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Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi deliberately damaged buildings and ancient manuscripts in Timbuktu in 2012. It is believed to be the first time an act of cultural destruction has been treated as a war crime.

In a speech at the International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico, the billionaire tech entrepreneur is detailing his vision for sending humans to the red planet.

San Francisco's only In-N-Out location still hasn't reopened for indoor dining. The restaurant violated public health requirements by allowing customers to enter without showing proof of vaccination.

The truck overturned and exploded in a fireball in the coastal city of Cap-Haitien, engulfing cars and homes in flames as it killed more than 50 people and injured dozens of others.

Accused cop killer Floyd Brown was a very selective thief, who took his time going through jewelry boxes and coin collections, before slipping undetected out of expensive homes in the Twin Cities, according to victims’ testimony Monday in the residential burglary trial of his former girlfriend.

Ukraine's National Opera was built to celebrate Russian opera at the height of the imperial era. Performances were suspended after the war began but have recently re-started.

After 33 years in business, the landmark New York City nightclub CBGB will close its doors for good at the end of October. This week, the seminal black punk-reggae band Bad Brains said goodbye to the club with three reunion shows.

A follow-up to an interview from last Saturday about Flee Club, a sneaker store in Chicago. The store was burglarized yet again. Co-owner Darris Kelly says he's considering leaving the city.

New York City authorities have identified a suspect in a subway shooting Tuesday morning in Brooklyn that left 23 people wounded.

Despite the myriad means of modern communication, some people prefer to share information the old-fashioned way: town crying. Towns from Canada to California and Washington rely on criers to announce the news. Alex Cohen of member station KQED reports.