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A fire has gutted the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, the oldest scientific institution in the country.

The unanimous ruling from the International Court of Justice orders the U.S. to allow Iran to import food, medical supplies and other products for humanitarian reasons. Here, people browse for goods in the Grand Bazaar in Tehran.

U.S. Ends 1955 Treaty With Iran, After U.N. Court Orders A Partial Lift Of Sanctions

"This is a decision, frankly, that is 39 years overdue," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said as he announced the U.S. is ending its Treaty of Amity with Iran.

Sans Forgetica: A Font To Remember

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with typography lecturer Stephen Banham of RMIT University about a new font he helped develop to assist people in remembering what they've read.

Lawyers And Coders Team Up To Help Ex-Offenders Clear Their Records In Kansas City

Having a criminal record can make it hard to find a job, and a place to live. Missouri allows some offenses to be erased from a person’s record, or…

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a May 4 town hall at the Fort Museum in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Workers on his campaign have reached a union contract with management.

Sanders Campaign, Workers Ratify Union Contract

The campaign says this is the first union contract for a presidential campaign, providing full health insurance premiums and limits on work hours for some campaign employees.

WATCH: March For Our Lives Releases PSA As 2020 Gun Debate Heats Up

The PSA from March For Our Lives comes as the gun debate gains momentum in the 2020 presidential campaign and days following a shooting motivated by hate at a synagogue in Poway, Calif.

House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., had set a Monday morning deadline for Attorney General William Barr to provide access to the unredacted Mueller report.

House Judiciary Plans Contempt Vote For Attorney General Barr Over Mueller Report

Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler issued a subpoena last month to the Justice Department to give Congress an unredacted version of the Mueller report. The deadline to comply was Monday.

2020 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks to local residents in Queens, N.Y. Warren wants the federal government to forgive hundreds of billions of dollars in existing student loan debt.

Elizabeth Warren Wants To Erase Most Student Loan Debt

The senator's higher-education proposal for her 2020 presidential run goes further than just free college and would forgive hundreds of billions of dollars in existing loans.

Relatives place flowers after the burial of three family members who died in an Easter Sunday bomb blast at St. Sebastian Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka, on Monday.

ISIS Claims Responsibility For Easter Sunday Bombings In Sri Lanka

The group's news agency posted video Tuesday that purports to show the attackers. Sri Lanka's government is being criticized for not preventing the bombings, despite getting prior intelligence.

Pictured here in 2018, the Crusader horsemen ride around the arena before the start of a Super Rugby semifinal match. The Crusaders announced Wednesday that the team will be considering a change to its name and branding following the Christchurch attacks on March 15.

After Mosque Shootings, A Rebranding Debate Over Christchurch's Rugby Crusaders

The Super Rugby team said Wednesday it would consider changing its name after shootings at two Christchurch mosques last month, as a result of its brand's association with religious war.

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