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A child-size dummy is crushed by a dresser during a Consumer Product Safety Commission news conference in Washington, D.C., in 2016. That year Ikea began a recall of millions of dressers after six children were killed in tip-over incidents. But a new study says that tip-over risks extend far beyond any one furniture-maker.

'Consumer Reports' Finds Dangerous Dressers In All Sizes And Shapes

Furniture tip-overs kill multiple children every year. A nonprofit group tested a range of dressers and found there was no way for consumers to tell by looking whether a dresser would be stable.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein had been the public face of the investigation into Russian attacks on the 2016 election.

Rod Rosenstein, Face Of Russia Probe, To Step Down As Deputy Attorney General

The departure of the Justice Department's number two leader has been expected for months. Rosenstein has described himself as someone dealt a bad hand, one he played the best he could.

Ballet dancers in Shanghai rehearse while wearing masks on March 2. A virus first identified in December has altered daily life and public spaces around the globe.

PHOTOS: Public Life Is Surreal In A Pandemic

A virus first identified in December has altered daily life and public spaces around the globe. These images capture scenes from this unnerving era.

The Statue of Liberty is visible behind refrigeration trucks that function as temporary morgues at New York City's South Brooklyn Marine Terminal. "If you're driving by ... you might just assume that this was some sort of distribution hub," <em>Time</em> reporter W.J. Hennigan says. "But they are each filled with up to 90 bodies apiece."

Reckoning With The Dead: Journalist Goes Inside An NYC COVID-19 Disaster Morgue

Time magazine reporter W.J. Hennigan embedded with workers responsible for caring for the bodies of some 20,000 New Yorkers who have died from COVID-19. "It's a haunting thing," he says.

Kirtland's Warbler recovery success story for Endangered Species Act

State and federal wildlife agencies say the Kirtland's Warbler can safely be removed from the endangered species list. The yellow breasted songbird breeds…

Gov. Whitmer orders bars, theaters to temporarily close; restaurants limited to carry out, delivery

Starting at 3 p.m. Monday, many businesses in Michigan will temporarily close.Governor Gretchen Whitmer has ordered "places of public accommodation" to…

Songs from Studio East: Vox Vidorra explores race, inequality and religion through music

The debut album by Grand Rapids indie rock and soul band VoxVidorra explores race, inequality, love and religion.Molly Bouwsma-Schultz is VoxVidorra’s…

Henry Ford doctor on ventilator beats COVID-19: 'I came as close to death as you can be'

Six days ago, Henry Ford Health doctor Scott Kaatz was on a ventilator, clinging to life.The 62-year-old physician had COVID-19, a virus that had ravaged…

Rebecca Atienza and her father, Roberto, stand in a grove of decimated coffee trees. Hurricane winds stripped these trees nearly bare of leaves and beans.

'This Was A Beautiful Place': Puerto Rico's Coffee Farms Devastated By Maria

Hacienda San Pedro had harvested just 2 percent of its beans before Hurricane Maria blasted through. The ripple effects will continue — it is expecting to run out of beans in December.

Modelers Suggest Pandemic Lockdowns Saved Millions From Dying Of COVID-19

Researchers cast a backward look to see what might have happened during the first months of the coronavirus crisis without any preventive measures.

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