Triggered by a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the catastrophic event was the ...

The sanctuary in Washington state said it was working with officials to determine the cause of the outbreak, which has killed ...

JERUSALEM — A new round of Israeli airstrikes in Yemen on Thursday targeted the Houthi rebel-held capital and multiple ports, ...

Pop culture critic Linda Holmes has been making this annual list since 2010. Big, small, inspirational, silly — what these ...

Azerbaijan observed a day of mourning for the victims of the plane crash that killed 38 people and left all 29 survivors ...

An Israeli strike killed five Palestinian journalists outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip overnight, according to the Health ...

Only about 300 to 400 people a year give a kidney to someone they never met. It's an act of generosity so unusual, a ...

The burst of new laws follows a landmark Supreme Court ruling, and reflects public frustration with record-high homelessness.

They make their living off the sea, but their catch is dwindling. So these traditional fisherfolk are taking steps to ...

The copyrights of thousands of 20th-century films, books, compositions and sound recordings expire on Jan. 1, making them ...

David Mas Masumoto's new book tells the story of his aunt, who was taken as a "ward of the state" in 1942. Seventy years ...

Devon Strolovitch studied medieval Judeo-Portuguese manuscripts and earned a PhD in Linguistics from Cornell University ...