U.S. & World

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation of two fatal crashes involving Ford’s Blue Cruise partially automated driving system.

Three officers on a U.S. Marshals Task Force serving a warrant for a felon wanted for possessing a firearm were killed and five other officers were wounded in a shootout Monday in a suburban North Carolina home, police said.

A rare hazard took to the roads in Washington state: Runaway zebras. Three were successfully corralled but one was still on the run.

Moderate drinking was once thought to have benefits for the heart. But better research methods have thrown cold water on that idea.

Police say a newborn infant was abandoned and found dead on a Florida university campus. The Tampa Police Department said in a news release Monday an investigation is underway to determine what happened. The infant was found Sunday night at the University of Tampa, which is adjacent to downtown. The university sent a text alert at 11:41 p.m. Sunday...

Israeli officials appear increasingly concerned that the International Criminal Court may issue arrest warrants against the country’s leaders.

Within three or four years, thousands of self-driving tractor-trailers are expected to travel on America’s public freeways.

Grizzly bears will be reintroduced to Washington state’s North Cascades mountain range, the federal government said this week — a decision that followed years of bitterly divided debate.

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has described domestic violence as a national crisis after thousands rallied around the country against violence toward women.

The destruction was extensive in Sulphur, a town of about 5,000 people south of Oklahoma City, where a tornado destroyed building and sheared the roofs off houses

Robbi Mecus, 52, was an outspoken outdoors enthusiast who was transgender. She founded the Queer Ice Fest to attract LGBTQ+ people to winter climbing.