The Supreme Court has struck down a Louisiana law regulating abortion clinics, reasserting a commitment to abortion rights over fierce opposition from dissenting conservative justices in the first big abortion case during the Trump Presidency.
President Donald Trump on Sunday denied that he had been briefed on reported U.S. intelligence that a Russian military intelligence unit secretly offered bounties
A new investigative technique known as genetic geneology testing helped Columbus, Ohio police solve a 38-year cold case involving the murder of a child.
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LINDSAY WHITEHURST and SOPHIA EPPOLITO Associated Press
The Splash Mountain ride at Disney parks in California and Florida is being recast. Disney officials said the ride would no longer be tied to the 1946 movie, “Song of the South," which many view as racist. Instead, the revamped ride will be inspired by the 2009 Disney film, “The Princess and the Frog."
Chuck E Cheese is filing for bankruptcy protection. The 43-year-old chain, which drew kids with pizza, video games and a singing mouse mascot, was struggling even before the coronavirus pandemic.
A spacewalking astronaut has added to the pieces of junk orbiting the Earth. The commander of the International Space Station, Chris Cassidy, had barely exited the hatch Friday when he reported that his left wrist mirror had floated away.
American consumers increased their spending by a sharp 8.2% in May, partly erasing record plunges the previous two months, against the backdrop of an economy that’s likely shrinking by its steepest pace on record this quarter.
“The Big Bang Theory” actor and neuroscientist Mayim Bialik is teaming with DC Entertainment on a project that joins superhero power to the power of science.
A former Arizona official has pleaded guilty to a human smuggling charge in Arkansas for what prosecutors say was his role in running an illegal adoption scheme in three states involving women from the Marshall Islands.
President Donald Trump’s plans to kick off Independence Day with a showy display at Mount Rushmore are drawing sharp criticism from Native Americans who view the monument as a desecration of land violently stolen from them.
The number of laid-off workers who applied for unemployment benefits fell to 1.48 million last week, the 12th straight drop and a sign that layoffs are slowing but are still at a painfully high level.
The rope found hanging in Bubba Wallace's garage at Talladega Superspeedway was not a hate crime. Federal authorities said the rope had been hanging at the Alabama track since at least October.
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LAURAN NEERGAARD and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press
The government’s top infectious disease expert says the next few weeks are critical to tamping down a disturbing coronavirus surge in the U.S. Dr. Anthony Fauci issued a plea Tuesday for people to avoid crowds and wear masks.
Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed the defeat of Nazi Germany at the traditional massive Red Square military parade, which was delayed by more than a month because of the invisible enemy of coronavirus.
Americans are unlikely to be allowed into Europe when the continent reopens its borders next week, due to how the coronavirus pandemic is flaring in the U.S. and President Donald Trump’s ban on Europeans entering the United States.
The US Food and Drug Administration is advising consumers not to use hand sanitizer products manufactured by Eskbiochem SA due to the potential presence of a toxic chemical.
For the first time in years, Japan has the fastest supercomputer in the world and it's being used to research the spread and treatment of the novel coronavirus.
