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Hurricane Simon has strengthened into a powerful Category 4 storm as it heads toward Mexicos coast

At Tech Week in San Francisco, venture capitalists and AI founders have been ebullient about the White House's hands-off approach to AI regulation

Evergreen High School has introduced two Labradors, Norene and Polenta, to help students cope with stress after a school shooting

Hurricane Isaias has hit the U.S. Gulf Coast, leaving hundreds of thousands without power in Alabama and the Florida Panhandle

Despite both a rise in costs and fears around immigration crackdowns, some Latinos are committing to championing other Latino entrepreneurs by offering access to a storefront

Americans have long been divided over executing the nations worst criminals

New York prosecutors are seeking to sustain their murder case against Luigi Mangione

A new pact that calls for Russia to boost the U.S. supply of diesel over the next few months is unlikely to make a dent in painfully high prices at the pump or elsewhere, energy policy experts say

Nearly 100 arborists scaled trees in a St. Louis park during the International Tree Climbing Championship

The First Baptist Church of Williamsburg, one of the oldest Black churches in the U.S., celebrated the reconstruction of its original meeting house with a re-dedication on Friday

It can be a confusing time when a hurricane is threatening, and weather officials use terminology that may not be fully understood

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has withdrawn a death warrant, halting the execution of William Lee Thompson

Nine people were injured when an Avianca flight encountered severe turbulence and had to make an emergency landing in Miami

EU and China strike interim trade deal which could cut Chinese hybrid exports by half, EU trade envoy says

The FBI has arrested an accused co-conspirator of the hacking group ShinyHunters

A supersized El Nios decapitating winds and the Gulf of Mexicos hot storm-fueling waters are battling for the core and future of land-approaching Hurricane Isaias and the storms tilt and eye show whos winning

A U.S. Army report has highlighted the many systemic breakdowns that led to last years midair collision between an American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk helicopter near Washington, D.C. The military has also recommended numerous steps it should take ...

Curtis Flowers, a Black man who spent more than 22 years in prison and was on death row in Mississippi before the U.S. Supreme Court threw out his conviction and death sentence, has died

For some residents of storm-prone Southeastern states, the best indicator of a hurricanes severity can be found at the local Waffle House

Attorneys for the family of a man shot dead by an immigration agent in a Chicago suburb said they filed a claim for compensation

It began with a hijacked wedding photo shoot and turned into a very unexpected but exciting trip across the world

The FBI has seized scanning and phishing tools used by a group of hackers that officials say is associated with the Chinese government and that is responsible for disruptive cyber operations in the United States and abroad, including against the power ...

Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson who combines the classical and the modern wins Nobel Prize in Literature

After Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike survived an execution attempt it's unclear whether the state will try again

The wife of former Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro was set to be back in court Thursday, where her lawyers will urge a judge to free her from jail and put her under house arrest because she has heart problems

Isaias has strengthened into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season

President Donald Trump fought to rally Texas voters behind Senate candidate Ken Paxton as a series of protests disrupted his rally in San Antonio

President Donald Trump says he wants to turn part of his private West Palm Beach golf club into a retreat for future presidents and their guests, similar to Camp David near Washington

President Donald Trump has turned emergency relief into a campaign talking point as a major hurricane approaches the U.S. Gulf Coast

The governor of Okinawa has demanded the central government do more to ensure discipline among U.S. troops on the southern Japanese island

A federal appeals court has ruled that an Atlanta family cannot take the federal government to trial for a mistaken FBI raid on their home in 2017

This weeks announcements setting an execution by firing squad for the former U.S. Army officer convicted of the 2009 Fort Hood shooting have raised concerns about whether the military followed its own rules

An area of distinctive rock spires in southeastern Arizona is poised to become the nations newest national park

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has given the crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln a high-level award during a visit to the aircraft carrier

A federal appeals court has vacated kidnapping convictions in a case involving the death of a 3-year-old boy who went missing from Georgia in 2017 and later turned up dead at a squalid compound in New Mexico

Opal Lee celebrated her 100th birthday by kicking off the start of construction of a museum in her Texas hometown dedicated to telling the history of Juneteenth, the holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S. Lee became known as the grandmot...

The trial of a man accused of killing a North Carolina college student 14 years ago is finally getting underway

Nearly a month after President Donald Trump signed a sweeping Russian sanctions bill named after Lindsey Graham, bipartisan leadership in the Senate is urging the administration to act to help Ukraine

Government officials in the United States can declare a state of emergency before severe weather events like hurricanes or floods strike an area

The University of Arizona has suspended activities at its fraternities following persistent reports of misconduct, including assault, hazing and drug and alcohol-related behavior

A Texas man is set to be executed for fatally shooting a convenience store clerk in 2000 during a robbery

Tropical Storm Isaias has formed off eastern Mexico

Continuity will be the immediate emphasis for Skydance, the new entertainment giant created by Paramount's takeover of Warner Bros

Skydance-owned Paramount has closed its $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros

Rescue kittens with names like Turkey Leg and Mouth Trap got to explore the aquarium at the Mall of America in Minnesota, watching in awe as fish soared by just out of reach

Federal authorities have arrested and charged a 30-year-old from Washington state in connection with a February school shooting in British Columbia

A California couple has been arrested on child abuse charges following an investigation into a surrogacy scheme involving at least 21 children ranging in age from a few months to 13 years

Three friends of Nolan Wells, a Black college student who went missing from a Mississippi island and was later found dead, are suing NFL Hall of Famer Terrell Owens for defamation

The shock gloves immigration agents could soon use to control detainees worked so powerfully during a military exercise that participants felt intense pain, stopped fighting and feared additional exposures

Lawyers for a former Olympian whom the Justice Department charged with intentionally damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, only to abruptly drop the case after determining that he was not responsible, are urging two different government watchd...