Officials say 75 people were caught underneath a column of burning ash when Mount Marapi erupted on Sunday. Andrew Chang breaks down why this eruption came as a surprise — and what made the search for survivors so dangerous.
In July, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a new law to move the country's official Christmas Day holiday to Dec. 25. Prior to this, it was celebrated on Jan. 7, the day observed by the Russian Orthodox Church. With this being the first December of the law officially in effect, some Ukrainians were happy with their new earlier Christmas Day, as it marks a greater separation between them and Russia.
Two months after his historic ouster as House speaker, Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California announced on Wednesday that he is resigning from his congressional seat and will leave by the end of the year.
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday, before departing for Saudi Arabia in a one-day lightning tour intended to raise Moscow's profile as a Middle East power broker, even as his war in Ukraine grinds on.
U.S. President Joe Biden is pushing to allow the Indigenous nation that invented lacrosse to play under its own flag when the sport returns to the Olympics in 2028.
Norman Lear, the writer, director and producer who revolutionized prime time television with such topical hits as All in the Family and Maude and propelled political and social turmoil into the once-insulated world of sitcoms, has died.
