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Flowers lay next to the name of Charlotte Bacon, carved in the stone of a memorial dedicated to the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, in Newtown, Conn.

A Sandy Hook memorial opens to the public nearly a decade after school tragedy

The memorial honors the 26 children and adults killed in the 2012 shooting in Newtown. A rebuilt Sandy Hook School is now visible from the site in Newtown, Conn.

Attendants wait to guide visitors to the the exhibition entitled "Forging Ahead in the New Era," highlighting Chinese President Xi Jinping's years as leader, at the Beijing Exhibition Center in Beijing, ahead of the 20th Communist Party Congress meeting.

China's major party congress is set to grant Xi Jinping a 3rd term. And that's not all

China's ruling party kicks off a national congress on Sunday in which Xi Jinping is expected to secure a third term as party boss and chief of the military.

Law enforcement stand at the entrance to Neuse River Greenway Trail parking at Abington Lane following a shooting in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022.

5 people have been killed in a North Carolina shooting, including a police officer

Five people were killed by a shooter who opened fire along a walking trail in North Carolina's capital city on Thursday and eluded police for hours before he was arrested, police said.

The warehouse at the Maricopa County Elections Department is seen on Sept. 8. The Maricopa sheriff says he's stepped up security around ballot drop boxes after a series of incidents involving people keeping watch on the boxes.

Monitors at Arizona ballot drop boxes draw complaints of voter intimidation

Arizona's secretary of state has referred at least six potential voter intimidation complaints near ballot drop boxes to law enforcement.

A year in, the U.S. makes a pledge: 'Ukraine will decide what victory looks like'

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin says the U.S. wants to put Ukraine in the best position to end the war, but he declined to say if battlefield victories or diplomacy were the shared end goal.

Nueces County District Attorney Mark Gonzalez studies past criminal cases his office has prosecuted, inside the county courthouse in Corpus Christi, Texas.

These Texas DAs refused to prosecute abortion. Republican lawmakers want them stopped

The Texas GOP is pushing a bill that would punish district attorneys who set a policy not to prosecute certain crimes. It comes after many said they wouldn't prosecute abortion cases following Dobbs.

Wayne Shorter, sage of the saxophone, dies at 89

The composer and saxophonist, who won a dozen Grammy Awards and recorded with everyone from Miles Davis to Joni Mitchell, died on Thursday, March 2 in Los Angeles.

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas is pictured during an interview in Tallinn, on Feb. 23. Her Reform Party leads in the polls ahead of Sunday's election.

Ukraine is dominating the election in Estonia, a key NATO ally. Here's what to watch

Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has led the former Soviet republic since 2021. She's an outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and a vocal supporter of Ukraine.

Remembering cello player Abdul Wadud, and other jazz greats who died in 2022

Wadud, saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, organist Joey DeFrancesco, trombonist Grachan Moncur III, trumpeter Jaimie Branch and saxophonist Ronnie Cuber are among the notable musicians who died in 2022.

This illustration picture shows debit and credit cards arranged on a desk on April 6, 2020 in Arlington, Va. Americans are using their credit cards more to pay for everyday expenses at a time when interest rates are rising.

Americans are piling up credit card debt — and it could prove very costly

More Americans are leaning on their credit cards to cope with rising prices. And as interest rates continue to climb, that debt is getting more and more expensive.

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