U.S. & World

Crews removed an enormous alligator from a Texas ditch with some clever thinking.

Senate Democrats are holding a vote Wednesday to move forward with legislation designed to protect women’s access to contraception.

The damaging consequences of social media are increasingly well documented, so some parents are trying to raise their children with restrictions or blanket bans on social media use. Teenagers themselves are aware that too much social media is bad for them, and some are initiating their own social media “cleanses” because of the toll it takes on men...

It’s a notable blow to American Express, whose customers are often the most attractive among merchants and spend the most money per month on their cards.

A mom caused a TikTok scandal by saying she doesn’t always return her shopping cart at the grocery store in a viral video.

Two NASA test pilots blasted off aboard Boeing’s Starliner capsule from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Wednesday.

A young black bear took a dive from a tree Tuesday, landing in a giant tarp held aloft by a group of wildlife, public safety and rescue officials who tranquilized it after it roamed into a suburban Pennsylvania neighborhood.

German researchers recommended avoiding alcohol altogether on flights, and said airlines should restrict consumption.

An Italian court re-convicted Amanda Knox of slander on Wednesday, even after she was exonerated in the brutal 2007 murder of her British roommate while the two were exchange students in Italy.

Hunter Biden’s ex-wife and a former girlfriend testified Wednesday in his gun trial about finding his crack pipes and other drug paraphernalia as prosecutors sought to show he still had a substance abuse problem when he filled out a form to buy a firearm.

A gunman was shot and captured by Lebanese soldiers after a shootout outside the U.S. Embassy outside Beirut on Wednesday morning, the military said.

Banknotes featuring a portrait of King Charles III entered circulation on Wednesday for the first time, the Bank of England said in a statement.

The season’s first heat wave is already baking the Southwestern US with triple-digit temperatures as Phoenix firefighters employ new tactics in hopes of saving more lives.