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Peter Neaton and his crew unload black cod pots in Homer, Alaska after a November fishing trip in the Gulf of Alaska.

Alaska Fishermen Hauling A Bigger Catch With Gear They Get To Use For The First Time

Alaska fishermen who took advantage of new regulations allowing them to fish with a previously banned piece of gear are happy they saved their catch from hungry whales.

Members of conservative right-wing and Christian groups take part in an anti-government rally in Seoul on Aug. 15.

The Volatile Mix Of A South Korean Church, Politics And The Coronavirus

A clash over disease control between the government and a church is the latest flashpoint in a wider conflict between a right-wing coalition and President Moon Jae-in's liberal administration.

A man walks past debris Sunday on St. Thomas, in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Days after Hurricane Irma smashed through the U.S. territory on its way to Florida, residents say they barely recognize their homes.

The Rubble And Recovery Of U.S. Virgin Islands: 'Will We Survive The Aftermath?'

Irma's earliest American victims fear they will be forgotten by the mainland. Largely reduced to wreckage, the U.S. territory is now struggling to pick up the pieces.

Jadav Payeng, "The Forest Man of India," has planted tens of thousands of trees over the course of nearly 40 years. He has made bloom a once desiccated island that lies in the Brahamputra river, which runs through his home state of Assam.

A Lifetime Of Planting Trees On A Remote River Island: Meet India's Forest Man

A humble farmer from a marginalized tribal community takes on a solo mission to reforest an island in Assam, India.

Jeremiah Tower is the subject of <em>The Last Magnificent</em>, a new documentary on his crash-and-burn career. It was produced by Anthony Bourdain, who feels that Tower has been denied his due in the American culinary pantheon.

A Watergate Villain Walks Into A Berkeley Restaurant. What Could Go Wrong?

A new film profiles influential chef Jeremiah Tower. When one of the most hated men in U.S. politics walked in for dinner at Berkeley's famed Chez Panisse, where Tower worked, a colorful scene ensued.

Marine veteran gets 10-year sentence in Iran

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - An Iranian news agency is reporting that an appeals court has overturned a death sentence of an American man convicted of working for…

Detroit sewage treatment plant, state plan to settle pollution violations

The state has proposed an agreement to fix some ongoing problems at Detroit’s wastewater treatment plant.The consent order from the Michigan Department of…

NEA President visits Michigan to talk "Degrees Not Debt"

She was the first in her family to go to college, but the head of the nation's largest teachers' union fears many Michigan children won't be able to…

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, appears on stage with Vice President Mike Pence in Des Moines on Aug. 13. Ernst is locked in a close race for reelection this fall against Democrat Theresa Greenfield.

'So Skeptical': As Election Nears, Iowa Senator Under Pressure For COVID-19 Remarks

The race for Joni Ernst's seat could help determine control of the Senate. At a recent campaign event, the GOP lawmaker echoed a debunked conspiracy theory about the pandemic's death toll.

Top: St. Andrews Bay on remote South Georgia island, en route to Antarctica from the Falkland Islands, is home to 250,000 pairs of king penguins, the island's largest colony. Below: A crew member of the National Geographic Explorer ship walks on "fast ice," or thick sea ice that's held fast to the shore at Wilhelmina Bay on the Antarctic Peninsula.

Photographer Captures The Contradictions Of Otherworldly Antarctica

WAMU's Tyrone Turner was mesmerized by the majestic ice and surprised by how he felt in the presence of these massive structures.

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