U.S. & World

The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee has placed an employee on administrative leave after The Associated Press reported that one of its coaches was accused of sexually abusing a young biathlete, causing her so much distress that she attempted suicide. USOPC officials sent an email to the U.S. Biathlon national team saying it wanted to commen...

Two people have been charged with animal cruelty after police say they “brutally” killed a pet rabbit during a party in Massachusetts.

A bird strike at LaGuardia Airport in New York City forced an American Airlines flight to make an emergency landing at JFK.

The 85-year-old ESPN college basketball analyst said he’s cancer-free after his fourth bout with the disease in just over three years.

Senior Airman Brennon Washington, 25, was indicted in March for allegedly abducting and having sexual intercourse with a girl in Okinawa who was under 16.

United Nations chief António Guterres urged Israel to halt its aerial attacks and advance into Syrian territory after the overthrow of the Assad regime.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a “settlement demand” to Elon Musk, the tech billionaire revealed in a social media post on Thursday. 

Scientists suspect the first complete specimen ever recorded of the world’s rarest whale died from head injuries.

For 15 years, Donna and Gary Lindabury, of Vylas, North Carolina, lived with the financial equivalent of an anvil over their heads: a medical debt owed to a nonprofit hospital that at one point reached $200,000.

After receiving nearly $50,000 in donations to find Hannah Kobayashi, her family announced Wednesday they will honor any claim for a refund following her appearance.

The Senate is pushing toward a vote on legislation that would provide full Social Security benefits to millions of people. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer began the process on Thursday for a final vote on the bill, known as the Social Security Fairness Act.

One person died after a small plane crashed down onto a highway in New York’s Westchester County, shutting down the highway for an extended time, according to a police source and officials.

Britain’s spy agency is celebrating the festive season with a riddle wrapped in an enigma inside a mystery.