O.J. Simpson was more than a football star. More than a pop culture icon or a defendant acquitted of murder.
He became a symbol of America's complicated relationship to race, celebrity, and justice. His family announced that he died of cancer Wednesday at age 76.
The murder trial of O.J. Simpson became not only about one man and two victims, but the entire country. Coming up, we assess the legacy of a case, and a verdict, that put race in America on the stand.
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In her new novel, Leigh Bardugo drags readers into a world of servitude, magic, power struggles, and intrigue — one where there isn't a single character that doesn't have a secret agenda.
April 15th, the deadline to file your income taxes, is just around the corner. Filings so far this year are on track with last year's, while the average refund is slightly larger.
Economists sent 83,000 fake job applications to a slew of major U.S. companies, and found that the typical firm favored white applicants over Black ones by around 9%.
Fighting in Gaza is down sharply. Aid deliveries are rising rapidly. Israel has withdrawn most of its troops. The Israel-Hamas war has entered a new phase.
FBI agents in high-cost areas can face long commutes and trouble paying the bills. Their advocates are asking for a housing allowance to lighten the load.
It's been 30 years since the Rwandan genocide. In some places today, survivors live side-by-side with perpetrators in so-called reconciliation villages.
Born Chad George Ha'aheo Rowan in Hawaii, Akebono moved to Tokyo in the 1980s, won his first grand championship in 1993, the first of 11 such titles, and retired in 2001. He died of heart failure.
About 250 Filipinos live on Thitu Island, the largest and most inhabited island of the Spratlys, in the South China Sea. But Chinese ships are never far away.
Almost everyone fled Sderot after Hamas militants killed 50 residents and visitors on Oct. 7. Now most have returned, but soldiers are guarding schools and residents are traumatized and feel insecure.
Cowboy Carter has spurred plenty of discussion for being a groundbreaking country album. But for one critic, it calls to mind a cult favorite '70s psych-rock concept album.
