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A man was killed while subway surfing in Manhattan on Friday, police said.

They are safe for now and, according to authorities, they are relieved. But the 13 children, aged 2 to 29, rescued from what was described as nothing less than a torture chamber will have years of therapy ahead, experts ...

An explosion rocked a tugboat while it was docked for repairs in Kentucky, killing three people and injuring several others Friday, authorities said. Work was being done on the vessel and dozens of people were either abo...

The leadership of South Africa's ruling African National Congress party is holding a key meeting amid media reports of talks about the removal of President Jacob Zuma, whose scandal-plagued tenure …

Hollywood producer and executive Allison Shearmur, who produced the "Hunger Games" films, died Friday at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles of complications from lung cancer at the age of 54. Shearmur, who worked as an e...

NYPD Inspector Fausto Pichardo became the first cop from the Caribbean nation to be promoted to a two-star chief.

The long-serving chief of the Los Angeles Police Department resigned Friday.

The former reality television star successfully made himself the center of attention - but probably not in the way he and his supporters had hoped.

As a government shutdown loomed, protesters in all corners of the U.S. Capitol pressured lawmakers not relent on their promise to reject any spending bills that did not protect a vulnerable group of immigrants. They chan...

President Trump responded to news of the government shutdown on Twitter early Saturday, blaming congressional failure to pass a spending deal on Democrats, who have insisted the spending bill address the fate of Deferred...

From the detention of child refugees to a lack of protection for refugees, conditions in the Thai capital are bleak.

Turkish officials say a bus carrying mostly holiday-makers on a ski trip has crashed into trees on the side of a road, killing 11 passengers and injuring 44 others. Governor …

Gabon says a major ivory trafficking ring that smuggled more than 600 tusks out of the country in 2017 has been dismantled, in a victory against poachers who have killed …

HONOLULU -- The Hawaii National Guard’s top commander said Friday he told Gov. David Ige that a missile alert was a false alarm two minutes after it went out statewide. But the governor didn’t tell the public until 1...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel headed to the University of Michigan on Friday to pitch students on the benefits of moving to Chicago after graduation, only to face hecklers opposed to his plan to spend $95 million on a new West Side...

Two Indonesian hostages have been released after being held for more than a year in the southern Philippines by their Abu Sayyaf captors, Indonesia's Foreign Ministry said Saturday. The two …

The biggest drop came from Indian students, whose numbers fell by 19% in 2017.Saudi Arabia, Iran and South Korea also sent fewer students in 2017.        

Rallies are scheduled to take place on Saturday and Sunday across the country and around the world. The #MeToo moment has galvanized the movement in the last year.

The shutdown mars the one-year anniversary of President Trump's inauguration

With the government shut down and the two parties faulting each other, senators from both parties were looking for an agreement to end the crisis.

In northern Kenya, a community-run conservation project is working to keep young and vulnerable elephants safe.

A U.S. Navy warship sailed close to a contested reef west of the Philippines this week, drawing the ire of Beijing which issued a statement Saturday accusing the U.S. of trespassing in its territorial waters.