A winter storm dumped sleet, freezing rain and snow across much of the U.S. on Sunday, bringing subzero temperatures and halting air and road traffic. Tree branches and power lines snapped under the ...

In dueling news conferences, federal and state officials offered starkly different messages Sunday about the immigration crackdown that has swept across Minneapolis and surrounding cities, with both ...

Dr. William Foege, a leader of one of humanity's greatest public health victories -- the global eradication of smallpox -- has died.

Iranian authorities unveiled a new mural on a giant billboard in a central Tehran square on Sunday with a direct warning to the United States not to attempt a military strike on the country, as U.S.

Democratic senators are vowing to oppose a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security following the shooting death of a 37-year-old Minnesota man, a stand that increases the prospect of a ...

Baghdad will prosecute and try militants from the Islamic State group who are being transferred from prisons and detention camps in neighboring Syria to Iraq under a U.S.-brokered deal, Iraq said ...

Voting was held Sunday in Myanmar in the final round of a three-stage general election, capping a nearly monthlong process ...

Decades before the Swiss village of Davos became famous as a pilgrimage site for global elites attending the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, it was best known as a destination for ...

A massive winter storm has hit, stretching from the desert Southwest to New England. Power grids are on high alert, mindful of the blackouts or near misses when similar conditions hit in recent years.

It wouldn't seem normal to make it more than a couple of months without seeing something in the headlines about a government shutdown. Sure enough, with less than two weeks to go before a Jan. 31 ...

One of my co-workers reported on her well-being regularly. "I saw her on a walk today; she said to tell you 'hello.'" ...

Arkansas has been my home for nearly 50 years--since my marriage, my education, and my first steps into public service.