It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War’s end and ...

The Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum and a global symbol of art, beauty and endurance, remained shuttered Monday — not ...

The trade disputes involving global economic powerhouses such as the U.S. and China are being felt even in such distinctly ...

Sam Cooper had just trekked 7 miles (11 kilometers) through a rain-sodden stretch of the Appalachian Trail when he sat down ...

The man suspected of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another crawled to officers in surrender Sunday after they ...

President Donald Trump is calling for Iran and Israel to make a deal as fighting between the two countries now enters its fourth day.

Officials in Ireland began work Monday to excavate the site of a former church-run home for unmarried women and their babies to identify the remains of some 800 infants and young ...

Gjert Ingebrigtsen, the father of Norwegian track star Jakob Ingebrigtsen, was convicted Monday of assaulting his daughter and handed a suspended prison sentence. A court ...

Private prison operators are marketing their shuttered lockups to federal immigration officials as President Donald Trump ...

Gaza’s Health Ministry says 38 Palestinians have been killed in new shootings in areas of food distribution centers in the ...

Juneteenth celebrations have been scaled back this year due to funding shortfalls as companies and municipalities across the country reconsider their support for diversity, ...

Leavenworth, Kansas, occupies a mythic space in American crime, its name alone evoking a short hand for serving hard time.