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Foo Fighters perform in Gilford, N.H. on May 24. The band's 11th studio album, <em>But Here We Are</em>, is out now.

Foo Fighters' 'But Here We Are' is heavy, in every sense of the word

These songs ache with loss, even as they explode in full-bore rock mayhem, and that loss extends beyond the deaths of loved ones.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks before a Senate Appropriations hearing on the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington, on May 16, 2023.

U.S.-China divide looms as Asia security summit begins in Singapore

China has refused to let its defense minister meet formally with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. However, the two defense chiefs did briefly exchange words and shook hands before Friday's dinner.

Marie C. Bolden made national headlines when she turned in a flawless performance at a spelling bee in Cleveland. Her competitors included white students from segregated school districts in the South.

When she won the first national spelling bee, Marie C. Bolden dealt a blow to racism

Her victory made national news, upending stereotypes about race less than 50 years after the end of slavery. It also sparked racist fury.

Sixty years ago, Birmingham authorities turned firehoses and police dogs on protesters, a pivotal period in the civil rights movement. Now, six decades later, people in the Alabama city reflect on the struggle then and now.

60 years since 'The Children's Crusade' changed Birmingham and the nation

The Birmingham movement in 1963 was a turning point when children joined the struggle for equal rights. The brutal response from white segregationists galvanized support for the Civil Rights Act.

A woman in a yellow suit gestures behind two microphones.

PolitiFact FL: Amanda Gorman poem moved in one library, not banned in Miami-Dade County

An Instagram post claimed that Miami-Dade County banned Gorman’s poem from elementary schools. PolitiFact and WLRN found there was no countywide effort to remove this poem.

A man speaks into a microphone with the seal of Florida.

PolitiFact FL: DeSantis said not ‘a single book’ was banned. Districts have removed dozens

Florida school districts have removed some books entirely while restricting others to certain grades or requiring students to get parental permission to see them.

Tropical Depression Two forms Thursday; set to bring heavy rain and flood threat to South Florida

The 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season kicks off Thursday with the formation of Tropical Depression Two off the Gulf Coast of Florida.

The first debt ceiling fight was in 1953. It looked almost exactly like the one today

Debt ceiling dramas have been going on a long time. The first one happened exactly 70 years ago. President Eisenhower asked Congress for an extra $15 billion and the Senate said, "No dice."

Otis Taylor at his belated graduation in May, 2023.

He was expelled after he refused to cut his afro. 57 years later, he got his degree

In 1966, Otis Taylor was refused his high school diploma from Manual High School in Denver, Colo., for refusing to cut off his afro at the administration's request.

Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks to a crowd of motorcycle riders and the press before riding a motorcycle to the Iowa state fairgrounds for Iowa GOP Sen. Joni Ernst's Roast and Ride fundraiser on June 3.

Mike Pence announces 2024 run for president with sharp criticism of Trump

After distancing himself from former President Donald Trump, the former vice president announced his bid for the White House with a video and at an event in Iowa.

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