An inquiry found abuse, torture and neglect of some 200,000 people in state care over 70 years. People with disabilities or from Maori and Pacific Islander communities were especially vulnerable.

Samantha Harvey has won the 2024 Booker Prize for her science fiction novel Orbital. The novel follows six astronauts as they ...

A federal judge sentenced Jack Teixeira, a Massachusetts Air National Guard member, to prison after he pleaded guilty to ...

The Biden administration issued a new fee on climate-warming methane pollution, but the EPA regulation faces an uncertain ...

President-elect Donald Trump is building his team, filling out cabinet and advisory roles with those considered to be fierce ...

Minnesota is one of a handful of states where control of the state legislature hangs in the balance during this year's elections. Democrats have held the governor's office and majorities in both ...

The Supreme Court dealt a major legal blow to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Tuesday, refusing to move the ...

The new inductees into The National Toy Hall of Fame have been announced: My Little Pony, the card game Phase 10, and ...

A U.S. jury has awarded $42 million to three former detainees of Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib prison, holding a Virginia-based ...

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee will be nominated as the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, President-elect Trump said Tuesday.

Journalist Annie Lowrey has a rare disease that causes a near-constant itch that doesn't respond to most treatments. She ...

Sudan's civil war has displaced 10 million citizens. Here are profiles of two young people from the most vulnerable groups: ...