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A nurse practitioner fills a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the Beaumont Health offices in Southfield, Mich., on Nov. 5.

The FDA authorizes a Pfizer booster shot for children ages 12 to 15

The authorization comes in the midst of an explosion of COVID-19 cases nationwide driven by the omicron variant — a surge that has brought a spike in pediatric hospitalizations.

NC voter ID trial delayed as US Supreme Court examines case

A federal trial set for January on litigation challenging North Carolina’s voter photo identification law has been delayed. That's to give time to the…

Car fatally strikes horse on North Carolina's Outer Banks

A wild horse that lived on North Carolina’s Outer Banks has been struck and killed by a vehicle. The Raleigh News & Observer reports that the incident…

Blend, a Kurd from Iraq, considers himself lucky. He has only spent 14 days in a camp on the Belarusian side of the border and five days in the woods after crossing to the Polish side. When his kidney problems started to become unbearable because of lack of food and water for the last days, and he couldn't walk longer, volunteers from Polish aid organizations arrived to help.

This photographer captured how activists helped migrants at the Poland-Belarus border

Polish-based photographer Kasia Strek documented what it was like for migrants and people in Poland as the crisis evolved at the border in November.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, pictured in Seoul, South Korea, in early December, has tested positive for COVID-19.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin tests positive for COVID-19

Austin, 68, tested positive on Sunday. He said that his symptoms are mild, and he was fully vaccinated and boosted in October. He plans to continue with key meetings virtually during quarantine.

Virginia Giuffre speaks during a news conference outside a Manhattan court in New York on Aug. 27, 2019.

A federal court just released the settlement deal between Epstein and Giuffre

The settlement between Jeffrey Epstein and Virginia Giuffre, one of his accusers, is emerging less than a week after his longtime partner Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty of sex trafficking a minor.

Seattle Kraken fan Nadia Popovici (center) looks toward Vancouver Canucks assistant equipment manager Brian "Red" Hamilton (left) at the end of an NHL hockey game in Seattle on Saturday. Popovici had written Hamilton a note months earlier urging him to see a doctor about a suspicious mole, which turned out to be cancerous.

A hockey fan spotted a staffer's suspicious mole from the stands, saving his life

Kraken fan and future medical student Nadia Popovici alerted Canucks staffer Brian Hamilton to a suspicious mole, which turned out to be cancerous. The teams surprised her with a $10,000 scholarship.

New York Attorney General Letitia James recently subpoenaed former President Donald Trump and his two eldest children, demanding their testimony in connection with an ongoing civil investigation into the family's business practices, according to a court filing made public on Monday.

New York's attorney general has subpoenaed Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr.

The subpoenas stem from an ongoing civil investigation into the Trump family's business practices. The former president has also been subpoenaed, and is now suing the attorney general.

Artists honor Breonna Taylor's life in new app

"Breonna's Garden," an augmented reality art project, showcases some of Breonna Taylor's favorite things.

Tracen Wassily outside of Dillingham Middle/High School. (Izzy Ross/KDLG)

Alaska student finds inspiration in an ancient text

High school junior Tracen Wassily of Dillingham, Alaska, was recently given an English assignment: write something new about the world's oldest known epic poem.

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