The increased presence of local and federal law enforcement officers in Washington, D.C. has intensified in the days following President Donald Trump’s unprecedented announcement that his ...

The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits fell modestly last week, remaining in the historically low range since the U.S. economy emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic. Applications for ...

Negotiations on a global treaty to end plastic pollution are drawing to a close Thursday, as nations remain deadlocked over whether to tackle the exponential growth of plastic ...

At least 32 people are dead in flash floods caused by torrential rains in a remote, mountainous village in Indian-controlled Kashmir, a top disaster management official said ...

When President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law 90 years ago this week, he vowed it would ...

Since New York began licensing recreational marijuana stores about three years ago, the state has been using a simple tactic ...

A Rhode Island man accused of faking his death and fleeing the United States to evade rape charges was found guilty Wednesday ...

Asian shares were mixed on Thursday after days of gains driven by hopes for lower U.S. interest rates, while U.S. futures ...

A network of clinics that provides health care in Maine is expected to ask a judge Thursday to restore its Medicaid funding ...

It’s a beach run, a coastal row and a music party rolled into one, and it’s about to become an Olympic event. On a sunny Southern California morning, nearly ...

To earn his freedom, 15-year-old Cayden Gillespie had to complete three school assignments a day. But school had gone virtual ...

Michael Harris II hit a grand slam Wednesday night to cap Atlanta’s biggest inning in almost five years — a nine-run outburst in the fourth that propelled the Braves to an 11-6 ...