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Republican senators facing tough reelections may be in the hot seat when it comes time to vote on President Trump's controversial nominee to head the nation's largest public lands agency.

"May God protect Lebanon," Lebanon's Prime Minister Hassan Diab said as he announced his resignation days after a disastrous explosion rocked Beirut.

The U.S. territory was supposed to hold primary elections on Sunday. But many voting centers did not receive ballots on time, causing chaos — and creating an unprecedented legal conundrum.

A firefighter who helped put out a recent wildfire in north-central Washington has been diagnosed with COVID-19. It’s the third state Department of...

School has started up for many students in Indiana, with a mix of in-person and online learning. Superintendent of Public Instruction Jennifer McCormick says contact tracing is a big challenge.

Visits to Yellowstone National Park are higher than last year as Americans look to escape their pandemic confines. Their business is welcome relief, despite worries they'll also bring coronavirus.

The shutdown gave sharks an opportunity to return to their natural behavior. Shark Week on the Discovery Channel is examining what happened off the coast of New Zealand when the ocean got quieter.

When a cargo ship sunk off the cost of Scotland almost 80 years ago, it was carrying 28,000 cases of whiskey. The auction company says the whiskey is not safe to drink.

In its second special session this year, the Oregon Legislature closed a $1.2 billion budget hole and passed 11 bills in 15 hours. But concerns about a rushed process pervaded.

The draft proposal to reduce the amount of protected habitat is open for public comment.