the country could see its first far-right governor since World War II.

An NPR investigation finds the Justice Department has removed or withheld Epstein files related to sexual abuse accusations that mention President Trump.

Justice Department publishes some missing Epstein files related to Trump

The Justice Department has published additional Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor after an NPR investigation found dozens of pages were withheld.

Dr. Rupa Narra shares a before and after photo from Thursday's shift in an Ebola treatment unit in Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Narra and her colleagues are limited to about an hour at a time with patients in the unit due to the difficulty and risks of working in protective gear.

'I've never seen anything like this' -- A U.S. doctor treats Ebola's youngest victims

Dr. Rupa Narra is a U.S. pediatrician who arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo to help care for stricken children. Nothing could have prepared her for what she'd face.

Polls show people across political lines agree that contraception should be legal and accessible.

Trump cuts threaten access to birth control for millions of women

Birth control is routine for many Americans and polls show it's popular across party lines. Now, the Trump administration is withholding funds that provide contraception for low income people.

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