Over the next 24 hours, the world has witnessed extraordinary scenes of hostages being released from Gaza and reunited with ...

The government shutdown is on track to extend into a third week. Congress remains deadlocked on a funding plan, and the Senate isn’t scheduled to hold any votes until Tuesday.

President Donald Trump and Gaza ceasefire mediators signed a deal after Hamas freed all living hostages and Israel released Palestinian prisoners and detainees under the US-brokered agreement.

SpaceX completed an hour-long Starship test flight — the last mission for the troubled V2 prototype that has failed several times this year.

Explore the haunting histories of New Orleans, Savannah and Salem, three of the eeriest locales in the country.

Three people have been arrested on murder charges and a fourth person on an attempted murder charge in a weekend shooting that left six dead and more than a dozen injured in a small Mississippi town, ...

Many states today are observing Indigenous Peoples’ Day rather than Columbus Day, reflecting a growing movement to honor Native heritage instead of the Italian explorer. It’s also a federal holiday, ...

Technology use is prevalent for most kids, including younger ones. Here’s how parents can limit use of smartphones and social media before children are old enough.

Courtrooms on opposite sides of the country on Thursday served as stages for the ongoing showdown between Democratic-led cities and the Trump administration.

In politics today, negativity is a much easier sell than enthusiasm. For the first time in nearly a decade of polling, more than half of Americans say the country’s best days are already behind it.

Russia carried out a “massive attack” on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, top Ukrainian officials said early Friday, leaving ...

Nearly three days after a massive blast at a Tennessee facility that specialized in making military explosives, investigators are still combing through the site where 16 people were killed in a “mass ...