Almost 22% of U.S. residents age 5 and older spoke a language other than English at home, double the share from four decades ...

In 1669, in what has been considered the volcano's worst known eruption, lava buried a swath of Catania, about 15 miles away ...

All Robert Friedrichs had to go on was a stage name printed under an archival newspaper photo of her posing with other Las ...

France's new law mirrors broader European trends. Britain, Spain and Sweden implemented significant smoking bans in public ...

Potential fallout could include a roadblock to Tesla's plans for self-driving cars and SpaceX flying fewer missions for NASA.

A federal judge has signed off on arguably the biggest change in the history of college sports, clearing the way for schools ...

He is expected to be prosecuted in the U.S. and, if convicted, will be returned to his home country, El Salvador, officials ...

Grant Hardin, whose notoriety led to the TV documentary "Devil in the Ozarks," escaped May 25 from prison where he was ...

Lawmakers made changes in response to pushback from stores and their neighbors fed up with collateral damage from Oregon’s ...

Authorities have closed a wide swath of popular campgrounds and backpacking areas along the Pacific Crest Trail in Washington ...

Gauff came out on top of a contest that was full of tension and momentum swings to claim her second major trophy after the 2023 U.S Open.

Two Chinese researchers are accused of trying to smuggle in the fungus, which causes Fusarium head blight that can wipe out crops such as wheat, barley and maize and rice.