After a 6-year-old Mississippi girl disappeared and was found dead inside a barrel, authorities offered new details in what they’re calling a “tragic event” that was accidental.

A group of human rights lawyers is suing Costa Rica, alleging the Central American nation violated the rights of dozens of ...

The Supreme Court is taking up the fight over birthright citizenship. The case could have major implications for immigration ...

The death toll from a boat crash in Congo earlier this week rose to 148 from 50 with more than 100 still missing, officials said Friday. The boat capsized Tuesday after ...

Indiana is taking a first step toward acquiring parts of Illinois, though a last step appears rather unlikely. Indiana’s Legislature this week gave final approval to a bill that would create ...

The death toll from a boat crash in Congo earlier this week rose to 148 with 100 still missing, investigators say.

The Trump administration is now giving Russia and Ukraine a matter of days to reach a peace deal, or it will take the U.S.

A jury began deliberating on Friday in the bribery case brought against Nadine Menendez after a prosecutor told a jury that she was a “critical participant” in a five-year fraud ...

Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen returned to the U.S. after meeting with the mistakenly deported man who’s become a lightning rod in the mass deportation debate.

Rep. Riley Moore (R-W.Va.) recently toured the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT), a maximum-security facility in ...

A Texas doctor who has been treating children in a measles outbreak was shown on video with a measles rash on his face in a ...

Police detectives are searching for two suspects wanted in connection to a vehicular homicide that occurred in Cleveland on Monday.