Laura strengthened to a hurricane Tuesday morning, reaching maximum sustained winds of 75 mph with even stronger gusts as it barreled toward the Gulf Coast in Texas and Louisiana. Hundreds of thousands of people in…

Josh Dubose did not intend to become a mail carrier. Although his father, his stepmother, his sister and at least three uncles worked for the U.S. Postal Service, Dubose saw something different for himself. Yet…

Facebook on Tuesday blocked access within Thailand to a group that has criticized the country's king but said it was planning a legal challenge to the government's demand that it restrict access to the organization's…

WASHINGTON — The Republican Party announced it wouldn't adopt a platform, but it pledged its unwavering support to President Donald Trump as the four-day gathering kicked off Monday. While the Democratic convention focused on persuasion…

On Monday, the new postmaster general, Louis DeJoy, faced down members of the House Oversight Committee in a contentious hearing over DeJoy's changes to the U.S. Postal Service's procedures ahead of the election. A major…

WASHINGTON — Diplomats who are barred by law from mixing work and politics say they're appalled by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's decision to address the Republican National Convention on Tuesday, breaking with long-standing traditions…

Half of some 1 million gig workers in the Golden State are poised to lose income thanks to a new law expected to cause Uber and Lyft to shut down. If a court allows the…

BOULDER CREEK, Calif. — When a massive wildfire swept through California’s oldest state park last week it was feared many trees in a grove of old-growth redwoods, some of them 2,000 years old and among…