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A statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee, seen here in 2015, photo, is slated for removal in Lee Circle in New Orleans.

New Orleans Can Remove Confederate Statues, Federal Appeals Court Says

"There may have been a time when that monument reflected who we were as a city, but times change. And so do we," Mayor Mitch Landrieu said when he announced the plan.

WATCH: Raindrops Catapult Bacteria Into The Air, And It's Beautiful

They don't have wings, but bacteria sure can fly. Researchers at MIT say that tiny bubbles trapped by raindrops play a part in launching bacteria on long-distance flights.

German dictator Adolf Hitler gives a speech in October 1944. Author Norman Ohler says that Hitler's abuse of drugs increased "significantly" from the fall of 1941 until the winter of 1944.

Author Says Hitler Was 'Blitzed' On Cocaine And Opiates During The War

Author Norman Ohler says that Adolf Hitler's drug abuse increased "significantly" from the fall of 1941 until winter of 1944: "Hitler needed those highs to substitute [for] his natural charisma."

Why A 106-Year-Old Event Is Still Relevant In 2017

International Women's Day has taken on a life of its own. Here's how it's celebrated around the world.

Judith Ausah (left) and Evelyn Sewodey create solar panels at the Lady Volta Vocational Center for Electricity and Solar Power in Ghana. "At first, I thought it was man's work," says Ausah, whose 2-month-old daughter stays in the school nursery. "But I came here and saw that, yes, women can do it."

Giving Power To Women In Ghana

A school is teaching them to be electrical engineers — and to defy local stereotypes that engineering is a man's job.

Edith Fuller, 5, outlasted much older competitors in a regional spelling bee, earning a spot in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in May.

At 5, Girl Becomes Youngest To Qualify For National Spelling Bee

The folks at Scripps are already calling Edith Fuller the latest "spellebrity." She beat eighth-graders and other students in Tulsa., Okla., to advance to the big bee.

Mimosa cake is made of layers of sponge cake brushed with citrus liqueur and liberally spread with pastry cream, then topped with small cubes of even more sponge cake that are meant to mimic the small blooms of the mimosa flower. It's the taste of the Festa della Donna, an Italian holiday when women of all ages leave the menfolk behind to celebrate each other.

On Italy's Feminist Holiday, Women Have Their Cake And Eat It, Too

Leave it to the Italians to take a holiday steeped in women's rights and turn it into Festa Della Donna, when women leave menfolk behind to celebrate each other with flowers, wine and above all, cake.

A seal at the CIA headquarters, photographed in February 2016. The alleged CIA documents reveal a hacking program that is very different from the one uncovered by Edward Snowden's NSA leak.

The CIA Document Dump Isn't Exactly Snowden 2.0. Here's Why

The alleged CIA documents reveal a hacking program that is very different from the one uncovered by Edward Snowden's NSA leak. One distinction: Mass surveillance vs. targeted attacks.

Emergency crews work on the scene where a train hit a charter bus in Biloxi, Miss., Tuesday. The National Transportation Safety Board says the freight train was traveling about 19 mph at the time of the crash.

Charter Bus Was Stuck On Tracks When Freight Train Hit It, Witnesses In Biloxi Say

"Since 1976 there have been 16 vehicle-train collisions at this grade crossing prior to Tuesday's accident," the National Transportation Safety Board says.

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price compares a copy of the Affordable Care Act (right) and a copy of the new House Republican health care bill during a White House press briefing on Tuesday.

House Health Bill Is Just The Beginning: Overhaul Promised In 3 Phases

A Republican bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, currently being marked up in House committees, is the first step of GOP plans to overhaul the nation's health care system.

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