Citizen activists supporting a public vote on important issues could have to brush up on their reading, writing and ...

A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the ...

Farmer Jeremy Brown taps the nose of a young calf. “I love the ones with the pink noses,” he says. This pink-nosed animal is ...

President Donald Trump plans to announce in Saudi Arabia next week that the United States will now refer to the Persian Gulf ...

Valerie, a miniature dachshund lost for 18 months — or around half her life — on an Australian island, has been reunited with her owners, her rescuers said Wednesday.

Disney’s posted solid profits and revenue in the second quarter as its domestic theme parks thrived and the company added ...

Mexican matador Diego Silveti performs a ritual ahead of each bullfight. In each hotel room where he dresses in the garment ...

The Federal Reserve could keep its key rate unchanged for several more months as it evaluates the impact of President Donald Trump’s widespread tariffs on hiring and ...

Despite a decrease in customer confidence, airlines have seen an improvement in customer satisfaction, with JetBlue Airways ...

India fired missiles across the border into Pakistani-controlled territory in at least three locations early Wednesday, killing at a child and wounding two other people, Pakistani security ...

Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves Wednesday behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, ...

Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 48 people, including women and children, hospital officials said Wednesday, as ...