President-elect Trump has revived calls for the United States to buy Greenland and complains of high fees at the Panama Canal ...

President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to ...

Homeowner light displays draw California crowds – and create Christmas traditions that brighten dark December nights.

The U.S. military says two U.S. Navy pilots have been shot down over the Red Sea in an apparent “friendly fire” incident.

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Congress has pushed through final passage of a bipartisan plan to fund federal operations and prevent a government shutdown.

As Syrians seek to recover from decades of a brutal dictatorship, they want to learn what happened to missing loved ones. For ...

The Oct. 8 fire at a market in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, highlights the fragility of life for those toiling on the margins ...

As our writers unwrap their favorite memories of childhood holiday gifts, something else comes into focus: the giver.

The city of Berlin pays half the cost if you repair electronics and don't throw them away. That sounds better than it worked ...

Fentanyl is an urgent U.S. drug threat. People from port staff to IRS agents are tracing how the synthetic opioid gets into ...

Despite the secular trappings of an imported holiday, the Chinese have devised a type of giving that captures the Christmas ...