Reopening schools is a start, but every student in America should have access to mental health professionals, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said.

Highlights of Today in History: Space Shuttle Challenger explodes ;Sir Francis Drake dies;José Martí born;Vince Lombardi is named head coach.

Cowbells rang and tiny US flags waved inside an airplane hanger at Los Angeles International Airport as the US Olympic team departed for the Beijing Olympics Thursday morning. (jAN. 27)

Yara Shahidi says new episodes of 'grown-ish' will focus on her character's need to choose between "selfishness and self-care." The actor also discusses her senior year as a Harvard student, the end of the hit ABC sitcom 'black-ish' and working with the Obamas. (Jan. 27)

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While making 'Home Team,' Kevin James says he learned about coaching from Payton himself. (Jan. 27)

The McMinn County School Board voted to remove 'Maus' from its curriculum. The author of the Holocaust graphic novel, Art Spiegelman, speaks out.

Stormy Daniels has taken her star turn on the witness stand at California lawyer Michael Avenatti's trial, telling a jury he stole from her and lied to her. (Jan. 27)

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says he'll give President Biden's Supreme Court justice nominee a fair look. (Jan. 27)

Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson has worn many hats, and even "some incredibly ridiculous trousers," as he put it. Rock star, airline pilot, and cancer survivor are some of what has defined him. Now he can add spoken word performer. (Jan. 27)

The Pinal County Sheriff's Office said 21-year-old Richard Jacobson slipped and fell an estimated 700 feet off an Arizona mountain peak.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki warns Republicans not to "play games" by pre-emptively criticizing or prejudging President Joe Biden's Supreme Court nominee before she is even selected. (Jan. 27)

Methuselah, an Australian lungfish, is believed to be the world's oldest living aquarium fish at 90 years old.

Are dogs OK outside in the winter? How cold is too cold for a pet in the winter? Here are safety tips to keep man's best friend safe and warm.

A look at the day's best photographs from around the world.

Here's the latest for Thursday, January 27: Biden pledges to nominate first Black woman to US Supreme Court; Coast Guard to end search for missing migrants; Wake for officer killed in NYC shooting; US Olympic team on its way to Beijing.

The U.S. Department of State says the ball is now President Vladimir Putin's court over the crisis over Ukraine after the U.S. rejected Russia's main demands. (Jan. 27)

The investment will fund a reevaluation study on the impact of rising waters and climate change on Chicago's shoreline.

A Boston hospital is defending itself after a man's family claimed he was denied a new heart for refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Brigham and Women's Hospital says vaccination requirements improve patients' chances of survival. (Jan. 27)

NYPD Officer Jason Rivera's casket, draped in a green, white and blue NYPD flag, was carried into St. Patrick's Cathedral on Thursday for his wake. (Jan. 27)

White House, press secretary Jen Psaki says the U.S. doesn't "know if the Russians are playing games," as the U.S. and NATO wait for a Russian response to written answers over alliance membership (Jan. 27)

The U.S. and NATO have made no concession to the main Russian demands to resolve the crisis in Eastern Ukraine, where international tensions are rising amid fears that Europe will again be plunged into war. (Jan. 27)

A look at some of the key events in the fatal journey a group of migrants took from Bimini to America, before their boat capsized near Florida.

Mexican citizens describe taking the fight against illegal logging and drug cartels into their own hands (Jan 27).

The Coast Guard says it will suspend the search for more than 30 migrants still missing from a capsized boat off Florida. At least five bodies have been found. (Jan. 27)

A new lawsuit alleging negligence by school officials and the shooting suspect's parents was filed over the attack at Oxford High School in Michigan (Jan. 27)

4 more bodies were found Thursday after a suspected human smuggling boat capsized off the Florida coast. 34 people remained missing.

President Joe Biden affirms his pledge to nominate the first Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court, saying it was "long overdue." He praises retiring Justice Stephen Breyer as a model public servant. (Jan. 27)

Defense lawyers for the accused Oxford School shooter on Wednesday said in court filings that the teen plans to plead insanity.

The polar vortex is a gigantic, circular area of cold air high up in the atmosphere that typically spins over the North Pole (as its name suggests).

Residents of rebel-controlled Donetsk are doubtful that talks between Russian and Ukrainian diplomats will work (27 Jan)

"Accused," the hit true-crime podcast from The Cincinnati Enquirer, returns for Season 4 to dissect the contentious 1995 murder trial of Elwood Jones.

While no one hit the $396 million Mega Millions, a ticket sold in Texas won $1 million and another in Rhode Island won $3 million.