Several U.S. Catholic bishops on Wednesday encouraged the church to boldly share Vatican teachings on a range of hot-button issues, including the condemnation of abortion, euthanasia, surrogacy and ...

A federal investigation into an Oklahoma school district launched after the death of a nonbinary student has led to the school agreeing to develop policies to prevent sexual discrimination and ...

The Republican-led Ohio Senate has approved a bill banning transgender students from using bathrooms that fit their gender identities. Wednesday's 24-7 vote sends the measure to GOP Gov. Mike DeWine, ...

New Jersey’s governor has issued a drought warning in a state where conditions are the driest they’ve been in nearly 120 years. Numerous wildfires continued to burn Wednesday in parts ...

Federal prosecutors say some evidence that a judge had excluded from the bribery trial of former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez was inadvertently put on a computer given to jurors, ...

The FBI is offering up to $25,000 as a reward for information about the suspect behind recent ballot box fires in Oregon and Washington state. Authorities believe a male suspect ...

A Philadelphia judge said the $1 million voter sweepstakes linked to Elon Musk was allowed to continue through Election Day because prosecutors failed to show that it was an illegal ...

Disruptions to Amtrak service on the Northeast corridor are continuing as downed wires have halted service between Philadelphia and Wilmington, Delaware. Meanwhile, service between New York and New ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A Marine Corps veteran who pleaded guilty to making ricin after his contacts with a Virginia militia prompted a federal investigation was sentenced Wednesday to time served ...

President Joe Biden welcomed President-elect Donald Trump to the White House on Wednesday for an Oval Office visit that's a traditional part of the peaceful handoff of power — a ritual Trump himself ...

President-elect Donald Trump has named Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida as his nominee for secretary of state. That sets up a onetime critic who evolved into one of the president-elect’s ...

U.S. stocks are drifting near their records after the latest inflation update boosted hopes that more help for the economy will arrive next month from another cut to interest rates.