A 13-year-old boy who tried to enter a Wisconsin elementary school while armed was taken into custody after fleeing when confronted by school staff, authorities said.

Republicans landed historic victories in Pennsylvania this week, winning the battleground state's valuable presidential electoral votes, posting a two-seat gain in its U.S. House delegation and ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. (THE CONVERSATION) With over 40 armed conflicts now taking place around the world, the costs of ...

Global efforts to fight climate change stumbled but survived the last time Donald Trump was elected president and withdrew the United States from an international climate agreement.

As a person who writes about investing for a living, it’s helpful (if humbling) to take a hard look at my own decisions from time to time. In the spirit ...

Ukraine has already lost the war it is fighting against Russia's invasion, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Friday, adding that he believes Donald Trump ...

A fishing boat capsized and sank off the coast of South Korea’s Jeju island on Friday, leaving at least two people dead and 12 others ...

• A caller reported a bear outside going through the trash and was concerned because she had to go to work. She said the ...

Australia’s states and territories on Friday unanimously backed a national plan to require most forms of social media to bar children younger than 16.

Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election instantly changed calculations for millions of migrants or potential migrants across the globe.

Maine residents this week overwhelmingly approved a referendum to limit donations to political action committees that spend independently in candidate elections, setting the stage for a ...

It’s Friday night in Downtown Santiago, the capital of Chile, and a group of 15 people gather around a table, sharing a bottle of wine as ...