This week, the Supreme Court upheld a Kentucky law requiring physicians to describe embryonic or fetal anatomy to the patient prior to an abortion, as well as requiring the patient to listen to the “fetal…

WASHINGTON — After a 14-hour meeting, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee suddenly announced that the panel would not vote as planned on Thursday night on two articles of impeachment, angering Republicans. Chairman Jerry Nadler,…

Ten retired NFL players, including former Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis, are accused of defrauding a league health care program by submitting fake invoices for medical equipment, including a hyperbaric chamber, which they never…

LONDON — Jeremy Corbyn, the socialist leader of the opposition Labour Party, announced Friday he will step down after overwhelming election results showed the party not only failed to oust the ruling Conservatives but also…

The U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan said Thursday he was outraged by a Taliban attack near Bagram airfield this week, and "we’re taking a brief pause," apparently in reference to peace talks that had recently…

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey — The two people who stormed a kosher grocery store this week appeared to be highly trained killers, the lone survivor of the shooting said Thursday. David Lax, who owns a…

A shooting at a kosher grocery store in Jersey City on Tuesday is being investigated as a "potential act of domestic terrorism fueled both by anti-Semitism and anti-law enforcement beliefs," authorities said Thursday. Three people…

WASHINGTON — Congress appeared to reach a tentative bipartisan agreement to fund the federal government past the Dec. 20 deadline, avoiding another shutdown just before the holidays. “We’re close to closure — finalizing details," a…