New York City Police Commissioner Edward Caban is resigning. He made the announcement Thursday, just over a week after his phone was seized as part of a federal investigation.  People familiar with th ...

The World Food Program’s director is appealing for more money and access to feed 2.5 million people at risk of famine in Sudan. The UN agency’s director, Cindy McCain, called Sudan “nearly a forgotten ...

A Tennessee judge has ruled that four people can’t be denied their voting rights because their specific felony offenses bar them from having a gun, even under a state directive that added gun rights ...

A Manhattan grand jury has indicted Harvey Weinstein on new sex crimes, according to his attorney Arthur Aidala. “The grand jury has indicted Mr. Weinstein,” prosecutor Nicole Blumberg also said ...

A man whose pickup truck got trapped in rushing floodwaters unleashed by rains from Hurricane Francine was saved by a Good Samaritan who also happened to be an emergency room nurse. Miles Crawford ...

The Palestinian economy is “in free fall,” with production in Gaza plunging to one-sixth of its level before Israeli forces began a blistering military response to the Oct. 7 attacks in the territory, ...

An earthquake was felt widely in the Los Angeles area Thursday morning. The U.S. Geological Survey reported a preliminary 4.7 magnitude quake centered 4 miles (7 kilometers) north of Malibu. The ...

A Filipino man suspected of victimizing more than 100 children in the Philippines with his gang by selling their nude pictures online, including some while being raped by his cohorts, has been ...

Top officials of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan have witnessed the start of construction of the Afghanistan section of the pipeline that will supply Afghanistan, Pakistan and India with natural gas from ...

Walking arm-in-arm with the Dutch queen, American World War II veteran Kenneth Thayer has returned to the tiny Dutch village that he and others in the 30th Infantry Division liberated from Nazi ...

The U.S. government has responded to Venezuela’s disputed July presidential election by imposing sanctions against 16 allies of President Nicolás Maduro. Washington is accusing them of obstructing the ...

A 4.7 magnitude earthquake struck just North of Malibu this morning at 7:28, rattling buildings and nerves throughout northern L.A. and portions of Ventura county. No immediate reports of damage or ...