The 2024 winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, happens on Saturday, Dec. 21, and is marked with traditions and ...

Washington — Congress' path forward on government funding is in limbo after House Republicans, with the support of Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump, torpedoed an initial deal to avert a ...

The New York City Ballet has been performing "The Nutcracker" for decades. Each year, young dancers make their mark on the ...

Police say the driver is under arrest after plowing into the crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, killing at ...

The suspect, identified by local media as 50-year-old Taleb A., was arrested after plowing a black BMW into a Christmas ...

A crash between a passenger bus and a truck early Saturday killed 30 people on a highway in Minas Gerais, a state in ...

The U.S. government faced the threat of a shutdown if Congress didn't pass a spending bill before Dec. 21, 2024. Here's a ...

The Senate confirmed two more judges to the federal bench on Friday, giving President Biden a total of 235 since he took ...

Senators approve a bill to expand Social Security benefits to millions of Americans, with President Biden expected to sign it ...

The IRS said it's sending out checks worth up to $1,400 to 1 million people. Here's what to know about the "special payments.

Millions of Medicare enrollees are likely to see relief in 2025 when a $2,000 cap on out-of-pocket prescription drug-spending ...

In 2022, a stampede at a church charity event in southern Nigeria left 31 people dead and seven injured, police told The ...