The third storm in just over a week drenched Southern California and prompted some local flooding but caused no major widespread damage before heading east over the mountains and south toward Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is fending off criticism from his own base as some of the environmental and anti-vaccine activists who propelled him into politics have said they want stronger action against vaccines and pharmaceutical companies.

The Supreme Court is meeting in private with a key issue on its agenda — President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens.

The board overseeing Alabama public libraries on Thursday voted to remove books that discuss being transgender from the teen and children’s sections of public libraries.

Grammy-winning rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel of the Fugees has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for a case in which he was convicted of illegally funneling millions of dollars in foreign contributions to former President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign.

Frame by frame, six photos released by federal investigators capture horrifying images of ill-fated Flight 2976 as it turned into a fireball along a Kentucky airport runway.

The clock is ticking for the U.S. government to open up its files on Jeffrey Epstein.

The AP Fund for Journalism says donations of more than $30 million will permit an expansion of a program that provides news stories and photos to dozens of local and state newsrooms.

Two Islamic civil rights organizations have filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Mining industry access to federally owned coal in northeastern Wyoming will continue under a bill headed to President Donald Trump.

Researchers have completed a full accounting of water uses and losses in the Rio Grande-Bravo basin as it faces severe shortages throughout its range in the United States and Mexico.

The Trump administration is proposing new oil drilling off the California and Florida coasts for the first time in decades, as President Donald Trump seeks to expand U.S. oil production that is already leading the world.

Law enforcement leaders in Charlotte, North Carolina, say a federal immigration crackdown centered around the city appears to be tapering off Thursday.

It's a tough time for the job market.

The Trump administration has revised a website to contradict the scientific consensus that vaccines don't cause autism.

Washington National Cathedral hosted a bipartisan show of respect and remembrance for Dick Cheney, the consequential and polarizing vice president who became an acidic scold of fellow Republican President Donald Trump.

A group of about two dozen monks set off on foot with a simple mission: to promote unity, healing, compassion, and inner peace across the United States.

A new advertisement inside the Grand Central subway station is filling the air with a seasonal scent.

President Donald Trump is again expressing support for skilled immigrants training U.S. workers in high-tech factories.

One of the first men charged with abusing children at New Hampshire’s state-run youth detention center has been acquitted of three sexual assault charges, but a jury was unable to reach a unanimous decision on five other counts.

The mysterious death of a high school student on a Carnival cruise ship earlier this month is drawing international attention and intense speculation on social media.

Federal prosecutors have charged a man with terrorism for allegedly setting a woman on fire on a Chicago train.

President Donald Trump’s administration is moving to roll back protections for imperiled species and the places they live.

NASA is unveiling close-up pictures of the interstellar comet that's making a quick one-and-done tour of our solar system.