U.S. & World

Rangers at Carlsbad Caverns National Park in southern New Mexico describe it as a “world-changing” event for the tiny microbes and insects that call this specialized subterranean environment home.

The Postal Service’s new delivery vehicles aren’t going to win a beauty contest. They’re tall and ungainly, with outsize windshields, thick bumpers and duck-bill hoods. But they’re getting rave reviews from letter carriers accustomed to cantankerous older vehicles. The first handful of the so-called Next Generation Delivery Vehicles rol...

A mistaken emergency call from a boat sinking in the English Channel off the coast of Dover, England, had local rescuers working to help save the stranded sailors.

Scientists estimate the Amur tiger population is just around 400 to 500 in the wild. They were near the brink of extinction in the 1930s and 1940s but have recovered somewhat since then.

Four private citizens orbiting Earth in a SpaceX capsule are set to perform the first private spacewalk on Thursday morning.

Authorities say a small plane crashed and landed upside down on a Denver-area golf course, but both people on board walked away safely.

Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris for president may boost voter registration beyond Democrats’ “wildest dreams.”

Taylor Swift’s Instagram post Tuesday endorsing Kamala Harris drew millions of likes, including WNBA star Caitlin Clark.

A U.S. Army soldier has been arrested in Hawaii on charges that he repeatedly struck a police officer with a flagpole during a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol more than three years ago, officials say.

New Orleans Saints coaches Wednesday remained behind in team facilities to continue game planning while players left early for Hurricane Francine.

The Metropolitan Nashville Police shared surveillance video of the interaction, which includes Bon Jovi helping the woman to safety and hugging her.

A former CIA officer and contract linguist for the FBI who received cash, golf clubs and other expensive gifts in exchange for spying for China was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison.

Dawn Richard alleges in the lawsuit that she also witnessed Combs brutally beat his former girlfriend Cassie.

Laura Loomer, a right-wing activist who posted last year that 9/11 was an “inside job,” joined Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in New York and Pennsylvania on Wednesday as he commemorated the anniversary of the attacks.