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The New York Times and The Washington Post were awarded three Pulitzer Prizes apiece on Monday for work in 2023 that dealt with everything from the war in Gaza to gun violence, and The Associated Press won in the feature photography…

The go-broke dates for benefit programs Medicare and Social Security have been pushed back as an improving economy has contributed to changed projected depletion dates, according to the annual Social Security and Medicare trustees report.

Jurors in Donald Trump's hush money trial are hearing for the first time how and why Michael Cohen's reimbursement for the Stormy Daniels' payment was entered as a legal expense.

U.S. stocks added to their gains from last week as technology stocks led the way once again.

Columbia University is canceling its university-wide commencement ceremony following weeks of pro-Palestinian protests.

Colorado lawmakers have passed a sweeping bill to overhaul the state’s lax oversight over funeral homes after a series of horrific incidents, including sold body parts, fake ashes and the discovery of 190 decaying bodies.

A lawsuit alleges that child sexual abuse at Illinois juvenile detention centers was pervasive and systemic for decades.

Voters in Chad have headed to the polls to cast their ballots in a long delayed presidential election that is set to end three years of military rule under the interim president.

Drivers heading north on Interstate 81 in Roanoke County can expect delays due to a tractor-trailer crash and a disabled vehicle.

The Hamas militant group says it has accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal to halt the seven-month war with Israel.

For the first time, researchers have identified a genetic form of late-in-life Alzheimer's disease.

An American soldier has been arrested in Russia and accused of stealing.

After AP's Pulitzer Prize-finalist investigation, a family of Atlanta kids struggling to enroll in school returned to class last month.

Minnesota lawmakers have launched their debate on far-reaching legislation that would amend the state's constitution to protect abortion and LGBTQ rights.

Israeli leaders have approved a military operation into the Gaza Strip city of Rafah, and Israeli forces are now striking targets in the area.

Forecasters say millions of people in the central United States could see powerful storms Monday including long-track tornadoes, hurricane-force winds and baseball-sized hail.

Redfin has agreed to pay $9.25 million to settle federal lawsuits that claim U.S. homeowners were saddled with artificially inflated broker commissions when they sold their home as a result of longstanding real estate industry practices.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has formally opened a former Byzantine church in Istanbul as a mosque.

Janet Jackson will make her fourth appearance at the 2024 Essence Festival of Culture this summer in New Orleans.

Independent U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is running for re-election, squelching speculation that he might retire at a difficult moment for Democrats The 82-year-old liberal icon from Vermont announced Monday that he's seeking his fourth term…

How do you smooth over trade tensions with the all-powerful leader of economic powerhouse China.

Two Australians and an American were doing what they loved on the stunning, largely isolated stretch of Baja California’s Pacific coast.

The Met Gala has inspired pajama-clad New Yorkers to fundraise for medical debt relief at an alternative benefit called the Debt Gala.

A former head of the Scottish National Party is expected to be Scotland's next leader.

Floodwaters in the Houston area are starting to recede, allowing residents to begin returning to their homes and assess damages after days of heavy rainfall.

The summer performance lineup at the amphitheater on Manhattan's Little Island park will open June 6 with Twyla Tharp’s “How Long Blues.”.

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz says the company’s leaders should spend more time in stores and focus on coffee drinks as they work to turn around flagging sales.

The head of the United Nations World Food Program says northern Gaza has entered “full-blown famine” after nearly seven months of war between Israel and Hamas.

President Joe Biden has recognized the United States Military Academy with the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy for besting other service academies in football.

Trump Media and Technology Group, the owner of social networking site Truth Social, has fired an auditor that federal regulators recently charged with “massive fraud.”.