TikTok arrived in the U.S. almost 6 1/2 years ago

The U.S. Army expects to meet its enlistment goals for 2025

Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in 70 AD, has unearthed a new treasure: a private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago

Award-winning British stage actor Joan Plowright, the widow of Laurence Olivier, has died

Joan Plowright, Tony Award-winning British stage actor and wife of Laurence Olivier, dies at 95

The Los Angeles wildfires have forced thousands of students to relocate to other schools

The U.S. Justice Department says Alabama is unnecessarily institutionalizing children with physical disabilities in nursing homes and hospitals

A Missouri man who crashed a rental truck into barriers protecting the White House has been sentenced to eight years in prison

Sting, Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga and the Red Hot Chili Peppers are among the performers slated to take the stage at a benefit concert for Los Angeles-area wildfire relief called FireAid

The U.S. Supreme Courts decision could come Friday in the case about whether TikTok must shut down in a few days under a federal law that seeks to force its sale by the Chinese company that owns the social media platform

The super-rich have long played a role in U.S. politics but have an unusually prominent spot in incoming President Donald Trump's new administration

It's one of the most enduring images of the Vietnam War an Associated Press photograph of a young girl running naked down a street after being caught in a napalm attack

House Speaker Mike Johnson has appointed Rep. Rick Crawford of Arkansas as the new chairman of the House Intelligence Committee

There were sports analogies galore but few policy specifics during Scott Turners confirmation hearing on Thursday to become housing secretary

The FBI is holding a news conference on the three ballot drop box fires seen in the Pacific Northwest during the 2024 election

President-elect Donald Trump has named Troy Meink, a former Air Force KC-135 tanker navigator and former deputy of the National Reconnaissance Office, as his choice to serve as the top civilian leader for the Air Force

An 84-year-old man who was killed in the California wildfires had immigrated to the U.S. from China in 1989, and loved his Altadena home and the California fresh air

It Ends With Us actor and director Justin Baldoni has sued his co-star Blake Lively and her husband, Deadpool actor Ryan Reynolds, for defamation

The Tennessee House is warning lawmakers and the crowds watching floor sessions that they could be booted from the room if their behavior is deemed out of line

Questlove, Ron Howard and Steven Soderbergh are among those mourning the death of movie director David Lynch

The vast majority of Americans are about to get an extended taste of frigid Siberian weather

A widely seen video of an 11-year-old girl handcuffed and crying on a snowy sidewalk has prompted criticism of an upstate New York sheriffs office

U_S_ Treasury nominee Scott Bessent has told his confirmation hearing that President-elect Donald Trump has an opportunity to unleash a new economic golden age.

A United Airlines passenger jet struck a coyote during takeoff in Chicago

The 2025 movie awards season is in full swing but figuring out where to watch everything can be overwhelming

Turkey's state-run news agency says at least 30 people have died in Istanbul in the past three days after drinking bootleg alcohol

President-elect Donald Trump tasked a New Jersey congressman and vocal critic of offshore wind with writing an executive order he could issue to halt wind energy projects

Comedian and host Conan OBrien is the newest recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for lifetime achievement in comedy

French Appeal Court prosecutors say an American man accused of sexually assaulting a Pennsylvania college student in 2013 is being extradited to the United States

California Gov. Gavin Newsom will join Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson and some GOP governors in directing U.S. flags be raised to full height on Inauguration Day

Two men convicted of lesser crimes connected to the killing of former General Hospital actor Johnny Wactor have been sentenced to prison

Hawaii lawmakers are beginning a new legislative session with a vow to try to stabilize the states property insurance market

Five Massachusetts college students are scheduled to make their first appearance in court on conspiracy and kidnapping charges on Thursday

Rudy Giuliani is set to be the first witness at a trial over whether he can keep his Florida condominium and three World Series rings or must turn them over to satisfy a $148 million judgment awarded to two Georgia election workers

Many colleges accused of tolerating antisemitism on their campuses have been settling with federal civil rights investigators in the weeks before the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, who urged a tougher response to campus protests against ...

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A Nicaraguan woman staying legally in the United States has chosen to leave because of concern over President-elect Donald Trumps campaign for mass deportations

Authorities say a man fatally shot a Texas sheriffs deputy in southwest Houston, prompting a massive search involving multiple law enforcement agencies

Montanas House is has endorsed a ban on transgender people using bathrooms in public buildings that dont align with their sex assigned at birth

New York City has shuttered a sprawling tent complex erected on a remote former airport and announced the closure of other major shelters housing asylum seekers in its latest efforts to shrink an emergency housing built up in response to a surge of mig...

A Virginia man has pleaded not guilty in a federal case that accuses him of stockpiling the largest number of finished explosives in FBI history

Walter Salles' film I'm Still Here tells the story of Eunice Paiva after the disappearance of her husband

A man convicted in the first trial highlighting U.S. claims that China harasses its critics overseas has been sentenced to two years in prison

Attorneys for an Alabama inmate facing execution by nitrogen gas are asking a federal judge to block the upcoming execution

The front staircase of the Manhattan brownstone where Carrie Bradshaw lived in Sex and the City is getting a metal gate to keep away tourists who endlessly trespass and pose for pictures

Former professional football and baseball player Bo Jackson is giving up a $21 million judgment against his niece and nephew, whom he said harassed and tried to extort him

Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels has donated his career archive to the Harry Ransom Center cultural archive at the University of Texas

President-elect Donald Trumps nominee for White House budget director is declining to commit to doling out congressionally approved funds, specifically U.S. military aid to Ukraine

A North Carolina appeals court says the mother of a student killed while on a ride-along in a Highway Patrol cruiser can continue suing for gross negligence against the trooper who was driving