(The Hill) — After long being an unofficial symbol, the white head, yellow beak bald eagle became the official U.S. bird on ...

HEBBRONVILLE, Texas (AP) — In this corner of southern Texas, the plump cacti seem to pop out of arid dust and cracked earth, ...

Police are investigating a Christmas shooting at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix that left three people injured by gunfire. Phoenix police said the evening shooting happened at an ...

Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep pulled out of Australian Open qualifying and a tuneup tournament in Auckland, New ...

Five Palestinian journalists have been killed by an Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip, the Health Ministry said Thursday.

At least 6,000 inmates escaped from a high-security prison in Mozambique’s capital on Christmas Day after a rebellion, the country’s police chief said, as ...

The late Amada Cardenas was called many things — the “angel of peyote,” the “peyote rose” or simply “Grandma Amada.” The beloved Mexican American peyotera — who was the ...

The Native American Church is considered the most widespread religious movement among the Indigenous people of North America.

NEW YORK (AP) — As a Democrat who immersed himself in political news during the presidential campaign, Ziad Aunallah has much in common with many Americans since the election. He’s tuned out. “People ...

Republicans plan to move quickly in their effort to overhaul the nation’s voting procedures, seeing an opportunity with ...

Estonia’s government was to hold an extraordinary meeting Thursday as investigators try to find out what disrupted a Baltic Sea power cable bringing electricity ...

Greek traffic police were warning drivers in areas with ice and snow to use snow chains, after long traffic jams were reported near some ski resorts because of cars becoming ...