A gunman opened fire in downtown Seattle on Wednesday night, killing one person and wounding seven others, authorities said. Seattle Fire Chief Harold Scoggins said authorities began receiving calls at about 5 p.m. Wednesday of multiple gunshot victims. One person was found dead in a heavily trafficked area of downtown and five others were taken to...

California is asking the Trump administration to provide surplus federal land that could be used to build housing for the homeless, mirroring a new state program.

The days of passengers bringing their pets on airplanes as emotional-support animals could be ending.

The U.S. Department of Transportation on Wednesday proposed that only specially trained dogs qualify as service animals, which must be allowed in the cabin at no charge.

During his quick trip to Switzerland, President Donald Trump looked past the impeachment drama unfolding in Washington, turning his speech at an economic forum in the Swiss Alps into an unabashed sales pitch for the “blue-collar boom” in the U.S. economy that he says took place on his watch.

While the rest of the Democratic primary field jockeys for votes in Iowa and New Hampshire and is busy raising money to make the debate stage, Bloomberg is forgoing the usual path to the nomination. He’s skipping the early-voting states, turning his attention and money to campaigning in Super Tuesday states on March 3, staffing up and adverti...

A former wildlife park owner known as ‘Joe Exotic’ was sentenced on Wednesday to 22 years in federal prison for his role in a 2017 murder-for-hire scheme to kill a prominent animal rights activist, plus multiple violations of wildlife laws. Joseph Maldonado-Passage was found guilty in April of attempting to hire someone to murder Carole...

A lawsuit accuses the Trump inaugural committee and two companies that control the Trump International Hotel of abusing nonprofit funds to benefit Trump’s family.

Democratic House Managers gave their opening statements at the Senate impeachment trial on Wednesday. Here are the top moments you may have missed.

A woman who was recently crowned Miss Utah USA after competing in the pageant five times will be the first openly bisexual contestant to compete for the Miss USA title in the competition’s nearly 70-year history, NBC News reports.

A second convicted child molester has died after he was beaten with a walking cane by another inmate last week at a central California prison, officials said Wednesday. Graham De Luis-Conti, 62, was pronounced dead on Sunday at a hospital, three days after authorities said he was attacked at California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State P...

Firefighters are warning against a viral internet challenge that has caused Tik Tok users to start fires with their cell phone chargers.

Philadelphia police are investigating allegations that Philadelphia Flyers mascot Gritty punched a 13-year-old boy at a season ticket holder event

Buyers are trolling the nation’s neighborhoods looking for homes at the fastest pace in nearly two years, making an already critical shortage of inventory even worse. Sales of existing homes rose a steeper-than-expected 3.5% in December compared with January, according to the National Association of Realtors. Demand is surging because mortgage rate...