U.S. & World

An alligator that appeared in numerous TV shows and films over three decades, most notably the 1996 Adam Sandler comedy “Happy Gilmore,” has died at a gator farm in southern Colorado. The Colorado Gator Farm said in a Facebook post Sunday that based on his growth rate and tooth loss, Morris the alligator was at least 80 years old when...

Dick’s Sporting Goods is buying the struggling footwear chain Foot Locker for about $2.4 billion, the second buyout of a major footwear company this year.

The comments from a member of the supreme leader’s inner circle appear to be the clearest public statements yet on Iran’s willingness to reach an agreement with the U.S.

Four people were killed in a fiery crash on a New York highway after a van crossed over the median and slammed into an oncoming car, according to police.

Jetlagged but excited, Pope Leo XIV’s brother John Prevost is catching up on daily life after a whirlwind few days in the Vatican.

One mountain climber’s survival is being called “miraculous” after a 200-foot fall onto jagged rock in Washington state Sunday that killed the three other men in his group.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs incorrectly gave veterans about $5 billion more in disability compensation and pension payments than it should have in the last four fiscal years — an error that lawmakers say is recurring and getting worse.

More agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation are being tasked to perform immigration enforcement duties nationwide, including in Southern California.

Kseniia Petrova, a Russian-born Harvard scientist, has been charged with smuggling biological material into the United States — an escalation in a case that has already raised legal and civil rights questions over her detention.

In replies to posts unrelated to South Africa, Grok repeatedly responded with text discussing “white genocide” in the country.

Investigators say the physical, emotional, and mental abuse went on for years and included daily beatings, strangulation and withholding food and water.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order this week setting a 30-day deadline for drugmakers to electively lower prices in the U.S. or face new limits on what the government will pay.

More than 1,000 Starbucks baristas at 75 U.S. stores have gone on strike since Sunday, protesting the coffee giant’s new dress code.