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Though he has been dead 27 years, Mr. Begin's legacy is being selectively invoked by parties across the political spectrum ahead of the April 9 election.

Chanel Lewis strangled and sexually assaulted the 30-year-old while she was out for a run in Queens

Efforts to pass a disaster aid package have stalled in Congress, as Democrats demand more funds for Puerto Rico's recovery -- which the president and GOP leadership oppose

In "Horizon," the eminent environmentalist reconstructs decades' worth of his observations of the natural world, from the Arctic to Australia.

Jepheads, what is our queen doing?

President Trump's threat to shut down the southern border raised fears Monday of dire economic consequences in the U.S. and Mexico. Elected leaders from border communities like San Diego to cities across Texas warned "se...

Venezuela plunged deeper into chaos Monday as millions were left without running water amid a series of blackouts, forcing President Nicolas Maduro to ration electricity and close schools. The socialist strongman announc...

Major automakers on Tuesday reported weak sales for March and the first quarter citing a rough start to the year, but said a robust economy and strong labor market should encourage consumers to buy more vehicles as 2019 ...

Firefighters have contained a blaze high in the rugged forested mountains of western China that claimed the lives of 30 of their colleagues. State media say open flames had been …

Candidates vying for the Democratic nomination to be U.S. president began on Monday to disclose how much cash they were able to raise in the first quarter of the year - an early test of their ability to organize and buil...

President Trump already knows who he wants to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, according to a report. Trump told confidants he was “saving” Judge Amy Coney Barrett for the seat last year duri...

Chicago voters went to the polls on Tuesday to choose between two African-American women running for mayor, with the winner of the historic vote inheriting a city steeped in violent crime and wracked by fiscal woes.

Lori Lightfoot or Toni Preckwinkle will make history as the city's first black, female mayor

U.S. stocks opened flat on Tuesday, pausing after a three-day surge on Wall Street as investors looked for more signs of strength in the economy in the wake of growth worries.

India's test launch last week "is not compatible with the future of human spaceflight that we need to see have happen," the space agency's administrator said.

Washington welcomed China's move on Monday to list all fentanyl-related substances as controlled narcotics, after criticism from President Donald Trump for allowing the synthetic opioid to be shipped to the United States...

A Swedish police officer praised for "Naked Arrest" after capturing a long-time fugitive criminal who he recognized in a hazy sauna while both were naked.

Bitcoin soared to its highest in almost five months on Tuesday, pulling smaller cryptocurrencies up with it, after a major order by an anonymous buyer set off a frenzy of computer-driven trading, analysts said.

Five well-known German companies, including the country's only publicly traded soccer club, are donating 1 million euros ($1.1 million) each to Israel's Yad Vashem memorial for the development of a facility to preserve, ...

Sanders reported more than $6 million in fundraising in the first 24 hours of his campaign

The contenders in the 2020 presidential race are revealing their fundraising milestones for the first quarter

Beginning Wednesday, unmarried people in Utah can now have sex without breaking the law. Gov. Gary Herbert has signed a law that allows fornication, or sex outside marriage. Until Wednesday, that was a class B misdemeano...