U.S. & World

Hurricane Rafael was moving west across the Gulf Coast of Mexico Friday, bringing the threat of life-threatening conditions to the southern United States coastline, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Amsterdam police said Friday that at least five people had been injured and at least 62 people arrested after what authorities said was violence targeting Israeli soccer fans.

A self-described Nazi has become the first person in Australia to be sentenced to prison for performing an outlawed salute when he was ordered by a magistrate to spend one month behind bars.

Prince William said the past year has been “brutal” as his wife and father announced their diagnoses with cancer.

Yifei Xu rode his bike across the country, sleeping in a tent and relying on the kindness of strangers for every meal — all to prove the goodness of everyday Americans.

Dentists say fluoridated water was one of the most significant public health advances in recent memory. The incoming administration may not see it that way.

Wiles will be the first ever female White House chief of staff.

Subsidies to buy insurance from the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces are set to expire at the end of 2025. If they’re not extended, coverage could become unaffordable for many.

Germany’s federal prosecutor office said it arrested an American citizen on Thursday who allegedly spied for China.

Questions about sexual orientation, gender identity and changes to queries about race and ethnicity are on track to be asked in the most comprehensive survey of American life by 2027, U.S. Census Bureau officials said Thursday.

People throughout the D.C. area and across the country reported receiving racist spam text messages the day after the election that told them to report to plantations to pick cotton.

A Florida woman has been arrested in Hartford for allegedly killing her roommate and lying about her disappearance, according to police.

Three people were charged in relation to the death of singer Liam Payne, Argentina’s public prosecutor announced in a statement Thursday.