Still looking for a last-minute Christmas gift? A new poll finds that most people find cash or gift cards an acceptable holiday gift.

Crime rates dropped across much of the U.S. in 2025. That was true for both property and violent crime. And it declined nearly everywhere: In big cities and small towns, and in red and blue states.

The State Department announced Tuesday it was barring five Europeans it accused of leading efforts to pressure U.S. tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints.

Despite tensions between the Vatican and Israel's government over the Gaza war, some Jews and Christians living in Israel are trying to build trust between their communities.

The explosion collapsed a part of the building and happened just as a utility crew had been on site looking for a gas leak at Bristol Health & Rehab Center in Bristol Township, just outside ...

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Prediction market apps are growing in popularity, allowing people to bet on everything. Critics fear that turning every scenario into a wager could lead to people and institutions being manipulated.

The Trump administration has stated it wants the U.S. childhood vaccination schedule to look more like peer nations such as Denmark. Critics say the U.S. has different health threats.

As the U.S. intercepts more oil carriers from Venezuela, one of its closest allies faces a crisis. Cuba relies on Venezuelan oil, and the halted shipments are worsening conditions on the island. We ...

President Trump announced he wants to build a new “Trump class” of battleships, called the “Golden Fleet,” and he said he will help design them. He also warned Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro not ...

Tuesday marks what would have been R&B singer Esther Phillips’ 90th birthday. Phillips was a hugely popular teenage R&B singer who, in 1962, recorded the top-10 hit “Release Me.” That success would ...