Officials say a small number of National Guard troops has started protecting federal property in the Chicago area and assisting law enforcement in Memphis ...

The U.S. Marshalls say the only escaped inmate who remained on the run after breaking out of a New Orleans jail in May has been captured ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS will furlough nearly half of its workforce as part of the ongoing government shutdown, according to the an updated contingency plan posted Wednesday to the agency website.

Markets in mainland China gained more than 1% as they reopened following a weeklong holiday, while U.S. futures declined. Oil prices fell back after Israel and Hamas agreed Wednesday to pause fighting ...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Reuters) -Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel said on Wednesday he believed his comments about the reaction to the assassination of political activist Charlie Kirk were "intentionally ...

All 10 fugitives who made a brazen escape from a New Orleans jail in May are back in custody after the last inmate was captured in Atlanta ...

An Indiana man convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl is set to die by lethal injection early Friday in the state’s third execution since resuming capital punishment last year ...

Leon Draisaitl scored his 400th NHL goal Wednesday night in the Edmonton Oilers’ regular-season opener against the Calgary Flames ...

Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen has thanked the European Union for being a "trusted friend" and urged investment in Greenland's resources ...

Before they vote to reopen the government, Democrats' main demand is that Congress take up an extension of subsidies for health plans offered under the Affordable Care Act. Trump has sounded open to a ...

Signs and a portrait of former French Justice Minister Robert Badinter are displayed during a rehearsal of his induction ceremony into the Pantheon, on the anniversary of the promulgation of the law ...

Former FBI Director James Comey is set to make his first court appearance in a Justice Department criminal case accusing him of having lied to Congress five years ago ...