Claudia Sheinbaum is a 62-year old environmental scientist who left academia on a political trajectory that took her from a local mayor, to running Mexico City, to winning the presidency with nearly ...

The Israeli military pressed its ground incursion into southern Lebanon on Tuesday, calling the operations "limited incursions" that are targeting Hezbollah militants.

For the first time since 1996, both major parties have picked a veteran for vice president — a fact that some veterans' ...

The Justice Department's third-in-command talked about the department's pledge to fight hate crimes, and shared he was close in age to Matthew Shepard, whose death inspired a federal law helping to ...

It allows counties to draft workers. Omaha's Douglas County is the only one to regularly use it. Here's how the jury duty-like system works.

Nora Durkin called a hotline to report abuse she says she experienced as a child. The woman who answered gave her the ...

As the presidential race ramps up in Georgia, one vital voting demographic is mobilizing and hoping to impact the race: young ...

Former President Jimmy Carter is turning 100. Here are images from notable events or parts of his life, both during his ...

Republican Ohio Sen. JD Vance is prolific on the campaign trail with speeches and talking to reporters, but his messaging has ...

Ishiba, who chosen as the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's new leader on Friday, replaces Fumio Kishida who stepped down after his government was dogged by multiple scandals.

Mutombo spent his retirement on humanitarian causes. He spoke nine languages and founded the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation, ...

Over six million fungal species are believed to inhabit planet Earth. Outsmarting them is the work of Arturo Casadevall's ...