A federal judge will hear arguments Thursday on whether he should extend an order that protects Minnesota refugees who are ...

He is weighing military action against Iran, leading an aggressive immigration crackdown, and teasing a federal takeover of state elections.

Early prenatal care improves the chances of having a healthy pregnancy and baby. But a new federal report shows it’s been on the decline.

President Donald Trump will gather Thursday with representatives from more than two dozen countries that have joined his Board of Peace — and several that have opted not to — for an inaugural meeting ...

Kealoha Pisciotta, a Hawaiian cultural practitioner and animal advocate, disagrees with killing feral chickens simply because they’re a nuisance. Some chickens today descended from those brought to ...

Nasa Hataoka shot a 7-under 65 Thursday on the Siam Country Club Old Course and was tied for the lead after the opening round at the LPGA Thailand, the first of three tournaments in Asia in ...

For her first novel since the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Demon Copperhead," Barbara Kingsolver is taking on a subject she rarely discussed in public while growing up in a small Kentucky town: classical ...

Authorities trying to solve the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie say they might tap DNA genealogy databases, the same step that police took to unravel a decades-old series of murders in California and ...

Jayden Stone had 19 points, Trent Pierce and T.O. Barrett each added 16 and Missouri held off No. 19 Vanderbilt 81-80 on Wednesday night after squandering a big lead.

Authorities say the bodies of eight backcountry skiers have been found and one remains missing after an avalanche near Lake Tahoe in California. Search and rescue crews were dispatched to the Castle ...

Jurors are set to start deliberating Thursday in the trial of a man who beat four people to death as they slept on New York City's streets. His lawyers acknowledge he did it but argue he was too ...

A weekslong “snow drought” in Northern California's Sierra Nevada helped set the stage for Tuesday's deadly avalanche, after several feet of new snow fell on an earlier layer that had hardened, making ...