U.S. & World

A 13-year-old in Chicago takes his father’s pistol out of a lockbox and removes the magazine from the weapon. He shows the gun to a neighbor the same age, and pretends to fire it several times.

The woman who in 2006 falsely accused three Duke University lacrosse players of raping her has admitted publicly for the first time that she made up the story.

The United States, its European allies and a dwindling number of veterans are marking the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge.

At least three feminist activists have been detained for vandalizing a monument outside the United Nations building in Geneva.

Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi was taken to a Luxembourg hospital Friday after she hurt herself during an event marking the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge.

Chili’s, Taco Bell and the casual-dining segment were some of the big winners in the restaurant industry this year.

As President Joe Biden makes a final push to confirm judicial nominees before his term in office ends, he is on track to have appointed more federal judges of color than any president before him.  On Monday, the Senate confirmed Biden’s judicial nominee for the Northern District of Georgia, Tiffany Johnson, making her the 40th Black woman he h...

A former top partner at McKinsey has also agreed to plead guilty to obstruction of justice in the federal probe, according to court filings Friday

Americans may have elected Donald Trump to a second term in November, but that doesn’t mean they have high confidence in his ability to choose well-qualified people for his cabinet or effectively manage government spending.

Are you a YouTube TV subscriber? Your monthly bills are about to get more expensive again.

The third interest rate cut in a row is on deck, which is welcome news for consumers struggling to keep up with sky-high interest charges.

Daniel Penny was acquitted of the charges he faced in New York over the 2023 chokehold death of homeless man Jordan Neely.

Oren and Alon Alexander, granted pre-trial release from Miami’s state cases, remain in custody before a federal hearing next week. The brothers are accused in a sexual assault investigation involving dozens in South Florida and New York.