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Visitors watch a killer whale swim in a tank at SeaWorld in San Diego in 2006. A SeaWorld executive says orca shows at the San Diego park will be replaced with a more natural presentation by 2017.

SeaWorld To Change Its Criticized Orca Show After Next Year

The company's market value has plunged after complaints about its treatment of killer whales. The CEO says in 2017 SeaWorld in San Diego will switch to an "informative" show in a more natural setting.

The Justice Department has charged four men in connection with the June 22 attempt to take down the statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Park in Washington, D.C.

Justice Department Charges 4 Over Attempt To Topple Andrew Jackson Statue In D.C.

The men are accused of trying to tear down the monument in Lafayette Park, near the White House. President Trump promises to prosecute such cases to the fullest extent of the law.

In this handout photo provided by SeaWorld San Diego, mom and baby killer whale swim together earlier this month at SeaWorld San Diego's Shamu Stadium.

SeaWorld CEO Steps Down Amid Controversy, Drop In Attendance

SeaWorld has be under fire for years, over its treatment of Orcas. A critical documentary suggested the treatment led to the death of a trainer in 2010.

Demonstrators hold signs Feb. 19 during a "lie-in" protest supporting gun control reform near the White House. A gun control rally set for Washington on March 24 will be held on Pennsylvania Avenue, not on the National Mall as originally planned.

Talent Show Filming Keeps Teens' Gun Control Rally Off National Mall

The organizers of the student-led gun control protest applied for a permit to march on the National Mall on March 24 — but the Mall was already reserved by a student group filming for a talent show.

People pay tribute at a group memorial altar for victims of the sunken South Korean ferry Sewol at a remembrance hall in Ansan on Thursday.

South Korean President Promises To Raise Sewol Ferry, One Year After Tragedy

President Park Geun-hye has pledged to salvage the ferry, which capsized and sank, killing 304 people — most of them students. The rescue effort was widely viewed as bungled.

Food Trucks Seek 'That Mystical Spot'

"We've gone to spots before where the falafel guys and the shish kebab guys will come up and say, 'What's your menu? Do you sell chicken? ... You can't sell chicken on this block. I'm the chicken guy on 52nd St.'"

Female California condors reproduce without males for the first time

Genetic testing has revealed that some female California condors have been able to reproduce asexually.

Brothers Set Yosemite's Record For Longest Sky-High Walk

Highline walkers set a new record by stepping more than half a mile across a gaping void in Yosemite National Park, balanced on a strip of nylon webbing.

Kaitlyn Cooper, a barista at A Cup of Common Wealth, pours a coffee behind the counter. A Cup of Common Wealth is directly across the street from Thoroughbred Park and Northeastern Park Playground.

VisitLex program treats Lexingtonians and friends to a free cup of coffee in exchange for picking up litter

The initiative, called Pick Up Perks, works like this: participants fill a trash bag with litter from a local neighborhood or park, then claim their free drip coffee from a participating cafe.

Indonesia

Robert Siegel talks with BBC Southeast Asia correspondent Jonathan Head about the numerous bombings of churches in Indonesia on Christmas Eve. Eighteen different bombs, which killed more than a dozen people and injured over a hundred, exploded within minutes of one another. Most of the bombs were planted in cars parked in front of the churches, and others were delivered to clergymen as wrapped gifts. The police defused 13 devices. No one claimed responsibility for the bombings.

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