US & World

For one Milwaukee family, this year’s Christmas miracle didn’t arrive by reindeer-led sleigh. It came via a county transit system bus.…

A 60-year-old man is in critical condition after he and an acquaintance were robbed and beaten early on Christmas Eve morning, and the suspects took…

Here’s a look at the life of Junichiro Koizumi, former Japanese prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Personal…

Landyn Wadsworth has earned her spot on Santa’s nice list. The 8-year-old’s Christmas wish was to help the dogs and cats at the…

Little is known about Paleozoic creatures’ parental prowess. But a newly uncovered 300-million-year-old fossil might be the earliest evidence…

Pope Francis has urged the Catholic faithful to embrace the “light of Christ” to help end conflict and injustice around the world, during…

Russian President Vladimir Putin boasted Tuesday of his country’s “unique” advances in hypersonic weaponry, saying other countries…

We know you want 2019 canceled, reported and blocked. You think it was awful, depressing and went on far too long. But — and hear us out here —…

Russia’s top diplomat has said the timing of his recent White House meeting with President Donald Trump was a “coincidence.” Sergei…

A 9-year-old pit bull mix got the gift of his lifetime this holiday season. After more than five years living at a shelter in the care of the Fresno…

Russia’s capital has seen record high temperatures in December with snow not predicted until the end of the month. Moscow hit 6.2 degrees…

A Colorado Springs bank robbery got a Christmas spin. Around noon on Monday, police said that an older man threatened a bank with the use of a…

A hero of this galaxy is now also a hero of one far, far away. The makers of Star Wars have created a character in honor of Riley Howell, according…

A 9-year-old boy hit a car thief over the head with an iPad and his 16-year-old sister choked the thief and called 911 until he bailed out of the…

A grandfather in Oregon just bought a small school bus so he can take his 10 grandchildren to school. Last Friday, Doug Hayes revealed the little…

The first time Vivian Walker met a Santa the same color as she is, she was 41. “My first time, in the flesh,” Walker said.…

Police in St. Louis want to return hundreds of items — including tools, stained glass panels and generators — taken in burglaries…

Christmas has taken a dark turn for many Australians as the country faces its hottest days on record this holiday season. As fires rage across New…