Scientists have solved the mystery of what killed over 5 billion sea stars — also known as starfish — off the Pacific coast ...

Oklahoma’s county jail backlog has increased 74% since 2021, contributing to an uptick in some jail populations and a ...

U.S. stocks rallied and won back most of their sharp loss from last week. The S&P 500 jumped 1.5% Monday to follow up its ...

Texas Democrats prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn ...

Texas Democrats successfully prevented their state’s House of Representatives from moving forward with a redrawn ...

Texas holds the top spot in the USA Today preseason coaches football poll. Defending national champion Ohio State is No. 2 ...

U.S. stocks rallied to recover most of their sharp loss from Friday's wipeout. The S&P 500 rose 1.5% Monday, following its ...

Lawmakers have left Washington for the annual August recess, but a few weeks of relative quiet at the U.S. Capitol can’t mask ...

An Arkansas man who shot and killed four people at a grocery store has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. A ...

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he’ll begin trying to remove Democratic lawmakers from office if they don’t return ...

Witnesses and health officials say dozens of Palestinians have been killed or wounded as desperate crowds headed toward food ...

Dozens of Democratic state lawmakers in Texas have scattered to points across the country in a last-ditch effort to prevent ...