Nearly a dozen Utah Republicans vying to replace Mitt Romney in the U.S. Senate are set to square off Saturday for the party nomination in a race expected to reveal the brand of political conservatism that most appeals to modern voters in the state.
Astrophysics professor Lisa Kaltenegger is leading the charge in one of humanity's most captivating endeavors -- the search for life beyond Earth.
The Biden administration is again delaying a decision to ban menthol-flavored cigarettes, citing an "immense amount of feedback" from minority and civil rights groups.
The best week for U.S. stocks since November closed out with more gains thanks to Alphabet and Microsoft on Friday.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem wants the world to know she has done a lot of things in her life, including killing a female dog and a goat all in the same day.
An unexploded American bomb from World War II, found near the stadium of German soccer team Mainz 05, was successfully defused Friday.
The grizzly bear will be returning to the North Cascades mountain range in Washington state as part of a plan by the National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has determined that an Israeli army battalion committed grave human-rights abuses against Palestinians in the West Bank before the war in Gaza. But he said in a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson that he is postponing a decision on blocking aid to the unit to give Israel more time to right the wrongdoing.
An American Airlines flight attendant was indicted Thursday after authorities said he tried to secretly record video of a 14-year-old girl using an airplane bathroom last September.
Prosecutors on Friday called Rhona Graff, a longtime executive assistant to Donald Trump, as their second witness in the former president's hush-money trial after the conclusion of marathon testimony from former National Enquirer executive David Pecker.
It has been only a day since the transitional presidential council was installed in Haiti, and the list of demands on the Caribbean nation's new leaders is rapidly growing. Haitians want security, food, jobs - and they want them now.
New York can move ahead with a law requiring internet service providers to offer heavily discounted rates to low-income residents, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.
The U.S. flu season appears to be over. It was long, but it wasn't unusually severe.
Attorneys for more than two dozen Iowa and Iowa State athletes who were ensnared in a state gambling sting filed a civil lawsuit Friday seeking unspecified monetary damages from the state and its public safety and criminal investigation agencies for violating the athletes' rights and smearing their reputations.
Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have popped up on an increasing number of college campuses following last week's arrest of more than 100 demonstrators at Columbia University.
The start date for the $15 toll most drivers will be charged to enter Manhattan's central business district will be June 30, transit officials said Friday.
An aspiring challenger to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban renewed his calls for change Friday as he led a protest of several thousand people demanding a more robust child protection system and the resignation of Orban's government.
When the Houston Astros take on the Colorado Rockies this weekend, it will be the seventh regular-season series played in Mexico. Major League Baseball's presence in the country, however, goes far beyond that.
Highly touted prospect Jackson Holliday has been optioned to the minor leagues by the Baltimore Orioles after starting his big league career with a disappointing thud.
A judge upheld the disqualification of a candidate who had had planned to run against the judge presiding over former President Donald Trump's 2020 Georgia election interference case.
Former tabloid executive David Pecker testified he wanted nothing to do with porn star Stormy Daniels' tale of a sexual encounter with Donald Trump when the real estate mogul was running for president in 2016.
President Biden will host the 2023 WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces next month, after being criticized for not inviting them when they won the 2022 championship.
A stubborn fire at the end of a landmark wooden pier on the Southern California coast was contained early Friday, authorities said.
A long-running sandstorm at the Jersey Shore could soon come to an end as New Jersey will carry out an emergency beach replenishment project at one of the state's most badly eroded beaches.
The owner of a suburban Detroit business that caught fire and exploded, killing a man, was arrested at a New York airport as he was preparing to depart for Hong Kong on a one-way ticket, authorities said Friday.