U.S. applications for unemployment benefits rose last week, but layoffs remain at historically healthy levels. The Labor ...

Jamestown Settlement and Jamestown Rediscovery will host events on Saturday to honor the first Africans who were enslaved and ...

Luke Williams, who had struck out in his previous four plate appearances, lined an RBI single in the top of the 11th inning Thursday to give the Gwinnett Stripers a 3-2 matinée victory over the ...

Los Angeles (AP) — California ‘s prison system has systematically failed to protect incarcerated women from sexual abuse and harassment by guards, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday. The ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Former Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner is scheduled to be the featured speaker at a Labor Day rally in what may be one of his first public appearances since ...

A 31-year-old musician and creative entrepreneur was shot and killed Wednesday night in Norfolk as he arrived at the premiere of a short film he co-produced for the 48 Hour Film Project. Tony L.

GAUR, Nepal (AP) — The young mother’s breath had grown ragged. Inside her mud home in rural Nepal, she hunched over in agony, pain pummeling her pregnant belly, her swollen legs scarcely able to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pacific-based aircraft carrier USS George Washington has begun heading toward the Middle East, according to Navy statements and open source information on the ship’s movements.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s botched repairs at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool have landed the National Park Service in a tight spot, forced to serve the public while managing ...

It’s fair to assume that it rankled some (many?) North Carolina faithful this week when former Tar Heels guard Seth Trimble chose to play his fifth season at Louisville. Jumping from one school to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Boston on Thursday dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit that accused Harvard University of turning a blind eye to harassment of Jewish students. The decision ...

Kind words work better when they are also clear. The Moon enters Virgo early at 6:18 AM EDT, helping us notice details, ...