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Scarred by acts of unimaginable terror, victims of the Boston Marathon bombing and the Orlando nightclub massacre are finding healing in unity.

While the issue of gun control has made little headway in Congress, Hawaii this week enacted a series of gun laws, one of which the governor says makes it the first state to put firearm owners into a database.

The Defense Department could announce as soon as this week how it will lift the ban on transgender persons serving in the U.S. military, according to several defense officials.

The Stonewall Inn holds an important place in history for the LGBT community. A bartender and long-time patron explains why.

Comedian Margaret Cho talks to Jerry Seinfeld about finding humor in her sexual abuse history and the backlash she received for doing so earlier this year.

Utah Rep. Mia Love joined the ranks of Republican leaders and lawmakers who will be skipping their party's convention next month, saying that she would instead visit Israel with a congressional delegation.

Two bodies recovered in the search for a missing Florida family have been identified and rescue crews have ended their search operations, Coast Guard Capt. Gregory Case said Saturday.

President Obama reacts to Donald Trump's comments blaming Obama for Brexit.

China has launched its new and powerful Long March 7 rocket.

Hillary Clinton needs a coherent policy on immigration, and it can't appear to condone open borders. She needed it before Britain voted to leave the European Union. She needs it even more now.

Comedian and actor Aziz Ansari on Friday accused Donald Trump of creating a dangerous environment for American Muslims with his "vitriolic and hate-filled" campaign rhetoric.

A television anchor out of Pittsburgh filed a lawsuit claiming she was fired for being white after she had posted a controversial Facebook post.

While a long-delayed sequel is working out swimmingly for "Finding Dory," "Independence Day: Resurgence" fights a losing battle against the twin forces of chaos and sheer silliness.

Posed in a certain light, the Brexit effort and Donald Trump's presidential candidacy appear to be twin causes, feeding off recognizable political grist.

Delayed from hitting the presidential campaign trail, President Barack Obama previewed his 2016 stump speech Friday for an incumbent governor instead, using a fundraiser here to hit Republicans for dividing the country and lambasting "charlatans" who seek personal gain from exploiting fears.

Third-party movements that are usually relegated to the distant corners of American politics may have an unprecedented opportunity for exposure this presidential cycle.

As Donald Trump fielded reporters' questions from the 9th hole of Trump Turnberry Friday, the neatly manicured greens and nearby club house adorned with dazzling chandeliers and gold-plated fixtures imparted a sense of déjà vu.

Four police chiefs in 10 days. 28 police officers with allegations involving a prostitute. Five police departments ensnared in controversy. Two suicides. And one teenage girl.

A U.S. Navy officer who helped oversee the 10 sailors who were captured by Iran earlier this year -- which created an uproar in the U.S. when video was released showing them on their knees with their hands behind their heads -- has been relieved of his duties, the Navy announced Friday.