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Festival volunteer Erin Petrey pours nonalcoholic martinis during bartender Derek Brown's master class at the Mindful Drinking Fest in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 21.

This drinks festival doesn't have alcohol. That's why hundreds of people came

One of the hottest tickets in Washington, D.C., was to a festival that was all about drinking and having fun — but not about booze.

Attorney Roy Cohn, left, confers with red-hunting Sen. Joseph McCarthy, R-Wisc., during Senate hearings in 1954.

Through all Trump's legal wars and woes, one lawyer's influence still holds sway

Roy Cohn always told clients to fight all charges, countersue when sued and never concede. Trump has followed his formula for half a century, and it has come to matter a great deal to the nation.

A meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower in August 2021 at Spruce Knob, in West Virginia. A Harvard astronomer thinks a meteor on the floor of the South Pacific Ocean could be a technological object created by aliens.

An astronomer thinks alien tech could be on the ocean floor. Not everyone agrees

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb thinks alien technology could be on the ocean floor. And if he finds anything with buttons on it, he would very much like to press those buttons.

Former President Donald Trump attends a rally in support of Georgia Republican Senators in December 2020.

Senate report details Trump's efforts to use DOJ to overturn election results

The report from the panel's Democratic majority documents the chaotic final weeks of Trump's presidency following his loss to Joe Biden.

U.S. Border Patrol agents used horses to block migrants crossing the Rio Grande River near the Del Rio-Acuña Port of Entry in Del Rio, Texas, on Sunday. After agents grabbed migrants from horseback and at least one agent whirled his reins at a man, the agents' use of horses was suspended.

Haitian Migrants Have Now Been Cleared From Del Rio Border Camp, U.S. Says

The camp grew to hold 15,000 people at one point, with a total of nearly 30,000 migrants passing through since Sept. 9, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says.

A Russian court has declared Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, an extremist organization. WhatsApp is excluded from the ruling, however.

A Russian court bans Facebook and Instagram as extremist

The ruling amounts to an immediate ban of Facebook and Instagram in Russia, where both platforms are already blocked. WhatsApp, which is owned by the same company, is still allowed.

For her new documentary, <em>Lynching Postcards: Token Of A Great Day, </em>filmmaker Christine Turner examined hundreds of black-and-white photographs that show how organized these events were and included chilling messages that shared the experience with those who weren't there. The postcard above shows the crowd at the lynching of Henry Smith in Paris, Texas, in 1893.

How Black activists used lynching souvenirs to expose American violence

Christine Turner, the filmmaker behind the short documentary, Lynching Postcards: 'Token of A Great Day,' talks about her film and its present-day resonance.

During Banned Books Week, Readers Explore What It Means To Challenge Texts

Libraries, schools, authors and readers are celebrating Banned Books Week. Among the Top 10 most challenged books in the U.S. are The Hate U Give and To Kill A Mockingbird.

Norway's team lines up during the 2018 Women's Beach Handball World Cup final against Greece on July 29, 2018 in Kazan, Russia.

Female handball players will no longer have to wear bikini bottoms

The rule change is an apparent victory for Norway's female handball team after it was fined for wearing shorts rather than the requisite bikini bottoms over the summer.

Micro-Face Auction: The Most Collectible Comic Book Of All Time?

Will our Micro-Face comic book become the most collectible item ever created? Find the full Planet Money Superhero series here.

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