A Manhattan judge has vacated the murder conviction of Henry Ruiz, who spent 25 years in prison for a 1993 murder

A Cape Cod seafood company has donated a rare two-colored lobster to a science center, sparing the critter from the kettle because of its remarkable coloration

Twelve prisoners have been charged with murder and other crimes after a deadly fight at a Georgia state prison

A woman who accused Harvey Weinstein of raping her in 2013 is testifying for the third time against the former movie magnate

The Supreme Court seems divided over whether to block thousands of lawsuits alleging the maker of the weedkiller Roundup failed to warn people it could cause cancer

Young and inexperienced Camp Mystic counselors were not trained to handle flood and other emergency situations, and feared making decisions on their own

Supporters of a controversial California proposal to implement a one-time tax on billionaires say they have enough signatures to qualify it for the November ballot

A man convicted in the 2024 shooting death of a New York City police officer has been sentenced to 115 years to life in prison

Preservationists say they will continue their lawsuit against President Donald Trump's planned $400 million White House ballroom

A robbery suspect now faces murder and attempted murder charges in the shooting of two Chicago police officers

The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the racketeering convictions of imprisoned former Republican Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and ex-lobbyist Matt Borges in a $60 million bribery scheme

Heavy rain slowed the progress of two sprawling southern Georgia wildfires over the weekend, allowing crews to make some progress in containing the blazes that have destroyed more than 100 homes

President Donald Trump is likely to face new security questions as he plans to attend a series of large, high-profile events in coming months

A sheep at Clover & Bee Farm in Underhill, Vermont, gave birth to a rare batch of six lambs earlier this month

Researchers say more wolves are roaming a remote Lake Superior island, using moose as one of their primary food sources

The rise of artificial intelligence is prompting college students to second-guess their career paths

When the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on the Trump administration’s plans to stop shielding Haitians and Syrians from deportation, people from more than dozen other countries will pay close attention, perhaps none more than an estimated 200,000 f...

The latest U.S. military strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean killed three people Sunday

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The Justice Department is pushing to dismiss a lawsuit blocking President Donald Trump's $400 million White House ballroom project

One of two large wildfires in southeastern Georgia continues to grow and now exceeds 31 square miles

The sound of gunfire at the Washington Hilton Hotel carried echoes of President Ronald Reagan's shooting outside the same hotel more than four decades ago

At least two people have died from a severe tornado-producing storm that hit northern Texas, and many homes have sustained major damage

A soldier betting on an operation to oust Venezuela’s leader

Sloths are unable to regulate their body temperature as well as other mammals.

The Mexican military has captured a top cartel leader in northwestern Mexico, dealing another blow to the country's most powerful criminal enterprise, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel

Iraq's dominant parliamentary bloc has nominated businessman Ali al-Zaidi as the country's prime minister

A series of attacks in Colombia's southwest has raised security concerns before the May presidential election

A train collision outside Indonesia's capital on Monday has killed at least three people

Afghan officials say mortars and missiles fired from Pakistan have struck a university and homes in northeastern Afghanistan, killing seven people and wounding at least 85

Japan’s prime minister has inaugurated a panel tasked with reviewing her country’s security and defense policies as tensions with China, North Korea and Russia escalate in the region

Conservations say a Sumatran orangutan has been filmed for the first time using a human-made canopy bridge to cross a public road on the Indonesian island of Sumatra

Canada's prime minister says the country is developing a government-owned investment fund

South Sudan's civil aviation authority says that A Cessna aircraft has crashed on the outskirts of the South Sudanese capital, killing all 13 passengers and the pilot

Argentine President Javier Milei has blocked journalists from the government headquarters and insulted the media on social media

The German government suspects Russia is behind phishing attacks on Signal targeting high-ranking politicians, military personnel, and journalists

A cargo vessel flying the flag of St. Kitts and Nevis has been hijacked off Somalia’s coast

Gunmen have raided an illegally operated orphanage in north-central Nigeria, abducting 23 pupils

Pope Leo XIV vows to keep working to overcome differences with Anglicans in meeting with their its female leader

Authorities in Ukraine say a Russian drone attack on Ukraine’s southern city of Odesa has wounded 14 people including two children

A court in Taiwan has sentenced a former employee of Tokyo Electron to 10 years in prison for stealing trade secrets from TSMC

At least 42 people have been killed in eastern Chad after a clash between two families over a water point escalated into a cycle of reprisals

Pope Leo XIV has vowed to keep working to overcome differences with the Anglican Communion

Energy shocks linked to the Iran war are pushing households across Africa and South Asia back to charcoal and firewood as cleaner cooking methods become more expensive and unreliable

Around 20,000 seafarers on hundreds of vessels are stuck in the Persian Gulf, unable to cross the Strait of Hormuz that remains effectively shut by Iran

North Korea has opened a memorial museum for its soldiers killed while fighting for Russia against Ukraine

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake shook part of northern Japan early Monday, but there was no damage or casualties

Palestinian authorities say local elections in Gaza and the West Bank are a success and mark a step toward a long-delayed presidential election

Officials in Colombia say the number of people killed in a bombing in a volatile region in the country's southwest has risen to 20

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sold a vision to Israelis as the country entered the war with Iran and invaded Lebanon