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The Baylor Bears take on West Virginia Mountaineers at McLane Stadium on Oct. 31, 2019 in Waco, Texas. In a new report, the NCAA says the culture of sexual violence and a lack of accountability spanned the entire Baylor University campus — both inside athletics and out.

NCAA Won't Punish Baylor For Failing To Report Sexual Assault Claims Against Players

The ruling is the culmination of a five-year investigation undertaken by the NCAA following the eruption of the sexual assault scandal at the Christian university in Waco, Texas, in 2016.

Smokestacks belch in Weihai, in China's Shandong province, in 2019. China is set to surpass pre-pandemic levels of carbon dioxide emissions this year.

Earth has 11 years to cut emissions to avoid dire climate scenarios, a report says

Carbon dioxide emissions are rebounding after a dip in 2020, and researchers say that at the current rate, Earth's "carbon budget" will be exhausted in roughly 11 years.

In this Feb. 11, 2005 file photo, trays of printed social security checks wait to be mailed from the U.S. Treasury's Financial Management services facility in Philadelphia. The financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Social Security and Medicare is front and center as the government releases its annual report on the state of the bedrock retirement programs on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021.

A New Report Says The COVID Recession Has Pushed Social Security Insolvency Up A Year

The new projections in the annual Social Security and Medicare trustees reports indicate that the program will be unable to pay full benefits in 2034. Last year's estimated exhaustion date was 2035.

Witnesses say heavy gunfire has erupted near the presidential palace in Guinea's capital and went on for hours. It was not immediately known whether President Alpha Conde, seen above in August 2019, was home at the time the shooting began.

After Reports Of Gunfire In Guinea, Army Colonel Says Government Has Been Dissolved

The dramatic developments Sunday bore all the hallmarks of a West African coup d'etat. After seizing the airwaves, a group of mutinous soldiers vowed to restore democracy to Guinea.

3 People Reported Dead On Long Island, N.Y., In Collision Of Vehicle And 2 Trains

Officials say the vehicle went around the warning gate and was hit, first by one train and then by another one traveling in the opposite direction.

The Perdue Farms chicken and poultry processing factory in Salisbury, Md., pictured on May 2, 2020.

Perdue Farms and Tyson Foods under federal inquiry over reports of illegal child labor

The Labor Department launched investigations into the two major poultry producers after reports that migrant children as young as 13 have been working overnight shifts to clean the companies' plants.

Kentucky Makes Slight Gains In 'Kids Count' Report, Still Lags Behind Other States

An annual report measuring the health and well-being of Kentucky children shows progress in nine different categories, including the teenage birth rate,…

Steve Bannon is seen appearing in court in New York, Jan. 12, 2023. Bannon says he'll fight a judge's ruling on Thursday that he must report to prison by July 1 to serve his four-month sentence for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the U.S. Capitol insurrection.

Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon must report to prison by July 1, judge says

Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon is expected to seek a stay of the judge's order, which could delay his prison surrender date.

Should Reporters Boycott White House Press Briefings After CNN Press Badge Revoked?

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with White House Correspondents' Association President Olivier Knox about the White House's decision to revoke CNN reporter Jim Acosta's press badge.

Kentucky To Use Traditional Chinese Technique To Combat Asian Carp

The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife has a new plan to use a traditional Chinese fishing technique to reduce invasive Asian Carp.Asian Carp are a…

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