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Met Gala photos: Stunning designs and surprises from the red carpet

Kim Kardashian shut down the Met Gala red carpet Monday in one of Marilyn Monroe’s most iconic dresses, a gold-beaded body hugger Monroe wore when she sexily sang happy birthday to President John F. Kennedy 60 years ago.

Draft opinion suggests high court will overturn Roe, report says

A draft opinion circulated among Supreme Court justices suggests that earlier this year a majority of them had thrown support behind overturning the 1973 case Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion nationwide.

Salt Lake, Sapporo lead race to 2030 Winter Olympics

The Beijing Winter Olympics closed in February and the focus now turns to awarding a host city for the 2030 Winter Games. The candidates: Sapporo, Japan; Salt Lake City and Vancouver.

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Evacuations in progress in Mariupol; Pelosi visits Ukraine

Like other evacuations, success of the mission in Mariupol depended on Russia and its forces, deployed along a long series of checkpoints before reaching Ukrainian ones.

Naomi Judd, of Grammy-winning duo The Judds, dies at 76

Naomi Judd, the Kentucky-born singer of the Grammy-winning duo The Judds and mother of Wynonna and Ashley Judd, has died. She was 76.

Ukrainians plead for rescue of civilians; Russian advance crawls

An estimated 100,000 civilians remain in Mariupol, and up to 1,000 are living beneath a sprawling Soviet-era steel plant, according to Ukrainian officials.

Millions of Californians ordered to cut water use amid drought

Southern California’s gigantic water supplier has taken the unprecedented step of forcing about 6 million people to cut their outdoor watering to one day a week as an extended drought plagues the state.

VP Harris tests positive for COVID-19

Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, the White House announced, underscoring the persistence of the highly contagious virus even as the U.S. eases restrictions in a bid to revert to pre-pandemic normalcy.

California woman survives 6 days in snowy forest

Authorities say a woman stranded for six days in a remote Northern California forest survived by rationing yogurt and eating snow.

Ex-Strip casino executive appeals conviction in college bribery case

Gamal Abdelaziz, a former Strip casino executive, and John Wilson argued in appeals filed Monday that they believed they were making legitimate donations, not bribes, to get their children into elite universities.