The top spokesman for the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services is taking a leave of absence, the agency announced Wednesday, days after he promoted dangerous conspiracy theories during a Facebook Live video. In…

A 68-year-old man and 77-year-old woman who were found dead near their home in fire-ravaged Northern California had been packed to evacuate but decided to stay based on "erroneous information" about the blaze, authorities said.…

Politics are hard to miss on YouTube this year. Last month, Joe Biden made a splash when his campaign bought out YouTube's homepage with an ad about sports stadiums that had been left empty by…

“No new worlds.” These words stand emblazoned 20 feet tall at the Plymouth harbor, on England’s southwestern coast, from where the Mayflower set sail to establish a new life for its passengers in America. The…

The Big Ten Conference announced Wednesday it will play football this fall, a stunning reversal from the league's move last month to push back the 2020 season because of the coronavirus pandemic. The alliance of…

The Covid-19 crisis has brought many Americans into a somewhat unfamiliar environment, forcing them into working from home in makeshift home offices. By now, some of those remote workers may be experiencing discomfort, lacking a…

A U.S. House investigative report into two Boeing 737 Max crashes that killed 346 people blamed the airline and the FAA for “repeated and serious failures." The fatal crashes in Indonesia in October 2018 and…

Hurricane Sally made landfall early Wednesday near Gulf Shores, Alabama, threatening record floods more than 24 hours after it began dumping heavy rain on the Gulf Coast. The National Hurricane Center warned on Wednesday of…