Authorities in Northern California say a man has been fatally shot during an encounter with a highway patrol officer. The shooting occurred in Plymouth, a small town east of Sacramento.

For more than 70 years, a foundational pillar of health advice has been to avoid saturated fat and substitute vegetable oils ...

The Native American Church is the most widespread religious movement among the Indigenous people of North America. It ...

For one of my year's end columns I wanted to shine a spotlight on four guitarists with Southwest Oklahoma origins who are ...

A former top New York City police official has admitted through his lawyer that he had a sexual relationship with a subordinate. But he denied her claims that he demanded ...

A federal judge is signaling that Rudy Giuliani's contempt hearing next Friday might not end so well for the former New York City mayor and onetime personal lawyer for President-elect ...

Former Syrian rebels who now serve as part of the new Syrian government's armed forces posed for photo portraits with their weapons Friday.

Philadelphia judges concerned about security lapses at city courthouses have ordered the sheriff to address what they call a rising number of assaults, threats and staffing shortages among court ...

Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Fri: ...

"Mother Nature holds the cards," Santa Cruz Assistant City Manager Michelle Templeton said at a news conference this week. "We do know that these west swells are continuing to grow in severity, and we ...

Stocks slipped as Wall Street closes out a holiday-shortened week. The S&P 500 fell 1.4% Friday and the the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 402 points, or 0.9%. The Nasdaq ...