US & World

The volunteer security team member who fatally shot a gunman in a Texas church Sunday said he began watching the shooter as soon as he entered the…

In a single week, eight of Rob Freishtat’s tiny patients died of hunger. In his photos, the children already seem to be vanishing, dwarfed by…

The Amazon rainforest has lost the equivalent of 8.4 million soccer fields over the past decade due to deforestation. That’s about 24,000…

Finding your loved one a perfect gift can be hard. But a diamond ring, silk dress, or designer bag couldn’t come close to Mike Nipper’s…

A Louisiana sports reporter who died in a plane crash will be remembered with a scholarship at her college alma mater. Carley McCord worked for WDSU…

After a suspect stabbed five people at a Hanukkah gathering in suburban New York, a rabbi resumed the celebrations at a synagogue next door. The…

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…