The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week despite heightened uncertainty about how President Donald Trump’s tariffs will impact the U.S. and global economies.

Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first U.S. pope in the 2,000-year history ...

Fewer Americans filed for jobless benefits last week as employers held on to workers despite anxiety over tariff threat.

Ontario has begun building the first of four new, small nuclear reactors, as Canada seeks to lead the Group of Seven industrialized nations in developing next-generation nuclear technology.

U.S. to add new radars, high-speed network links for air traffic control as crashes, near misses amplify safety concerns.

The University of Washington has suspended the 21 students arrested earlier this week for occupying an engineering building ...

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow it to end humanitarian parole for 500,000 people from 4 countries.

A suburban New York man has been charged with animal cruelty after authorities say they found nearly 100 cats in his home, including about two dozen dead kittens in a freezer.

The father of a Wisconsin girl who killed 2 in school shooting has been arrested in connection with case, AP source says.

Amid safety concerns from a spate of plane crashes and near misses, President Donald Trump said Thursday that a planned massive overhaul of the U.S. air traffic control system will revolutionize ...

A former model has testified that Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her when she was 16 years old, calling it the most ...