After years of tension over expanded oil and gas drilling, including a deadly explosion that galvanized critics, the state is moving to tighten regulations on the booming industry.
For years, New Zealand’s government and international media worked to keep Louisa Akavi’s name secret. Now the Red Cross hopes that revealing her identity will lead to information on her whereabouts.
After a second 737 Max jet crashed in less than five months, it took Boeing weeks to speak openly about the role its flight control software may have played. Critics say that’s too long.
Is a clothing line called “FUCT” entitled to trademark protection? The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office said no. Now the Supreme Court must decide.
Julian Assange probably won’t have access to his laptop computer for a while, but that may not mean that the organization he created won’t still release secrets and, potentially, affect elections.
No Republican presidential candidate has claimed the state’s 10 Electoral College votes since Richard Nixon in 1972 — the longest blue streak of a state in the country.
Valor I, Valor II and Starr, a trio of bald eagles in Illinois, hatched three eaglets this year. No such luck for the closely watched eagle couples of Washington, D.C.
See which 2020 presidential candidate has raised the most money, who has spent the most, where the candidates’ funding comes from — and how the Democrats stack up against President Trump.
Notre Dame Cathedral of Paris burned on Monday. Its spire fell. But the French Gothic structure was not fully lost, especially in memories of the beloved national symbol.
The returns show that in both 2016 and 2017, Sanders and his wife jointly earned more than $1 million in each of those years. On Monday evening, Beto O’Rourke also released a decade of returns.
Tiny fragments broken down from larger pieces of plastic have already been found in rivers, lakes, oceans and in agricultural soil. But very few studies of wind-borne microplastic have ever been done.
The new Netflix series takes a hard look at the effects of our behavior on the natural world. Series producer Alastair Fothergill says that this is a different, more urgent type of show.
Giannulli and Loughlin are accused of paying $500,000 in bribes arranged by admissions consultant Rick Singer to get their daughters admitted to USC as crew recruits, despite not being rowers.
Woods’ historic victory Sunday at the golf Masters Tournament shows the continued earning power of a player who was dropped by many of his sponsors over the course of a tumultuous decade.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist was never interested in only telling the stories of famous men. Instead, he says, “I wanted to use their lives to show how political power worked.”
The popularity of weight loss apps, especially among younger people, has forced the traditional weight loss programs to revamp their models to include online, on-demand support.
Judges sought to support the media “even if some wrongly degrade [it] as the enemy of the very democracy it serves.” Honors went to The Advocate in Baton Rouge, La., Florida’s Sun-Sentinel and others.
Lawmakers in Arizona have repealed a law that banned teachers from portraying “homosexuality as a positive alternative life-style” during HIV/AIDS instruction.
Trump called Carter on Saturday, the first time the two had spoken, Carter said. He said Trump told him that he is particularly concerned about how China is “getting ahead of us.”
Protesters are demanding that a military council give up power to civilians. Four days after longtime president Omar al-Bashir was removed in a coup, protesters faced off against troops in Khartoum.
A study finds that about 7 percent of all teen homicides between 2003 and 2016 were committed by a romantic partner. The majority of victims were teen girls.
The 5 recipients of the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship predict how their projects will make the world a better place.
“We’re being outnumbered by the sheer number of the refugee population,” says Mohammad Abul Kalam, the head of Bangladesh’s Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commission in Cox’s Bazar.
The agency’s budget has been cut sharply over the past decade. That means fewer audits. The Trump administration says those cuts may have gone too far and it’s seeking more money for tax enforcement.
The questions and answers you need in order to prepare for the arrival of the hottest new 400-page document in Washington.
And unlike the attorney general’s predecessors who were caught between warring branches of government, William Barr seems intent on being at the center of the conflict.
Former L.A. Times foreign correspondent Megan Stack talks with NPR about her new book, her relationships with her nannies, and the need to further involve men in conversations about work in the home.
For some kids with anxiety disorders, a new study suggests the best treatment might be teaching their parents new parenting skills.
The first episode of the final season was dense with reunions, recriminations and revelations as just about the entire cast made it to Winterfell.
Researchers are currently looking for candidates who will stay in bed 24 hours a day, seven days a week for 60 straight days for a study on how the body adapts to weightlessness.
White House Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Bidley said a threat by President Trump to send detained immigrants to sanctuary cities should not be seen as a form of “political retribution.”
The Stratolaunch is the world’s largest plane by wingspan. During its first test flight on Saturday, the plane reached an altitude of 17,000 feet and a speed of 189 mph.
A study of siblings finds those who have a stress-related disorder have a 60 percent higher risk of heart attack or other cardiovascular event, compared to their less-stressed brothers and sisters.
Sunday’s victory at Augusta came nearly 11 years after Woods’ last major title and capped a remarkable personal comeback for Woods after facing career-threatening injuries.
Three children died after a tree struck a vehicle in eastern Texas and flash floods hit Lousiana. Severe weather warnings are in effect for regions from Ohio to southern New York to northern Florida.
Software that can replace doctors for certain tasks has a big responsibility. The Food and Drug Administration is now figuring out how to determine when computer algorithms are safe and effective.
