WWII code-breaker Alan Turing will be face of new 50-pound note

Code breaker and father of artificial intelligence Alan Turing will be the face of the U.K.'s new polymer 50-pound ($63) note.

Women urge jail until trial for Epstein as judge weighs bail

Two Jeffrey Epstein accusers have urged a judge to keep the financier behind bars until he goes on trial on federal charges that he sexually abused underage girls

62 Border Protection employees under investigation amid Facebook posts

US border officials are investigating 62 current, 8 former employees after social media posts mock lawmakers, migrants

Avowed white supremacist sentenced to second life term in Charlottesville car attack

An avowed white supremacist was sentenced to life plus 419 years on state charges for deliberately driving his car into anti-racism protesters during a white nationalist rally in Virginia

Looming shortage of primary care physicians spells trouble as boomer generation ages

Despite hospital systems and health officials calling out the need for more primary care doctors, graduates of U.S. medical schools are becoming less likely to choose to specialize in one of those fields.

Study shows doing these five things could decrease risk of Alzheimer's by 60%

Here's a to-do list for preventing dementia, new research suggests: Ditch red meat, take a brisk walk to the grocery store, do the Sunday crossword and stick to one glass of wine at dinner.

Congo confirms 1st Ebola case in city of 2 million

The Congolese health ministry is confirming the country's first Ebola case in the city of Goma, home to more than 2 million people

Trump moves to effectively end asylum at southern border

The Trump administration is moving to effectively end protections for most asylum seekers who pass through Mexico

Worried migrants, supporters waiting for ICE raids

The raids — hyped for weeks by President Donald Trump — were to take place in major U.S. cities including Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Miami, Denver, Atlanta, Baltimore and Houston. As of Sunday evening, there were no...

Man dies after being infected with flesh-eating bacteria

A Tennessee man died this week after being infected with a flesh-eating bacteria during a trip to the beach

Barry's flood threat lingers as storm slowly sweeps inland

Tropical Depression Barry dumped rain and stoked fears of flooding, tornadoes and prolonged power outages in Louisiana and Mississippi

India aborts moon mission launch, citing technical glitch

India has aborted the launch of a spacecraft intended to land on the far side of the moon, citing a "technical snag"

Islamic extremist attack on hotel leaves two Americans among 26 dead

Islamic extremists blew up the gate of a Somali hotel with a car bomb and took over the building for more than 14 hours, leaving 26 people dead before Somali forces who besieged the hotel overnight killed the attackers

Weakened Barry rolls into Louisiana, drenches Gulf Coast

Tropical Storm Barry is dumping heavy rain along the Gulf Coast, but so far New Orleans has been spared the worst of it

Epstein's New Mexico 'Zorro Ranch' linked to sex scandal investigation

Billionaire businessman Jeffrey Epstein's secluded New Mexico ranch has become tied to an investigation opened by the state attorney general's office

Thousands protest Trump immigration policies in Chicago

Several thousand protesters have marched through downtown Chicago to protest the Trump administration's immigration policies, including planned sweeps in several American cities, including Chicago

U.S. service member killed in action in Afghanistan

The U.S. military says an American service member has been killed in action in Afghanistan but offered no further details about the service member's identity or circumstances surrounded the death

Tropical storm starts lashing Louisiana

People are stocking up on food and water, filling sandbags and preparing to hunker down as Tropical Storm Barry bears down on New Orleans and other parts of Louisiana and Mississippi