Russian lawmakers Tuesday endorsed a bill mandating year-round military conscription, rather than just in the spring and fall, as authorities seek to fill the ranks as fighting in Ukraine grinds ...

United Parcel Service posted third-quarter results that handily beat Wall Street’s expectations and gave details about its ...

Hurricane Melissa is close to making landfall on Jamaica as by far the strongest storm to hit the island since records were first kept 174 years ago. Melissa is a Category ...

Amanda Porretto isn’t sure she’ll ever have children. At 27, she is the average age of new mothers in the United States, ...

A newly discovered Dr. Seuss manuscript featuring the Cat in the Hat and celebrating the United States will be published next ...

Maine’s elections in recent years have been relatively free of problems, and verified cases of voter fraud are exceedingly rare. That’s not stopping Republicans from pushing ...

The University of Michigan and football coach Sherrone Moore have dropped their appeal against NCAA penalties stemming from a sign-stealing operation. Michigan was fined ...

In a stretch of Northern California known for farming, ranching and a rural way of life, residents worry a ballot measure to redraw U.S. House maps is all but certain to ...

Citing a chronic shortage of financial backing for independent publishers and nonprofits dedicated to writing and reading, a coalition of seven charitable foundations has ...

A delegation of French senators visited the Louvre on Tuesday and acknowledged that the museum’s security was “not in line” with modern standards, calling for improved measures at the ...

Amazon will cut about 14,000 corporate jobs as the online retail giant ramps up spending on artificial intelligence while trimming spending. In June CEO Andy Jassy, who has aggressively sought to cut ...

Actor Prunella Scales, best known as acid-tongued Sybil Fawlty in the classic British sitcom “Fawlty Towers,” has died, her ...