A car plowed into a busy outdoor Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg in what authorities believe was an ...

If lawmakers can't reach a deal to avoid a shutdown, many federal workers would be furloughed, while essential functions like ...

The Senate voted 85-11 to approve a short-term spending bill to fund the government until March 14. The measure had ...

The Malaysian government plans to allow a renewed private search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which ...

The consumer financial watchdog says customers of the top three banks lost more than $870 million over seven years due to a ...

Lawmakers will have to authorize additional borrowing to pay the government's bills, but there's no reason it has to be done ...

Natural gas utilities likely will face stricter federal regulations for their climate-warming methane emissions. Among the ...

After two failed attempts, and with just hours to go before a midnight deadline, the house approved a spending bill to fund ...

The consumer financial watchdog says customers of the top three banks lost more than $870 million over seven years due to a ...

About the size of Rhode Island, the iceberg known as A23a got stuck in an ocean vortex this summer, spinning in place for ...

For NPR Music's hip-hop and R&B editor, no list could capture an accurate picture of the year, yet there's still value in ...

About the size of Rhode Island, the iceberg known as A23a got stuck in an ocean vortex this summer, spinning in place for ...