Snow, which covers 30% of land on our planet, is an essential source of freshwater – more than 1.2 billion people rely on melt from glaciers and snow packs for drinking water.

15 years after the start of the US-led invasion of Iraq, the horrific treatment of Iraqi detainees at the hands of US troops has all but receded from public consciousness. In a profile of Ali al-Qaisi, who was wrongfully arrested and tortured at the notorious prison, he revealed some of his ordeal.

13,000-year-old human footprints were discovered on Calvert Island, an island off the coast of British Columbia. Archaeologists believe they're the oldest footprints ever found on North American soil.

Get highlights from the New York auto show and insights on the issues facing the cars of the future.

Under Armour said an unauthorized party acquired data associated with roughly 150 million MyFitnessPal user accounts in late February, Bloomberg News reports.

David Schwartz appeared on CNN's OutFront to react to Stormy Daniels' attempted deposition of Donald Trump, his client's client. His appearance did not inspire further confidence in the NDA signed by Daniels and Cohen.

Stephon Clark, who was killed by police in Sacramento, California, on March 18, will be laid to rest on Thursday. The city is anticipating hundreds of mourners and protestors to gather as tensions remain high within the community.

In a speech meant to focus on infrastructure in Richfield, Ohio, Trump said he may delay a revamped trade deal he reached with South Korea this week until after the nuclear confrontation with North Korea is resolved.

The Maryland Court of Special Appeals has granted Adnan Syed, who was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee in 1999, a new trial. Syed's case was the subject of the popular true-crime podcast Serial.

A rap-style application from a white graduate to a recruitment agency in Manchester sparked a conversation about alleged double standards in job forms. The BBC reported that the graduate, Anastasia Glover, has received "several interview offers" but Glover has since referred to the report as "misleading."

Fox News host Laura Ingraham caught heat for mocking Stoneman Douglas student David Hogg's college admission rejections. Hogg and his supporters responded by calling for advertisers to pull their sponsorships. After two companies pulled their ads from Ingraham's show, she apologized to Hogg "in the spirit of Holy Week."

President Trump gave the 29-year-old communications director, who resigned in February, a very public sendoff on her last official day in the White House. Hicks' departure could create a vacuum, reports say, especially since Trump may not appoint a replacement for her.

A group of black students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High said they felt 'intimidated' by the increased police presence at the predominantly white school, and what it might entail for non-white students.

In a lawsuit filed against Russian airline Aeroflot, five Americans allege they were denied Russian transit visas and sent back to India when their connecting flight to New York was cancelled. Airlines are usually required to rebook passengers or provide accommodation in case of flight cancellation.

FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb says he hopes e-cigarettes might be useful in helping smokers quit. But there's far too little evidence to support that idea.

After undergoing open heart surgery in 2015, Kevin Daly decided to lose some weight after a recommendation from a cardiologist. By October 2017, Daly had lost 34 pounds but couldn't figure out why his waist wouldn't shrink – until a CAT scan revealed something much more.

"Today is the happiest day of my life, because I have returned to my country, I have stepped foot on my nation's soil again and am among my own people," said the young Pakistani activist who returned to her home country more than five years after she was shot by the Taliban.