The city, condemned in the Bible and a source of black magic in the Quran, has been ravaged by war and neglect. For decades, preservationists have pushed for the site to be restored.
A woman seen in a viral video licking a carton of Blue Bell ice cream before placing it back on a store shelf could face legal repercussions.
For two soccer-crazed nations, just one question remains: Will the U.S. continue its march of greatness undaunted, or can the Dutch pull off an upset for the ages?
Chris Cline, a West Virginia native who came to be called the King of Coal, was en route to Florida when the copter went down in the waters off Grand Cay.
Puerto Rico has a plan to rebuild its energy grid and move to 100% renewable power by 2050. Many communities are working toward that themselves, without help from the government.
The Alaskan city just had its hottest and driest June ever, with average daily temperatures 5 degrees above normal. Crews are also battling wildfires across the state.
A hardwired, us-vs.-them mentality can easily pull kids away from kindness, toward cruelty. Here’s what parents can do about it.
The preliminary agreement, reached a month after a deadly military crackdown on protesters, calls for control to rotate between military and civilian leaders for three years, until elections are held.
In Southern California’s Tehrangeles, business owners feel the effects of the travel ban, sanctions and increasing White House threats of war against Iran.
Aden Batar directs a refugee resettlement program in Utah. It is the same organization that helped resettle his family 25 years ago, when they fled a harrowing civil war in Somalia.
The 39-year-old, whose father was a Palestinian refugee, wrote in The Washington Post that he supported Republican candidates throughout his early adult life and was elected as a Republican.
Homelessness is often considered an urban problem. But rural Americans often experience homelessness as well. Advocates struggle to reach homeless rural residents and connect them with services.
At MAD magazine’s peak in the early 1970s, more than 2 million people subscribed to it. The magazine will shift to printing collections of old content and end-of-year specials with new material.
The 29-year-old smiled at reporters upon arriving at the airport in Beijing Thursday, telling them he felt “great.” But he declined to elaborate on his whereabouts since he was first reported missing.
A study finds that for countries worldwide, the “democratic experience” — through free and fair elections — plays a larger role than GDP in easing the burden of chronic diseases.
The larger-than-life British politician is expected to replace Theresa May as prime minister.
Tens of thousands of Palestinians have left Gaza in the past year, as conditions there have worsened.
The streaming content giant said it will stop showing smoking or e-cigarette use in future shows unless it is “essential.” New research finds tobacco imagery on popular shows has skyrocketed.
After an investigation by journalists found the Methodist hospital system had filed 8,300 lawsuits in five years, the hospital announced it will be “reviewing” its policies in the next 30 days.
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy slashed $130 million, or 41%, from the budget of a university system that serves more than 26,000 students. Layoffs, elimination of programs and campus closures are likely.
Courtney Irby had taken her husband’s guns from his home, and given them to police. At the time he was under arrest for allegedly ramming her car with his.
Amid tweets by President Trump that he still wants the 2020 census to ask about citizenship, an official says the Justice Department has been told to find a way to make that happen.
Yanghee Lee, the U.N. special rapporteur on Myanmar, spoke of civilians being detained, interrogated and dying in the custody of Myanmar’s military.
In Alabama, District Attorney Lynneice Washington called the case “disturbing and heartbreaking” and said there are “no winners, only losers, in this sad ordeal.”
On Sex and the City, Parker famously explored the nuances of single life. Now, in the HBO comedy series Divorce, she plays a mother of two navigating the dissolution of her marriage.
South Africa’s president made a promise to redistribute white-owned land to blacks. But it’s a tense and controversial process.
A study shows the main drivers of Juul’s social media presence are young people and third-party vendors, not the company itself. And vaping continues to look cool online among young people.
An American couple attends a mysterious festival in the Swedish countryside in Ari Aster’s new thriller. The haunting, hypnotic film will slowly seep into your nervous system.
At a time when the United States is enjoying the lowest unemployment rate in a half-century, California’s Imperial Valley suffers from a shortage of good jobs.
Some areas have already surpassed record rainfall levels, and with more rain in the forecast, the ground could simply give way, Japan’s weather agency says.
The search has been focused in an area near Del Rio, Texas. U.S. Customs and Border Protection says the girl’s mother told agents that her daughter went missing while they tried to cross the river.
The U.N. says the strike hit a hangar within the Tajoura Detention Center, obliterating what had been a shelter that was housing roughly 120 people.
The Trump administration will soon let oil companies bid on land to drill in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Some Alaska Natives fear harm to migrating caribou, others see opportunity.
U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman said it is unconstitutional to keep credible asylum-seekers in custody indefinitely as they await immigration proceedings, reversing a Trump administration order.
The Supreme Court essentially approved the practice in a recent ruling. Will Democrats still make good on promises to take partisanship out of redistricting?
Nearly two years after Hurricane Maria, the government has made vast improvements and residents have worked together to clean up their communities, but Puerto Rico remains extremely vulnerable.
