Franklin, the first black character in 'Peanuts,' turns 50 Fifty years ago, Charlie Brown lost his beach ball. It was found and returned to him by a boy named Franklin. The simple encounter of two boys on a beach was how cartoonist Charles Schulz introduced the first black character in his widely read comic strip, "Peanuts."July 29, 2018
Colombian drug traffickers put a $70,000 bounty on a police dog Sombra, a 6-year-old German shepherd, sniffed out large amounts of cocaine, angering the criminal organization that hid them. She has been moved away from the group's territory for her safety.July 27, 2018
The story behind this bagpiper's tune The rites of a formal funeral for a fallen law enforcement officer are solemn and time honored. And one Minnesota piper has made the tradition his own.July 27, 2018
Photos: Parting honors for corrections officer Joseph Gomm Stillwater prison officer Joseph Gomm received parting honors from the close-knit family of law enforcement, as well as hundreds of people who lined the route of his funeral procession.July 26, 2018
What Friday's extra-long lunar eclipse can tell us about Earth The moon will turn orange or even red. And the eclipse -- expected to be the longest this century -- will be best to see in eastern and southern Africa, the Middle East, eastern Europe and south Asia.July 26, 2018
National Press Club broadcast: Gretchen Carlson Journalist, author, former Miss America and advocate Gretchen Carlson is best known today because of her sexual harassment lawsuit against Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes, which helped to open the #MeToo floodgates.July 24, 2018
Rome's subway expansion reveals artifacts from the ancient past Construction on a new subway line has uncovered marble busts, frescoes, mosaics, even ancient peach pits, dating back nearly 2,000 years. Archaeologists have also found an ancient military barracks.July 22, 2018
Songwriting program helps military veterans find a voice Veterans have found peace and newfound hope with the program and singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier, who released an album this year exclusively featuring songs co-written with veterans and their family members.July 21, 2018
Voices from the Bayou From the Larose Civic Center in Louisiana, Kerri Miller speaks to a gathering of engineers, educators, shrimpers, tribal leaders and others about their ideas, programs and progress for improving quality life along the last miles of the Mississippi.July 20, 2018
How the river divides us Flyover continues its way south down the Mississippi River.July 19, 2018