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The former FBI director tweeted that he'd like to see a focus on "the truth and lasting values" in the new year.

Chocolate could reportedly vanish as early as 2050. This revelation has led scientists from the University of California at Berkeley to work with Virginia-based manufacturer Mars, Incorporated to save the cacao plant fro...

Gang violence is common in Brazil's notorious prisons

A Florida man beat his stepson to death for sneaking out of bed to get a cookie -- and then forced the boy’s brothers to sleep next to his body all night, according to prosecutors. Jack Junior Montgomery, 31, of Tampa,...

SALT LAKE CITY -- A Greyhound bus careened from a highway and plunged into a deep wash, killing a 13-year-old girl and injuring 12 other people on New Year’s Eve in rural Utah, state troopers said Monday. Investigators...

Chaotic roads, bad weather and reckless habits make the Russian capital one of the worst to drive, and its quest to build an autonomous car uniquely challenging In certain sunny climes, self-driving cars are multiplying....

As Republicans celebrated their tax bill passing Congress late last month, Iowa Democrats raised a toast of their own. Candidates for Congress and governor, gathered at the annual Progress Iowa holiday party, took turns ...

The city will be installing 1,500 permanent protective barriers to stop potential terror attacks at public spaces, de Blasio said Tuesday.

The Steinbergs loved to travel.

Deep south hit by freezing temperatures and South Dakota sets record low Big turnout for Milwaukee's Polar Plunge despite hypothermia warnings Severe cold gripped much of the US as 2018 began, breaking century-old record...

Bubbles can last for many years, and staying on the sidelines due to a distaste for them may not be the best available strategy. Adopting an appropriate and considered strategy could be the answer to a good play in crypt...

President Trump has previously blasted the "Iran deal" negotiated by the U.S. and other major world powers.

A female police officer and her boss were attacked in a suburb of Paris by a group of young people who then posted videos of the attack online, reports said. The officer -- who has not been named -- was recorded being ki...

An Arkansas man entered the new year with a weight lifted off his shoulders after the mosque he vandalized payed his fine for him.

After President Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's party has seized momentum to strengthen Israel's rule of the West Bank.

Inmates from rival gangs battled at a prison in Goias state Monday, leaving nine dead and 14 injured, authorities told the Brazilian news site G1. Officials said the violence at …

A country music festival in Las Vegas: 58 dead. A Baptist church in Sutherland Springs, Texas: 26 dead. The streets of Baltimore last year: nearly 300 dead. Gun violence has received no shortage of attention. But one bri...

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has signed into law a bill that removes a presidential age limit from the constitution and allows him to run for election again, deputy spokeswoman Linda …

A Chicago family claims a false lice allegation got them booted from a Disneyland-bound Southwest Airlines flight — and they want someone held accountable for the head-scratching ordeal. The Newmans were kicked off the...

He was handling the gun in a bedroom when it discharged, according to a preliminary investigation.        

Self-referrals predicted to reach record levels amid fears that cuts to drug and alcohol services are compounding problem Addiction treatment centres are bracing themselves for a leap in people seeking help after the fes...

The White House will meet with Hill leadership on Wednesday to discuss the 2018 legislative agenda.