Iran alleges that the small tanker was smuggling some 264,000 gallons of fuel. The vessel reportedly was seized south of Larak Island, less than 20 miles off the Iranian mainland

Miranda Lambert shares a cute-as-hell country bop and a total barnburner. “It All Comes Out In The Wash” and “Locomotive” are Lambert’s first solo offerings in three years.

In the early 1960s, NASA was considering three different ideas for landing a man on the lunar surface. Houbolt’s plan ultimately won out despite concerns within NASA that it was too risky.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the apparently deliberate act in Kyoto is “too appalling for words.” A suspect has been taken into custody.

Reservoirs are dry in India’s sixth biggest city. Municipal taps work only a few hours a day. Trains are delivering emergency water supplies.

By the turn of the 20th century, America’s love affair with diamondback terrapin soup — a subsistence food turned gourmet fare — had left the turtle’s population teetering. Booze ban to the rescue.

Colson Whitehead’s harrowing new novel is based on a true story about a brutally abusive reform school in Florida where the grounds were pocked with the unmarked graves of the boys who died there.

Doctors have warned of health risks from tons of garbage rotting in the Italian capital’s streets during the summer’s hot spells.

Acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan is appearing before the House Oversight and Reform Committee amid a heated debate between the GOP and Democrats about the administration’s immigration policies.

As the U.S. has struggled to build support among its traditional allies in Europe to combat what it calls Iran’s aggression, it has been forced to look elsewhere for support, such as Latin America.

Some of Puerto Rico’s biggest stars attended, and tensions ratcheted up later when protesters burst through a barricade at the governor’s mansion and security forces fired tear gas at the crowd.

FaceApp’s surge in popularity has driven Sen. Chuck Schumer to call for a federal investigation into the St. Petersburg-developed app over potential “national security and privacy risks” to Americans.

The financier’s lawyers want him on house arrest at his mansion. Prosecutors say he should stay in a Manhattan jail. Epstein faces sex trafficking charges and 45 years in prison if convicted.

President Trump piled on four freshmen congresswomen of color after tweeting this weekend that they should “go back” to the countries they came from, even though three were born in the U.S.

There is considerable disagreement over terms of the deal, which will be detailed in a second agreement yet to be signed.

Democrats have demanded documents related to the origins of Trump administration’s decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. The effort to add the question was ultimately halted.

Rivals embracing or attacking “Medicare for All” prompted Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders to lay out his vision for eliminating private health insurance on Wednesday.

The former head of Iowa’s Department of Human Services says that, ideally, his dismissal will lead to “having open discussions about race and what we have in common, instead of what separates us.”

Research presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Convention found that LGBTQ Americans are three times more likely to experience cognitive decline than their non-LGBTQ counterparts.

Cape and Islands District Attorney Michael O’Keefe said in court documents filed Wednesday that he was abandoning the case “due to the unavailability of the complaining witness.”

Public scrutiny of the health and safety conditions at immigration detention centers is growing. But the contractor ICE hired to inspect those conditions is accused of ignoring problems for years.

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock will be taking the place of California Rep. Eric Swalwell, who dropped out last week. The lineup for each night of the July 30-31 event will be announced Thursday.

Libraries have never been just about books; they’re also crucial hubs of community support. Some are even expanding that role, and supporting their librarians, by bringing in trained social workers.

A Colombian man trying to sneak more than a pound of the drug into Spain was caught with the package (poorly) hidden under his fake hair, a police official told NPR.

We spoke to teen activists at the Girl Up event in Washington, D.C., this week. They had a lot to say about everything from buzzwords that make them mad to the best ways to de-stress.

“The F-35 cannot coexist with a Russian intelligence collection platform that will be used to learn about its advanced capabilities,” White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said.

Trump administration officials say drugs’ list prices are like cars’ sticker prices — easily negotiated. But in the life and death world of medicine, say price watchers, that analogy falls apart.

A comprehensive analysis looks at the cup, its ability to prevent leaks — and whether it could be a viable alternative to pads and tampons in low-income countries.

The current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 1,650 people, according to the World Health Organization. About 12 new cases are reported daily.

The Los Angeles Sparks guard was charged months ago with assaulting an ex-girlfriend. She will miss nearly a third of the regular season, and the WNBA players union plans to file a grievance.

Amid the most crucial political crisis to hit Puerto Rico in its modern history, Puerto Rican artists Residente, Bad Bunny and iLe respond with music in real time.