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In the 1920s, Harlem's African-American population exploded — with nearly 200,000 African Americans inhabiting a neighborhood where there had been virtually no blacks 15 years earlier. Above, a Harlem street in 1942.

Great Migration: The African-American Exodus North

More than 6 million African-Americans moved from the South to cities in the Northeast and Midwest between 1915 and 1970. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson documents the resulting demographic and social changes in her history of the Great Migration, The Warmth of Other Suns.

An armed man was killed after trying to breach an Ohio FBI office

An armed man clad in body armor who tried to breach the FBI's Cincinnati office on Thursday was shot and killed by police after he fled the scene and engaged in an hourslong standoff.

Eloise At 55: The Legacy Of Kay Thompson

Fifty-five years after Eloise first appeared, the impish girl who lived in the Plaza Hotel is as iconic as ever. Author Sam Irvin, who has written a new biography of Eloise creator Kay Thompson, talks about the famous storybook character and the eccentric actress behind her.

Members of Crew-6 — (L-R) Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, Sultan Al-Neyadi of the United Arab Emirates, and NASA astronauts Warren Hoburg and Stephen Bowen — pose after arriving at Florida's Kennedy Space Center on February 21, 2023 in Florida. Each of their flight suits has numerous patches - including one designed specifically for this mission to the International Space Station.

Every space crew needs a mission patch. This company has designed NASA's for 50 years

Since the first days of the space program, astronauts wear a special patch specific to each mission. A small North Carolina company has designed them all since the Apollo lunar launches.

Ali Kafadenk, 34, poses in front of the rubble of his destroyed apartment in Islahiye, Turkey. He and his wife Merve, 27, survived the earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Feb 6.

One couple's bedroom caved in during the earthquake. Here's how it saved their lives

In the catastrophic earthquake in Turkey and Syria, several survivors stayed alive by chance when their collapsed walls provided protection.

Shyleana Sausedo-Day, from Portsmouth, Va., places flowers near the scene of a mass shooting at a Walmart, Wednesday in Chesapeake, Va.

Police release the names of the victims in the Virginia Walmart shooting

A Walmart employee opened fire in a Virginia store late Tuesday during what are normally popular pre-Thanksgiving shopping hours. It's the second high-profile mass killing in a handful of days.

Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., speaks with reporters at the U.S. Capitol on Monday about negotiations on the government spending package.

Lawmakers unveil a $1.7 trillion U.S. spending bill as shutdown deadline looms

Leaders are racing to complete passage before a midnight Friday deadline or face the prospect of a partial government shutdown going into the Christmas holiday.

'A Thousand and One' tells a tale of fierce maternal love under trying circumstances

A free-spirited mom, fresh from prison, kidnaps her 6-year-old from foster care, determined that her family will not be separated again in the drama A Thousand and One.

Sir Michael Caine attends the European Film Award ceremony in Berlin in 2015, when he won the best actor prize for his work on the movie Youth.

Actor Michael Caine, 85, On His Long Career: 'The Alternative Was A Factory'

From the title heartthrob in Alfie to the fatherly butler of a Batman franchise, the actor has been filling movie screens for a half-century. His new memoir is Blowing The Bloody Doors Off.

IU Health awards nearly $10M to improve health outcomes for Hoosiers in need

IU Health awarded $9.6 million in grant money to 14 community partners which will help address social and environmental issues that affect people’s health.

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