U.S. & World

Israeli forces are battling Palestinian militants across Gaza, including in parts of the devastated north that the military said it cleared months ago.

New York City’s watchdog agency says it has launched a probe into allegations that the New York City Police Department has improperly used its official social media accounts to target public officials and private citizens. The city’s Department of Investigation confirmed the probe in a statement Wednesday. It was prompted by recent requests f...

Memorial Day is always a somber occasion in Israel. But in the aftermath of Oct. 7, it has taken on a profound and raw sadness coupled with percolating anger.

One teen was killed and another was critically injured in a shooting outside of a carnival being held in the parking lot of Wilmington. Del.’s Concord Mall on Saturday night, officials say.

Since a Covid-era pause on student loan payments expired last fall, millions of student loan borrowers have been through a period of tough financial choices, confusion and frustration.

More working U.S. parents than ever are celebrating their first Mother’s Day with hard-fought access to paid time off to care for newborns. But the majority still must forego pay to care for new babies or other loved ones, even as efforts to expand paid parental and family leave gain traction.

The controlled demolition of the largest remaining steel span of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has been postponed because of weather conditions. The explosives are now expected to be detonated Monday evening. The steel span landed on the bow of a massive container ship that lost power and crashed into one of the bridge’s suppo...

Here’s what to know about Target store hours ahead of Mother’s Day weekend.

DePape was convicted last year of attempted kidnapping of a federal official and assault on the immediate family member of a federal official.

A Massachusetts man who received the world’s first genetically-edited pig kidney transplant has died, his family announced Saturday.

A woman was found living in the rooftop sign of a Family Fare grocery store in Michigan and had been there for about a year, police said.

Trump has repeatedly accused the Biden administration and Democratic officials in New York of using the legal system to block his return to the White House.

Smarter vehicles could mean some of the most dramatic changes for the traditional traffic signal since the yellow light was added more than a century ago.