Secretary of State Marco Rubio has unveiled a massive overhaul of the State Department. The plans revealed Tuesday would eventually reduce staff in the U.S. by 15% while closing and consolidating …

Israeli strikes have killed at least 14 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, mostly women and children, and destroyed bulldozers and other heavy equipment that had been supplied by mediators to clear …

The U.S. Supreme Court will not delay Karen Read's second murder on claims of double jeopardy. Read's attorneys contend that trying her again on second degree murder and leaving the scene would be …

The second murder trial of Karen Read will begin with both sides laying out conflicting theories of how her Boston police officer boyfriend ended up dead. The trial starts Tuesday. The case has …

Members of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina are awaiting the release of a Department of the Interior report that could light a path for federal recognition as a tribal nation. President Donald …

Delays in cancer screenings brought on by COVID-19 aren’t making a huge impact on cancer statistics. Experts who track the data say cancer death rates continue to decline. And a new report …

The Anti-Defamation League says the number of antisemitic incidents in the United States reached a record high last year. The group's report released Tuesday notes that 58% of the 9,354 incidents …

The plight of migrants was one of Pope Francis’ top priorities. In 2013, the newly elected pontiff made his first pastoral visit outside Rome to the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, a hot spot …

A change in popes is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the transition in leadership for both the spiritual head of the global Catholic Church and the Vatican’s head of …

Arborists are hoping to transform vacant land on Detroit’s eastside by planting giant sequoias, the world’s largest trees. Detroit is the pilot city for the Giant Sequoia Filter Forest. The …

Demure, submissive and erotic — Suzie Wong is that bigger-than-life stereotype, that caricature that Asian women grew up with in the U.S., writes Associated Press reviewer Yuri Kageyama. But over …

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate …

Francis made his final public appearance on Easter Sunday. He appeared very frail and had delegated the celebration of the Easter Mass to another cardinal. Though his voice was weak, he blessed a …

Closing arguments are scheduled for Monday afternoon at the Arizona trial for Lori Vallow Daybell. She is the Idaho woman with doomsday religious beliefs who’s charged with conspiring to murder her …

Students who experienced a shooting at both Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018 and Florida State University days ago have sent a letter to Gov. Ron DeSantis demanding he reject a law that …

Authorities say a shootout in front of a family courthouse between several Texas deputies and a man with a handgun wounded a deputy and the suspect. An official with the Harris County Precinct 1 …

Global financial markets have been turned upside down this year by President Donald Trump’s burgeoning trade war. Markets are not in full panic, but the double-digit declines in major U.S. stock …

Wyoming’s only abortion clinic is resuming abortions after a judge suspended two state laws. State District Judge Thomas Campbell issued the ruling Monday. One law requires abortion clinics to be …

In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis had a frequent ritual: He would call the lone Catholic church in the Gaza Strip to see how people huddled inside were coping with a devastating war. It …

NASA's Lucy spacecraft has beamed back pictures from its latest asteroid flyby. NASA released the images on Monday, a day after the close encounter. The asteroid is bigger than scientists expected …