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City leaders are working to build a memorial at an old brick factory site to honor victims of convict leasing. After the Civil War, thousands of Black men were forced to work at the factory.

Jori Lewis tells eye-opening stories of individuals despite scant historical record. At the outset she asks: "How do we tell the stories of people that history forgets and the present avoids?"

The cast of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical cram into a booth at a New York institution for this whirlwind of a performance.

Puerto Rican musician Bad Bunny will play the title character in the Spider-Man spinoff El Muerto — about a wrestler who gets superpowers from a mask. Sony Pictures plans a 2024 release.

Tuesday's pardons and commutations are part of a broader White House effort to make the criminal justice system more fair – a goal Biden made part of his 2020 presidential campaign.

Scientists are using MRI scans to understand how mental illness shows up in the bran. But new research raises concerns that existing studies are not reliable because the sample sizes are too small.

A judge has found former President Donald Trump in contempt of court. Trump was ordered to pay $10,000 a day for failure to respond to a subpoena during a probe into the Trump Organization.

A Texas court halted Wednesday's planned execution of Melissa Lucio, who was convicted in the 2007 death of her two-year-old daughter. Lawmakers, celebrities and jurors are questioning the verdict.

Nearly four decades after its last sighting, a bright orange South American wildflower is back from the dead.

Back in 1969, a polluted river in Ohio caught fire. The environmental disaster led Congress to enact the Clean Water Act in 1972.