US & World

Following a string of potentially anti-Semitic incidents in New York, schools in historically Jewish neighborhoods will launch hate crime awareness…

A leading human rights lawyer and activist said he was beaten up by Egyptian security forces, who doused him in paint and brandished weapons at…

Iran has warned the US of “consequences” after Washington carried out airstrikes against an Iran-backed militia group in Iraq. The US has…

When protesters flooded the streets of Tunisia and Egypt almost a decade ago, millions across the region were glued to their television screens. A…

Greta Thunberg’s father says he initially did not support his daughter’s climate activism, calling it a “bad idea,” but his…

A Chick-fil-A employee in Wilmington, North Carolina, has caught the attention of his community with his infectiously upbeat customer service and…

As their night tour began, the two young New York City police officers pulled their SUV in front of the car driven by a man suspected of stabbing…

When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, an unparalleled decade comes to a close: one that saw everything from NASA’s first all-female…

Armed conflicts are worsening around the world and children are suffering terrible damage as a result, UNICEF, the United Nations’ (UN)…

A Chinese scientist who helped create the world’s first gene-edited babies has been sentenced to three years in prison. He Jiankui shocked the…

A typical scene unfolds in India: angry crowds flood the streets in a mass outcry after yet another woman or girl falls victim to sexual violence.…

Aroon’s eyes rolled back into his head, his breath became fast and labored, and his body started to quiver. It was a drug overdose. Aroon had…

From the Dakotas to New England, people are waking up to snow Monday as the year comes to a close. Nearly 25 million people will be under some sort…

A shooter at a church in White Settlement, Texas, was taken down by parishioners with guns seconds after he began firing Sunday. Those parishioners,…

A New Zealand man who speared an endangered sea lion says he did it to protect his partner, adding: “It needed a stab. It will live.”…

A plane carrying members of the University of Kansas men’s basketball team had to make an emergency landing when an engine failed on their…

The death toll from a powerful typhoon that lashed the Philippines over Christmas has risen to 47, with another nine people still missing,…

The Iranian government has banned the families of protesters killed during anti-government unrest in November from organizing any kind of funeral…

US women’s national soccer team players Ashlyn Harris and Ali Krieger tied the knot on Saturday in their much-anticipated wedding at the…