As cardinals gather in the Vatican to elect a new pope -- with a Filipino among the favourites -- the church in Asia's most ...

Anticipation gripped the Catholic world Thursday as the cardinals tasked with choosing a new pope prepared to retreat behind ...

Alabama governor Kay Ivey sided with the state legislature by signing a bill that will overhaul the Birmingham Water Works ...

The Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday the implementation of its REAL ID enforcement measures at Transportation Security Administration checkpoints nationwide.

Thankful for the opportunity and disappointed in some of what transpired, a former high schooler in North Carolina injured in a girls volleyball match by a ...

Joseph Nye, a versatile and influential political scientist and US policymaker who coined the term "soft power," a concept of ...

North Carolina's elections board has ousted the agency’s executive director after Republicans gained control. The State Board ...

The Federal Reserve said Wednesday it would hold interest rates unchanged as it warned about the potential for higher unemployment and higher inflation as a result ...

Experts say eating too much processed food, like sugary sodas and packaged snacks, might be speeding up early signs of Parkinson's disease.

Thick black smoke emerged Wednesday from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in a sign that cardinals had failed to elect a new ...

The crash of a Marine Corps helicopter last year that killed five service members was ultimately caused by pilot error. But ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa unveiled Wednesday a plan to revive South Africa's flagging local governments, weeks ...