2019 IN REVIEW

 won for song of the year at the 61st annual Grammy Awards.

, one of the most iconic symbols of beauty and history in , was engulfed in flames on April 15, leading to the collapse

Astronomers announced on April 10 that they had at last captured an image of one of the most secretive entities in the c

Jussie Smollett, upset by his salary and seeking publicity, staged a fake assault a week after writing himself a threate

President Trump agreed on Jan. 25 to reopen the federal government while negotiations continued over , backing down afte

 continued to spread in the United States, federal health officials said on April 29, surpassing 700 cases this year as

On June 7, Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain said she would step down as leader of the Conservative Party and then a

 revealed the scope of a historic Russian campaign to sabotage the 2016 presidential election in a much-anticipated repo

A four-year military operation to flush  from its territory in Iraq and Syria ended on March 23, as the last village hel

Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia signed one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the nation on May 7, effectively banning

An encounter between a group of mostly white high school boys wearing and a Native American activist outside the Lincoln

 arrived as the No. 1 movie at the box office in at least 54 countries the weekend of April 27-28, collecting $1.2 billi

President Trump on June 30 became the first sitting American commander in chief to set foot in  as he met Kim Jong-un, t

Humans are transforming Earth’s natural landscapes so dramatically that as many as  plant and animal species are now at

Less than 10 days apart, two young heroes — Riley C. Howell, 21, and Kendrick Castillo, 18 — saved the lives of others a

Two notable moments in American sports in June: The ended a 52-year drought and won their first N.H.L. Stanley Cup in fr

On Feb. 3, the  claimed their sixth title in 18 seasons by edging out the Los Angeles Rams, 13-3, in a slog of a Super B

 jetliner with passengers from at least 35 countries crashed March 10 shortly after leaving  capital, killing all 157 pe

, defying pleas from his own party to resign, said on Feb. 2 that he would remain in office, and flatly denied — despite

In a major college admissions scandal that laid bare the elaborate lengths some wealthy parents will go to get their chi

Graduates of Morehouse College in Atlanta reacted with joy on May 19 after their commencement speaker, the billionaire R

The Mexican crime lord known as El Chapo was convicted on Feb. 12 after a three-month trial in New York that exposed the

From Sydney to Seoul, Cape Town to New York, children skipped school en masse on March 15 to demand action on .

At least 50 people were killed at two  in Christchurch, New Zealand, on March 15, in a horrific and methodical afternoon

The United States and China intensified their trade war on May 13, as Beijing said it would increase tariffs on nearly $