U.S. & World

A federal appeals court has temporarily halted a venture capital firm’s grant program for businesses run by Black women.

A California couple who stopped to get tacos for dinner became instant millionaires after buying a Lottery Scratchers ticket.

Tom Hanks is warning his fans about a video that he says uses an “AI version” of him to sell a dental plan. 

As family members of Jenean Chapman mourn the loss of their sister, 46, who police said was killed, the woman’s former boss, a member of the Royal Family, is also sharing her heartbreak on social media.

A woman who escaped a wildfire that destroyed the Hawaii community by running through a burning field has died after more than seven weeks in a hospital burn unit.

A couple is suing Walt Disney World after they say a water slide’s five-story drop caused a painful wedgie and severe injury.

Police were searching for a missing 9-year-old girl who had been camping with her family in upstate New York.

The trial for three Tacoma, Washington, officers charged in a Black man’s death begins this week. Manuel Ellis’ death is reminiscent of George Floyd’s, who begged for his life under the knee of a Minneapolis officer in May 2020. Ellis died — hogtied, handcuffed and pleading “Can’t breathe” — nearly three months before Floyd’s murder sparked worldwi...

Hundreds of thousands of Onewheel electric skateboards are being recalled after four people died using them since 2019, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Friday.

Amazon customer service representatives have been receiving a host of inquiries from worried and confused customers.

In a remote, dry patch of California farm country, a battle is raging over carrots. Or rather, over the groundwater where they’re growing northwest of Los Angeles.

Gaetz had threatened to move to oust McCarthy if he worked with Democrats to fund the government.

Jimmy Carter will put off his usual Sunday practice of watching church services online to instead celebrate his 99th birthday with his wife, Rosalynn, and their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren in Plains.