Prince Harry has become the first senior British royal to give evidence on a witness stand in 132 years, as his years-long fight against the UK's tabloid press came to a head in tense courtroom showdown on Tuesday.
The Arctic could be free of sea ice roughly a decade earlier than projected, scientists warn -- another clear sign the climate crisis is happening faster than expected as the world continues to pump out planet-heating pollution.
A school board in Oklahoma has approved an application for a Catholic virtual charter school -- a decision that would create the first publicly funded religious charter school in the nation -- despite concerns over the plan's constitutionality.
A mother of four was shot and killed in Florida following a longtime feud with a neighbor who had complained about the victim's children playing outside, authorities and a family attorney said.
The Atlanta City Council voted early Tuesday to approve $31 million in public money for construction of a police and fire training facility, dubbed "Cop City" by opponents, following a marathon 16-hour meeting that saw hundreds of people voice their opinion.
For the first time in its four-decade history, America's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer civil rights organization has declared a national state of emergency for members of the LGBTQ+ community, the Human Rights Campaign said Tuesday.
Roughly two months after Bud Light endured a self-induced injury that torpedoed sales, the brand continues to lose ground to its competition. But there are signs the worst might be over.
Microsoft will pay $20 million to settle US government allegations that the tech giant violated children's privacy by illegally collecting their personal information through its Xbox Live gaming service.
Early one recent Friday morning, sanitation workers, homeless-outreach workers and LAPD officers arrived on a little street in the west of Los Angeles. Jasmine Avenue is lined with low-rise apartment blocks, an imposing Catholic Church, a school and a handful of dilapidated recreational vehicles.
Linda Yaccarino, a former NBCUniversal marketing executive, on Monday officially took over the CEO role at Twitter from Elon Musk, weeks after the billionaire announced hiring her for the top spot at the social media company.
Although it's named the Fiscal Responsibility Act, the compromise debt ceiling package that President Joe Biden signed into law this past weekend doesn't do much to fix the nation's enormous financial challenges.
"Sell in May and go away" — shorthand for the idea that US stocks rise more between November and April than over the summer — is one of the most oft-repeated adages on Wall Street.
