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An inspector general said the the investigation of officials at U.S. Agency for Global Media conducted by a private law firm for former CEO Michael Pack was a "waste or gross waste" of taxpayer money. The law firm charged the agency more than $1.6 million. The officials under review by Pack, shown above at a party earlier this year with Steve Forbes, were later exonerated.

Trump's VOA chief paid 'extravagantly' to investigate critics: Watchdog

A law firm received $1.6 million in taxpayer money to investigate officials at the U.S. Agency for Global Media. An inspector general has concluded that was a "gross waste" of federal resources.

Experimental therapies for cancer can be tempting when you're sick, but many fail to offer any benefit.

Facing cancer? Here's when to consider experimental therapies, and when not to

It can be easy to get your hopes up about exciting new research or alternative approaches to cancer treatment. Here's an insider's guide for figuring out which ones are worth your time.

Scientists were able to map the entirety of the shipwreck site, from the Titanic's separated bow and stern sections to its vast debris field.

A remarkable new view of the Titanic shipwreck is here, thanks to deep-sea mappers

The Titanic wreck is hard to reach and harder to capture, with most images showing just a section at a time. The first full-sized digital scan offers what experts call a game-changing view.

Dua Lipa, 'Dance the Night'

Who better than to capture Barbie's existential dread than Dua Lipa? Her disco-pop number is the first single off the Barbie The Album soundtrack.

President Biden talks to reporters as he departs the White House for the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

Biden says debt ceiling deal 'very close.' Here's why it remains elusive

The Treasury estimates the country could default on its loans early next month. But negotiators are still hashing out key provisions like whether to expand work requirements for federal assistance.

Judith Enck, president of Beyond Plastics at Bennington College and a former EPA regional administrator, gives a petition to an aide to Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie. The petition asks the Legislature to approve a bill to reduce plastic packaging by 50% over the next 12 years.

Sick of all the plastic in your life? A proposed New York bill would reduce it — and it has a shot

The bill would gradually phase in a 50% plastic packaging reduction requirement over a period of 12 years.

Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple & Ulster County Sheriff Juan Figueroa spoke in Rensselaer Thursday at the Albany Yacht Club in observance of National Safe Boating Week.

NYS Sheriffs urge boating safety as summer approaches

Law enforcement officials gathered in Rensselaer Thursday at the Albany Yacht Club to observe National Safe Boating Week.

Parkland school shooting survivor David Hogg speaks during an anti-gun violence rally in Boston on March 25, 2023.

A lesson Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg learned: Find the joy

David Hogg is a survivor of the 2018 mass shooting at his high school. He talks about advocacy, finding common ground with opponents and the importance of making time for joy amid the pain.

Supreme Court sides with Jack Daniel's in trademark dispute with dog toy maker

Jack Daniel's, the famous Tennessee whiskey company, tried to stop production and marketing of a dog toy shaped and decorated like a Jack Daniel's bottle but with the name "Bad Spaniels" on the label.

Of the nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, only Justice Clarence Thomas (seated second from left) and Justice Samuel Alito (seated fourth from left) did not file their financial disclosures. They asked for — and were granted — extensions.

Supreme Court justices, minus Thomas, and Alito, file financial disclosure reports

Justice Clarence Thomas' disclosure form had been eagerly awaited in the wake of news reports that he accepted luxury trips worth hundreds of thousands of dollars from GOP megadonor Harlan Crow.

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