WASHINGTON — The Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General has begun investigating the circumstances surrounding the sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone, a longtime friend of President Donald Trump, according to two sources familiar with…

Oracle on Monday confirmed it has struck a deal with TikTok owner ByteDance, weeks after the Trump Administration ordered a TikTok divestiture in the U.S. The deal proposal still needs to be approved by the…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — An enormous chunk of Greenland’s ice cap has broken off in the far northeastern Arctic, a development that scientists say is evidence of rapid climate change. The glacier section that broke off…

The Northern Hemisphere just sweltered through its hottest summer on record, according to data released Monday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The period from June through August was 2.11 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than…

“Before a vaccine becomes available, we may have to return to work,” said KK Cheng, professor of public health at the University of Birmingham. “And while some may continue with home-based working, others will be…

When Dean Arnold started working for the Census Bureau in late August, the work was more difficult than he had imagined. The agency gave him about two weeks of training as an enumerator after the…

New Orleans residents braced Monday for Tropical Storm Sally as it makes its way up the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to make landfall as a hurricane. The storm is forecast to bring life-threatening…

The detection of phosphine gas in the clouds of Venus has surprised scientists, who are now wrestling with a big question: Could it be a sign of alien life? New research published Monday in the…