U.S. & World

Should you recline your seat while flying? An ad campaign says no, with a video showing the reasons the practice has fallen out of favor in the past decade.

Three people dropped into the ocean Monday when a California wharf partially collapsed.

The President-elect’s priorities could run into the realities faced by agents focused on enforcement and removals: The number of people already on its lists eclipses the number of officers available to do the work.

First it was Canada, then the Panama Canal. Now, Donald Trump again wants Greenland.

Former President Barack Obama changed the official name to Denali in 2015 to reflect the traditions of Alaska Natives as well as the preference of many Alaska residents.

The woman was stopped at Los Angeles International Airport while attempting to board a flight to Philadelphia, the Transportation Security Administration said.

Former President Bill Clinton has been hospitalized in Washington after developing a fever, a top aide told NBC News on Monday.

The U.S. has recorded over 32,000 whooping cough cases this year, compared with around 5,100 as of mid-December last year. Infants are most vulnerable to the bacterial infection.

Lava is bubbling through the crust of one of the world’s most active volcanoes, which is Kilauea, on Hawaii’s Big Island.

The Guatemalan man, who officials say was in the U.S. illegally, is accused of lighting a sleeping woman on fire.

The Container Store has filed for bankruptcy protection, as the storage and organizational goods retailer with roots dating back to 1978 grapples with mounting losses and cash flow shortages.

The battles over abortion in the U.S. are increasingly focusing on the pills that are now the most common way pregnancies are ended.

NORAD’s Santa tracker is a Christmas tradition that’s become nearly global in scope. Each year, at least 100,000 kids call into the North American Aerospace Defense Command in Colorado.