U.S. & World

Children had been dispersed to shelters across the country that didn’t know who their parents were or how to find them.

An extremely rare white leucistic alligator has been born at a Florida reptile park.

Health officials are releasing the first nationally representative estimate of how many U.S. adults have chronic fatigue syndrome: 3.3 million. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s number is larger than previous studies have suggested. It is likely boosted by some of the patients with long COVID. Chronic fatigue is characterized by at l...

A Brooklyn man won the $10,000,000 top prize on a scratch-off game, the New York Lottery said in a release on Tuesday. But that’s not even half the story: It’s the second time he’s won a $10 million scratch-off prize in two years, with both ticket bought at the same store.

Atlanta police have arrested a woman who’s accused of trying to burn down the birthplace of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in Atlanta.

You know, parents: The talk about how awesome he is, of course.

U.S. regulators have approved two gene therapies for sickle cell disease.

A teenager was sentenced to life in prison Friday for killing four students, wounding more and terrorizing Michigan’s Oxford High School in 2021.

The nation’s employers added a solid 199,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate fell, fresh signs that the economy could achieve an elusive “soft landing,” in which inflation would return to the Federal Reserve’s 2% target without causing a steep recession.

The shooting of Steve Perkins, 39, outside his home in Decatur in October remains under criminal investigation by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

Score some brownie points on Friday.

Buddhists around the world are celebrating Bodhi Day. But what does the holiday mean and how is it commemorated? Everything you need to know.

An Iraqi security official said 14 Katyusha rockets were fired on Friday, of which some struck near one of the U.S. Embassy’s gates.