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Seventeen people were killed and others were trapped in an explosion at a mine in northern China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region Saturday, the Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua reported, citing local authorities.

A student fatally stabbed University of Southern California psychology professor Friday, police said.

Virginia Brown is blunt about the way her daughter died.

Robby Mook, Hillary Clinton's former campaign manager, said that the US needs to investigate Russia "intervening in the election."

Embattled South Korean President Park Geun-hye faces an ultimatum from her own party: Announce a timeline for her resignation or face possible impeachment.

A driver live-streamed himself speeding and weaving in and out of traffic before crashing into a garbage truck in Rhode Island.

In a CBS "60 Minutes" interview, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan says that Donald Trump was an unconventional candidate and will be an unconventional president.

When Fidel Castro and his bearded rebels descended the Sierra Maestra mountains, Maria del Socorro Cadet was a teenager in the southeastern Cuban city of Santiago de Cuba.

Senate Democrats are issuing a new warning to Republicans plotting a quick repeal of Obamacare next year: Don't count on us to help replace it.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin -- an early supporter of Donald Trump who is under consideration to serve in his Cabinet -- is criticizing the use of subsidies to keep an Indiana-based air conditioning company from sending jobs to Mexico, a move the President-elect has spotlighted as one of his first victories since being elected.

ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith discusses NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick's decision not to vote.

The next possible US secretary of defense went by the military call sign "Chaos."

Austrians go to the polls Sunday to pick a president, with a choice between left-wing Alexander Van der Bellen and anti-immigration candidate Norbert Hofer of the far-right Freedom Party.

A judge in the trial of former South Carolina police officer Michael Slager told jurors to keep deliberating Friday afternoon after they told him that they don't believe they can reach a consensus.

His friends know him as "Mo." And he is the most unlikely ISIS recruit you will ever meet.

If Mattis is confirmed as Secretary of Defense, which will require a congressional waiver, clues about how he may guide the Pentagon can be found his books and colorful aphorisms, writes Peter Bergen

It's weeks before the United States' next president takes office, but already Donald Trump is raising eyebrows among China-watchers after his phone call with Taiwan's president.

President-elect Donald Trump had a 10-minute phone conversation with Taiwan's president Tsai Ing-wen on Friday.