A political standoff in Texas over new U.S. House maps aimed at adding five Republican seats is poised to enter a new phase ...

For a 3 1/2-year-old, Elmo sure has sung a lot on “Sesame Street” with some of the best musicians in the world ...

Rapper Sean Kingston is scheduled to be sentenced in South Florida on Friday after being convicted of a $1 million fraud ...

U.S. President Donald Trump is meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska at a U.S. military base for a crucial ...

Twenty years ago, Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip, dismantling 21 Jewish settlements and pulling out its forces ...

Paleontologists have identified a new whale species from a 25-million-year-old fossil found on an Australian beach ...

Japan is paying tribute to more than 3 million war dead as the country marks its surrender 80 years ago, ending World War II, but there is growing concern about the fading memories of the tragedy of w ...