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Fireworks soar over the National Palace Thursday night to mark the start of Independence Day celebrations in Mexico City.

Mexico City's bells ring for Independence Day, in a massive celebration

"Viva México!" President Andrés Manuel López Obrador shouted repeatedly — calls that were loudly echoed by the massive crowd that packed Mexico City's Zócalo square.

Miles Hatfield at his Kentucky home, which he had to abandon after it was flooded by runoff from an old coal mine.

How big coal companies avoid cleaning up their messes

A Bloomberg News/NPR investigation found that large U.S. coal companies used bankruptcy and asset transfers to move old mines to shaky new owners, putting at risk federally mandated land reclamation.

From left: Philippa, 23, from Sydney, Australia; Laura, 23, from Melbourne; and Isabella, 23, from Sydney wait in line to enter Tresor, one of Germany's popular nightclubs for electronic music, in Berlin in the early morning hours of Sept. 4.

How a whiskey-fueled meeting in 1949 led to Berlin's famed techno scene

All-night clubs in the German capital have long drawn "techno tourists." That might never have happened had a hotelier failed to negotiate the end of the city's curfew following World War II.

Heather Thomas browses the aisles of the Western Fairfax Christian Ministries food pantry in Chantilly, Va., last month.

The hidden faces of hunger in America

More than 1.2 million people struggled to put food on the table at some point last year in the Washington, D.C. region. Tens of millions more are struggling across the country.

Ithaca's Common Council voted to authorize the ethics investigation of it's landmark police reform effort after Alderperson Cynthia Brock voiced ethical concerns.

Ithaca will sweeten the compensation package for next police chief

Common council members voted 8-2 Wednesday to approve an increase to the maximum starting salary for Ithaca's next police chief, as the city continues its search to fill the position.

The Lowell High School girls soccer team fist bumps before a game this month in Massachusetts. The coronavirus pandemic has curtailed youth athletics leaving some students scrambling for opportunities.

While Pro And College Athletes Fight Through A Pandemic, Kids Have A Tougher Path

The coronavirus pandemic has eliminated or cut short many sports opportunities for youth athletes. Parents are still looking for ways to help their kids but it's not easy.

He Choreographed 'Single Ladies' And 'WAP.' Now He's Got A Bigger Mission

JaQuel Knight, choreographer of iconic routines for Beyoncé, Megan Thee Stallion and others, is working to copyright his dances in hopes it will keep corporations from profiting off them unfairly.

No bailout for NY rest area project; talks continue on contract terms

There was considerable pushback to project leaders' request for assistance, as the deal is not supposed to cost taxpayers.

Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade at the Met Gala on Monday.

Amid anti-trans bills targeting youth, Dwyane Wade takes a stand for his daughter

The father and sports legend has been outwardly supportive of his daughter Zaya as culture wars surrounding trans rights have continued to swell.

The medical examiner's official autopsy report for 29-year-old Tyre Nichols showed he "died of brain injuries from blunt force trauma," according to the Shelby County, Tenn., District Attorney's Office. Here, the screen at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans honors Nichols before an NBA basketball game between the New Orleans Pelicans and the Washington Wizards on Jan. 28.

Tyre Nichols died of blunt force injuries to the head from his beating, autopsy shows

The 29-year-old's official cause of death was ruled a homicide, according to the report released Thursday by the West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center.

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