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Taly Kogon and her son Leo, 10, listen to speakers during an interfaith vigil against anti-Semitism and hate at the Holocaust Memorial late last month in Miami Beach, Fla.

After the Pittsburgh mass killing, many are wondering how to turn extremists away from violence and hate. But there is very little research, and even less funding, to make that happen.

In Mosul, reminders of the Islamic State's brutal rule include a school wall covered with drawings showing how militants executed their prisoners. The U.N. says the area around the city holds mass graves where thousands of people were buried.

Islamic State Dumped At Least 6,000 Bodies In Mass Graves In Iraq, U.N. Says

"Victims include women, children, elderly and persons with disabilities, members and former members of the Iraqi armed forces and police," says a new U.N. report that details 202 mass graves.

Schoolchildren who were kidnapped by armed men were released and helped into a truck by police in Bamenda, Cameroon, on Wednesday.

Students Kidnapped In Cameroon Are Freed, But Questions Remain

The students were released at another school 12 miles away. A principal and teacher reportedly remain captive. Tensions in Cameroon have heightened as an Anglophone separatist movement has taken root.

Girl Scouts of the USA has sued Boy Scouts of America, alleging trademark infringement.

Girl Scouts Of The USA Files Suit Against Boy Scouts Of America

The girls' leadership development organization is accusing the Boy Scouts of trademark infringement, after it started admitting girls as well as boys.

A friend attends to the body of a Yemeni fighter on Sept. 22.

Plagued By War and Famine, Yemen Is 'No Longer A Functioning State,' Journalist Warns

In 2015, Saudi Arabia initiated a bombing campaign against Yemen that continues today. Journalist Robert Worth says the results have been devastating — and that the U.S. shares some of the blame.

Raqqa's first responders use a digger to push through the rubble of a building likely destroyed in an airstrike carried out by the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS.

'Entire Families Wiped Out': U.S. Airstrikes Killed Many Civilians In Syria

Rescuers working to dig out and identify corpses from last year's anti-ISIS offensive in Raqqa estimate there were "thousands" of civilian casualties. The U.S.-led coalition acknowledges 104.

South Wind Women's Center in Wichita, Kan. where Dr. George Tiller worked. An anti-abortion extremist who shot and wounded Tiller in 1993 was released from prison earlier this month, and that has clinics that provide abortions concerned. Dr. Tiller was shot and killed in 2009 by another extremist.

Clinics That Provide Abortions Anxious After An Uptick In Threats Of Violence

The release of Rachelle "Shelley" Shannon, who was imprisoned for shooting and injuring an abortion provider in 1993, has clinics on edge amid increased harassment of clinics that provide abortions.

Can A Woman's Rising Social Status Bring Down Rates Of Domestic Violence?

Two new studies offer unexpected insights — and solutions — into the problem of spousal abuse.

North Korean rockets, such as these shown drilling near Pyongyang on March 7, 2017, launch from mobile trucks.

Commercial Satellites Reveal North Korean Missile Base

The previously undisclosed base contains networks of tunnels used to hide and fuel mobile missiles. Intelligence agencies believe there are some 20 similar bases scattered throughout North Korea.

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California (left) and House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana were both re-elected to leadership positions for the next Congress, but this time, they'll be in the minority.

After Midterm Losses, House Republicans Elect McCarthy As Top Leader

With Democrats winning control of the House in the midterm elections, GOP representatives and party freshmen elected leaders to run a smaller, more conservative conference in the next Congress.

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