The weather system moving across the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday was showing a greater chance of becoming a tropical depression as it moves toward the northern Gulf Coast.

As the Senate prepares to vote on a bill to rescind $40 billion in promised foreign aid, critics of the measure say a thorough governmental review of targeted programs did not actually take place.

Police found Robin Kaye and her husband, Thomas Deluca, shot to death in their Encino home Monday. They arrested a ...

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Israel on Wednesday conducted airstrikes in downtown Damascus, the Syrian capital. The Israeli military said the targets ...

It's called parametric insurance, it offers protection for climate-related wage losses and it's gaining ground in India.

Once deported to Bhutan, some Nepali-speaking Bhutanese refugees say they are told to leave. Many have since disappeared, ...

The Senate voted by a razor-thin margin late Tuesday to advance debate on a package of funding cuts requested by President ...