A key zone of the Pacific Ocean is already at record warmth. See how rising sea temperatures could impact global weather.

Before leaving Saturday, lawmakers confirmed President Trump’s attorney general pick and passed a spending bill.

Surprise nominees and candidate scandals are scrambling the battle for Congress. U.S. water systems are ripe for cyberattacks ...

A weekend of new blazes across Canada’s British Columbia has created new smoke that is now wafting into the United States.

BOGOTA, Colombia — A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, shaking the South American nation and neighboring Ecuador and prompting people to evacuate homes and buildings ...

Ripple brings together diverse perspectives from other publications to show how the country is engaging with today's biggest stories. It operates independently from the Washington Post News and ...

Dear Miss Manners: When I am sick, I need to rest and conserve my energy. I don’t want visitors, as then I feel I have to host, perform and even offer food and drink when all I want to do is sleep.

WOBURN, Mass. — At a Massachusetts lab, pebble-sized pellets are transformed into forks and films that won’t leave persistent microplastics in the environment. These are bioplastic pellets. CJ ...

The World Health Organization says the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak started in February, months before it was officially declared in May ...

As a food writer, and recipe tester and developer, it’s probably not unreasonable that I have an extensive library of cookbooks, many of which are devoted to specific techniques and cuisines that I ...

Shares are mostly higher in Asia, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 leading advances after U.S. stocks ended last week with gains ...

President Donald Trump is scheduled to swear in his criminal defense attorney Todd Blanche as attorney general Monday after Senate Republicans mustered the votes for his confirmation ...