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Iraqi forces on the doorstep of ISIS-held Mosul were struggling Tuesday to make a final push to enter the city, with snipers, landmines and even road-blocking boulders slowing their progress.

The Afghan woman known internationally as the "Afghan Girl," thanks to her appearance on a famous National Geographic cover, has had a bail request turned down.

Natalie Babbitt, the children's author and illustrator who explored immortality in her acclaimed book "Tuck Everlasting," has died in her Connecticut home. She was 84.

Jon Stewart may no longer be the host of "The Daily Show," but that doesn't mean he doesn't have something to say about Donald Trump and the 2016 election.

Libertarian vice presidential nominee Bill Weld defended Hillary Clinton Tuesday night, acknowledging an explicit split with his running mate Gary Johnson.

Police across Oklahoma searched high and low last week for suspected killer Michael Vance, accused of shooting and wounding two police officers and killing two of his relatives.

A dip in African-American turnout has knocked Democratic early voting numbers off their 2012 pace in key battleground states like North Carolina.

Hillary Clinton needs to make Donald Trump unacceptable again.

A new documentary reveals secret audio tapes of late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il talking openly about his frustrations with the country's propaganda and film production.

Hillary Clinton's campaign is insisting it can't be thrown off course in the final week of the presidential race -- because it's already running on auto-pilot.

The death of 6-year-old Daniel Ramirez on Sunday is the very first to be linked to a mysterious illness cropping up across the country.

The FBI on Tuesday -- one week from Election Day -- released heavily redacted files from its 2001 investigation of President Bill Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich.

Every day, when he's riding in the back seat of his parent's car, Brandon Bautista passes by the memorial of the sheriff's deputy that sits by the side of U.S. 69.

Before his campaign, Donald Trump's name was often used in rap songs as a metaphor for wealth. But recently, the name checks have grown less flattering.

Sean Hannity on Tuesday embraced a piece of fake news about President Obama deleting endorsements of Hillary Clinton from his Twitter account.

In a new Vanity Fair cover story, singer Adele discusses fame and also opens up about her struggles with postpartum depression, a disorder that strikes hundreds of thousands of women each year.

Mni Wiconi was born at a camp where protestors of the Dakota Access Pipeline are staying to protect their land.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich voted Monday for 2008 Republican nominee John McCain instead of for 2016 Republican nominee Donald Trump.

Peruvian environmental authorities say they will release 500,000 baby turtles back into the wild by mid-November.

When most office workers leave a job, clearing out their desk involves a cardboard box and maybe a paper shredder. When the office worker is the President of the United States, it means military cargo planes, police-escorted tractor trailers -- and getting nowhere near that shredder.