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On Monday, Gambian lawmakers rejected a bill that would have overturned its ban on female genital mutilation. The vote marks a victory for women's rights activists and comes after months of intense debate.

Fulton County Chief Judge Ural Glanville was taken off the YSL RICO case this week after his actions in an ex parte meeting were deemed damaging to public perception of the case.

Rosalind Brown's debut novel, Practice, centers on an undergraduate student trying to write an essay on Shakespeare. Along the way, we are treated to the fleeting insights of the the brain at work.

After years of promises and more than $1 billion of investment, Paris’s once-filthy river is finally swimmable. And the mayor proved it just days before the July 26 Olympic deadline.

Participants are spending the money on rent, food, utilities and other necessities, according to people involved in the pilot effort. They’re not spending it on alcohol.

The Paris mayor and the head of the French Olympic committee swam in the river Seine. France has spent millions to clean up the iconic river so athletes can compete in it during the Summer Games.

In Connecticut, early childhood educators make an average salary of less than $30,000 annually, making it hard to afford basic needs, like rent. A nonprofit preschool in New Haven is offering its teachers free housing to ease their financial burdens.

Blumenthal called on OSHA to urgently implement new heat safety rules during the summer heatwave, as construction workers are disproportionately affected by heat-related injuries and fatalities.

South Korea’s spy agency said Tuesday that a senior North Korea diplomat based in Cuba has fled to South Korea, the latest defection by members of the North's ruling elite that likely hurt leader Kim Jong Un's push to bolster his leadership.

Connecticut politicians are divided on whether President Joe Biden should continue running for president. But U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro continues to support him.