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Questlove reflects on changes in culture and music with his book 'Hip-Hop Is History'

Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, founder and drummer of The Roots, has written a new book. "Hip-Hop Is History" is a very personal take on the influence of rap and how it's changed, for better or worse.

Displaced Palestinians inspect their tents destroyed by Israel's bombardment, adjunct to an UNRWA facility west of Rafah city, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, May 28, 2024.

Israel pushes deeper into Rafah after deadly strike at camp for displaced Gazans

The moves comes despite an order from the top U.N. court for Israel to halt its offensive in southern Gaza.

Pope Francis apologizes for using slur referring to gay men

"The Pope never intended to offend or express himself in homophobic terms" during a closed-door discussion among bishops earlier this month, according to a Vatican press official.

Melinda French Gates says she will donate $1 billion over the next two years to support women and family rights globally. Here, French Gates speaks at the forum Empowering Women as Entrepreneurs and Leaders during the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters in Washington in April 2023.

Melinda French Gates to give $1 billion to women's rights groups

The 59-year-old says her decision to donate $1 billion was in part due to the racial gap in women's mortality rates. She most recently stepped down as co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Girls at a primary school in Sheno, Ethiopia. In partnership with UNICEF, the Sheno Primary School developed a program to educate both girls and boys about menstruation — and provide sanitary pads. A new UNICEF report says that only 39% of the world's schools offer such instruction.

Teaching girls (and boys) about menstruation takes moxie

A pioneering program in Ethiopia teaches all students about this "taboo" topic. A new UNICEF report, released on “World Menstrual Hygiene Day," assesses how countries respond to menstrual issues.

A Caravaggio painting entitled <em>Ecce Homo</em>, which was recently verified as a work of the Italian master after being mistakenly attributed to another artist, is pictured on display at the Prado museum in Madrid, Spain, on May 27.

See the newly verified Caravaggio painting going on display in Spain

The painting, entitled Ecce Homo, was attributed to a different artist when it went to auction in 2021, but the Prado museum says it has now been verified as a lost work of the Italian master.

Approximately one in every three births in the U.S. occurs as the result of a C-section.

After a traumatic C-section, journalist takes on the medicalization of birth

When Rachel Somerstein had an emergency C-section with her first child, the anesthesia didn't work. She recounts her own experience and the history of C-sections in her book, Invisible Labor.

Keep Your Kids Safe Around Water this Summer with These Tips from YMCA of Greater Monmouth County

Summer is almost here, and water safety is crucial as everyone heads to the jersey shore, local lakes, and pools. the YMCA of greater Monmouth county, a leader in teaching children how to swim, reminds parents of drowning risks.

American Airlines flight attendant Bette Nash greets passengers disembarking from her daily return flight to Boston at Reagan Washington Airport in 2017, at age 81. She died earlier this month.

Bette Nash, the world's longest-serving flight attendant, dies at 88

Nash began her career in 1957 when flight attendants handed out cigarettes and got weighed before shifts. She earned her Guinness World Record after 64 years of service in 2022 — then kept working.

Law enforcement gather at the scene of a fatal shooting in Philadelphia on April 28, 2023.

After gun violence, who cleans up the street? Philadelphia takes on a traumatic task

After a shooting, relatives or neighbors of the victim are sometimes left to clean up human remains on their own. Philadelphia's new program will start addressing that fraught task.

Representative Elise Stefanik, a Republican from New York, grilled leaders of universities during a House Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing on May 23.

GOP lawmakers plan to keep focus on antisemitism to divide Democrats

GOP lawmakers plan to keep antisemitism central to attacks on Democrats

Attorney Daryl Jones, of the Transformative Justice Coalition (left), with Carl O. Snowden, convener of the Caucus of African American Leaders, address the renaming of the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore.

Activists call to rename the Francis Scott Key Bridge because he owned enslaved people

Some activists and historians says it's time to rename the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore

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