Human rights activists say female political prisoners in Belarus are often singled out for abuse and humiliation, threatened with losing their children, and having medical problems ignored ...

The Texas Senate has given final approval to a new, Republican-leaning congressional voting map, sending it to Gov. Greg Abbott for his signature ...

Shane Bieber struck out nine over six innings of one-run ball in his Toronto debut and return from a 16-month absence as the ...

All three Democrats are either declared or potential contenders for the Senate seat on the ballot in next year's midterm ...

Six people who died in what authorities suspect was exposure to gas at a dairy farm include a 50-year-old father and two sons ...

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has resumed its eruption by shooting an arc of lava high into the air and across a section of its ...

As Hurricane Erin pelted North Carolina’s barrier islands with strong winds and waves, it destroyed many nests of threatened ...

LOS ANGELES -- Lyle Menendez was denied parole Friday by the same board that a day earlier rejected his brother Erik’s appeal ...

California parole board says Lyle Menendez should remain in prison with brother Erik for murdering parents in 1989 ...

Now that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has signaled that the central bank could soon cut its key interest rate, he ...

LA PAZ, Bolivia -- Bolivia’s Supreme Court on Friday ordered judges to urgently review whether three prominent right-wing ...

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung is in Tokyo to hold his first full summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in ...