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The current district attorney, Cyrus Vance Jr., is leaving office at the end of the year, meaning there's a good chance he'll pass the two-year probe to his successor.

A commercial flight was diverted to Belarus after a phony bomb threat that international leaders are calling a ploy to arrest a journalist critical of the country's president.

Gregory Williams was stabbed and is in critical condition following a dispute over a parking space in Queens.

Parents and students are demanding answers after the yearbook of Bartram Trail High School in St. Johns County, Florida, came out riddled with alterations blatantly, and in many cases clumsily, adding swaths of fabric to...

Mr. Protasevich, 26, is an exiled dissident whose reach drew an authoritarian ruler into a gambit that outraged Western governments.

Saudi Arabia continues to ask for help to deter Iranian aggression even though its U.S. troop levels in the Middle East could go down.

China denied a report that three Wuhan researchers were hospitalized with possible coronavirus symptoms in November 2019. Latest COVID-19 news.      

In a letter sent to the U.S. Justice Department and the city's Congressional delegation last week, Tax Equity Now New York is demanding that the federal government address "the inequitable and discriminatory impact of th...

India's health ministry reported 4,454 new COVID-19 deaths on Monday, bringing the country's total death toll to 303,720 since the pandemic began last March. India is only the third nation to top 300,000 deaths, joining ...

A Florida high school is facing criticism from students and parents after a teacher edited girls' yearbook photos to add more clothing.      

A 61-year-old Bergen County man, who allegedly belongs to the militia group The Oath Keepers, was arrested last week in connection with the Jan. 6 riot at the US Capitol.

The senator responded to a question on 'Face the Nation' of whether labeling the Israeli government as so is contributing to the rise in anti-Semitic attacks.

The violence is just the most recent in a string attacks nationwide following conflict between Israel and Hamas.

Alabama banned teaching yoga at public schools in December 1993 because state lawmakers deemed it a "Hindu philosophy and method of religious training."

New cases have tumbled to rates not seen in more than 11 months, sparking optimism that vaccination campaigns are working. Latest COVID-19 news.      

The University of Notre Dame held its spring commencement ceremony after receiving criticism for initially inviting President Joe Biden to speak to graduates.

Gordon Sondland, a central figure in former President Donald Trump's first impeachment, alleges Mike Pompeo promised to cover his legal fees.      

Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.

A constitutional crisis deepened in the Pacific Island nation of Samoa, which now has two competing governments and two claimants to the prime ministership.

The study comes as COVID-19 cases caused by the India variant rises in Britain

It's not the biggest prize in lottery history but it certainly would set the winner up for lifelong financial security - and then some. A Mega Millions winning ticket worth $516 million ($349.3 million cash) was sold in ...

A WWF study finds that people have become more aware of the zoonotic causes of many infectious outbreaks