U.S. & World

The body of Rebecca Bliefnick was found by a family member inside her home after she failed to pick up her children from school.

An asteroid big enough to wipe out a city will zip harmlessly between Earth and the moon’s orbit this weekend. Saturday’s close encounter will offer astronomers the chance to study a space rock from just over 100,000 miles away. That’s less than half the distance from here to the moon. While asteroid flybys are common, NASA says a big one......

If independence is important to you, it would be wise to maintain some financial distance from your partner.

Parenting expert and author Margot Bisnow interviewed 70 parents who raised highly successful adults. She identified five traits the kids all had in common when they were young.

Developers built a brand new house on Tarpon Isle, turned the existing structure into a guest house, and added a giant pool, tennis courts and other amenities.

Rescuers raced Saturday to search for survivors and help hundreds of people left homeless after a powerful tornado cut a devastating path through Mississippi, killing at least 25 people and injuring dozens.

A notable decline in used vehicle prices toward the end of last year has been roughly cut in half in 2023, as inventories remain lower and prices are high.

Marijuana is legal for recreational use in many states, but possession is still illegal under federal law.

Police in South Texas say that two migrants have been found dead and at least 10 have been hospitalized after authorities received a call that they were “suffocating” in a freight train car traveling near the U.S.-Mexico border. The Uvalde Police Department says Border Patrol was informed of the phone call and able to stop the train Friday. Police ...

A California bill seeks to ban the sale of products that contain five chemicals that are found in candies like Skittles, Nerds and Trolli Gummies.

Rwanda’s government has commuted the 25-year sentence of Paul Rusesabagina, who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” for saving hundreds of countrymen from genocide but was convicted of terrorism offenses years later in a widely criticized trial. Government spokeswoman Yolande Makolo told The Associated Press Friday that the sentence was commuted by pr...

At least three people have died — and four remain unaccounted for — after an explosion at a chocolate factory in West Reading, Pennsylvania, late Friday afternoon.

Ticketmaster is facing a class-action lawsuit from a Montreal man who claims the ticketing site doubled the price of tickets for Drake’s upcoming tour.