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Waves crash onto the beach near Brighton Pier in England, in January 2007. Gale force winds and heavy rain brought disruption to large parts of the country. Severe weather events like this one may be linked to more frequent fluctuations in the polar jet stream, according to a new study.

Scientists Say A Fluctuating Jet Stream May Be Causing Extreme Weather Events

A new study says unusual patterns of the polar jet stream circling the Northern Hemisphere may have led to dramatic weather in Europe and North America.

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet focuses her March 6 address to the U.N. Human Rights Council on the threats posed by global inequality.

U.N. Rights Chief Warns Of Threats From Inequality

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet cautioned that the growing global disparity in wealth, and access to resources and justice, poses risks.

Crews remove early morning snow during a winter storm at the Supreme Court on Wednesday. It's not unusual for the high court to be open when the rest of Washington is closed.

Supreme Court Limits Civil Asset Forfeiture, Rules Excessive Fines Apply To States

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote the opinion and announced it on just her second day back at court after surgery for lung cancer late last year.

Firefighters try to keep a wildfire from jumping a street near Oroville, Calif., on Saturday. Evening winds drove the fire through several neighborhoods, leveling homes in its path.

Large Wildfires Force Evacuations In California; 5,000 Firefighters Deployed

One blaze forced people to flee cabins in the Los Padres National Forest and briefly stranded some 90 children and 50 counselors near a lake.

WHO's First-Ever List Of The Dirty Dozen Superbugs

For the first time, the World Health Organization has released a list of 12 bacteria that "pose the greatest threat to human health" because of their antibiotic resistance.

Mass Secret Grave In Eastern Mexico Could Be Country's Largest, Official Says

The state prosecutor in Veracruz says that "for years organized crime has disappeared and assassinated people with the complicity of the authorities."

Reality Winner, shown exiting the Augusta Courthouse on June 8, 2017, has pleaded guilty to violating the Espionage Act. She was an intelligence industry contractor accused of leaking National Security Agency documents to a news site.

Reality Winner, Accused Of Leaking Classified Documents, Pleads Guilty

Winner reached a plea deal with prosecutors that calls for her to serve more than five years in prison. She was charged with violating the Espionage Act by sending NSA documents to a news site.

Presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador, of the MORENA party, shows his ballot to the press before casting it during general elections in Mexico City on Sunday.

Leftist Andrés Manuel López Obrador Wins Mexican Presidency In Landslide

Andrés Manuel López Obrador ran on a platform of rooting out corruption, helping the dispossessed and defending Mexico against President Trump.

The swimmer, shown here in 2016, has accepted a 14-month suspension.

Swimmer Ryan Lochte Suspended For 14 Months

Two months ago, he posted a photo on social media of himself receiving an intravenous infusion. That caught the attention of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, which launched an investigation.

An investigation by the inspector general for the U.S. Air Force showed Black service members are far more likely to be investigated or face disciplinary actions, among other disparities.

Air Force Investigation Finds Black Members Face Racial Disparity In Service

Two out of five Black Air Force members don't trust their chain of command to address racism, bias and unequal opportunities.

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