Piper Laurie, the celebrated actress known for her chilling portrayal of the overbearingly religious mother in "Carrie" and for playing Paul Newman's down-in-the-dumps girlfriend in "The Hustler," has died at 91, her manager said.
Former residents of a low-income, majority-Black housing development in St. Louis, Missouri, are seeking restitution from the US Army over a Cold War-era testing program they say made them ill.
Zaher walks calmly across what used to be his village, now reduced to piles of rubble. Standing on top of a mound of sand, he locates his home -- or rather, what little is left of it.
Israel's military has warned 1.1 million people living in northern Gaza to evacuate amid signs Israel could ramp up its retaliatory offensive against Hamas following the group's October 7 terror attacks.
Republicans will reclaim the Louisiana governor's office, CNN projects, with state Attorney General Jeff Landry winning a majority of the vote Saturday in the state's "jungle primary" and avoiding the need for a November runoff.
A new phase in Israel's deadly war against Hamas is coming, Israeli forces said on Saturday, warning that the past week of crippling airstrikes in Gaza could soon be followed by "significant ground operations."
The family of Rudy Noorlander, a man who lost a part of his jaw during a grizzly bear attack in Montana, says they're hoping he can soon return home from a Utah hospital.
For Israelis and Palestinians alike, the world has been upended in a matter of days. For them, along with anxious loved ones across the United States, a terrifying new reality is starting to set in: A sense of impending doom, loss and uncertainty.
Israel's military has now mobilized 300,000 reservists for what is now widely believed to be an unprecedented incursion into Gaza. What awaits it is a Hamas that has shown a level of military capability far beyond what was previously thought.
The significant learning loss experienced during the Covid-19 pandemic coupled with a historic federal investment in K-12 education made the timing ripe for some schools in Virginia, Texas and Indiana to make big changes.
Michael Caine, the British film star whose career has spanned eight decades and featured movies from "The Italian Job" to "The Dark Knight," has confirmed his retirement from acting.
After a series of setbacks, Republicans ended the week no closer to electing a new speaker as deep internal divisions have left the conference struggling to govern and the House in a state of paralysis.
With a two-letter word, Australians struck down the first attempt at constitutional change in 24 years, a move experts say will inflict lasting damage on First Nations people and suspend any hopes of modernizing the nation's founding document.
New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has conceded his Labour party lost Saturday's election, as voters punished the government and took the country rightwards nine months after his predecessor Jacinda Ardern suddenly resigned.
