This year's flu season is unusual. It started early and in the West, instead of the South. A new variant with a mutation that helps the virus evade immunity may be playing a role.

The last time the U.S. military held an execution was in 1961, by hanging. The last military execution by firing squad was in 1945, when an American soldier was shot for desertion in World War II.

Cornell University names Sally Yates, former acting U.S. attorney general and career federal prosecutor, to lead an ...

More than a quarter of a million people rallied nationwide to support school students demanding more education funding, according to government figures, with thousands of arrests.

Jake Pearson is a problem gambler, losing thousands of dollars a night betting on sports, and a DraftKings VIP, lavished with ...

Every year, thousands of lowrider enthusiasts gather in Guadalupe, Arizona, to show off their shiny rims. The town has become synonymous with a part of American culture that has often been ...

Armadillos have been steadily moving north in the U.S. for the past century or so, leaving their hot, dry habitats behind.

A century ago this month, author A.A. Milne released his now-classic "Winnie-the-Pooh," the story of a stuffed bear and his animal friends — Tigger, Piglet, Eeyore, Owl, Kanga and Roo — and their ...

The war in Iran has slowed growth, France's deficit is expanding and social unrest has recently turned violent.

Historian Julian Zelizer says that in the early 1980s, when most Americans were just gaining their footing with the personal and interconnected computers, "WarGames," a major Hollywood movie, helped ...

Democrats are hoping to gain political ground ahead of midterms, while Republicans scramble to hold onto their foothold.

Border agents dispersed a camp of protestors along the U.S.-Mexico border on Monday. The activists in Southern Arizona were ...