Track cyclist Caroline Groot of the Netherlands has won the first gold medal of the Paralympic Games and Chinese Paralympians claimed four on the first day of competition
Tornadic winds knocked nearly four dozen train cars off a track in North Dakota, part of a storm system that spurred reports of five tornadoes across the Dakotas
The Consumer Product and Safety Commission says people should immediately throw out a magnetic game because it poses serious ingestion for children
Iran’s president has ordered an investigation into the death of a man in custody after activists alleged he was tortured to death by police in the north of the country
A woman who posted a video of herself singing outdoors in Afghanistan to protest the Taliban’s morality laws, which include a ban on women’s voices in public, says she won't be silenced
Ohio’s Division of Cannabis Control has proposed fines totaling more than $200,000 against five businesses for violating the state’s advertising rules for marijuana sellers
French President Emmanuel Macron is defending his government’s decision to give special fast-track citizenship to Telegram messaging app CEO Pavel Durov
Criminal charges are being considered for a man suspected of hitting a woman at a concert in an incident that prompted country musician Scotty McCreery to stop his show and call the man out
Concerns over water quality in the Seine River have resurfaced at the Paralympic Games with organizers changing the schedule for para triathlon races
An Afghan refugee who was convicted earlier this year of first-degree murder in one of three fatal shootings that shook Albuquerque’s Muslim community has reached a plea agreement that could resolve criminal charges stemming from the other two killings
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit seeking to block a ban on firearms at the sprawling State Fair of Texas, one of the state’s biggest annual celebrations
A former police officer in Washington, D
Authorities say five members of an alleged burglary ring are facing federal charges for break-ins that targeted rural pharmacies in western Iowa and western Nebraska in 2022 and 2023
A man left by his group of office coworkers to complete his final push to the summit of a Colorado mountain became disoriented and fell multiple times while stranded overnight in stormy weather
Prosecutors in Mexico are suggesting U.S. authorities made a deal with a Mexican drug lord who turned in himself and another capo to get his brother transferred out of a U.S. prison
Federal authorities have announced additional arrests in a multistate pharmacy burglary ring that has led to 42 people being indicted in Arkansas
Authorities are investigating the death of a solo backpacker whose body was found near a rugged and remote trail along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park
Mexican authorities have confirmed attacks on military personnel and roads being blocked with vehicles in northern Sinaloa state
New Zealand’s Māori King, Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII, has died at age 69, just days after the celebration of his 18th year on the throne
With politics set aside, well-wishers have gathered to wish Taipei zoo’s oldest giant panda a happy 20th birthday
The Swiss city of Basel will host next year’s Eurovision Song Contest from May 13 to 17
A prominent German leftist politician was sprayed with a red liquid, likely paint, during a campaign event in the eastern city of Erfurt, ahead of closely watched state elections on Sunday
Thai officials say the bodies of three foreign workers who were trapped for days in a railway tunnel in northeastern Thailand that collapsed while under construction have been retrieved after an intensive rescue effort
Venezuelans awoke Friday to a major power outage in the capital, Caracas, and several states
Seeking to Poland’s government is easing access to abortion for women needing to end a pregnancy for health reasons, issuing guidelines to doctors that reaffirm the legality of the procedure when based on medical recommendations
Trump has called for dismantling the Education Department. Here's what that would mean
What to know about Transgender Day of Remembrance and violence against trans people
Thailand expects to distribute $4 billion in handouts in Q2 next year
Health advocates in Africa worry Trump will reimpose abortion 'gag rule' governing US aid
Stock market today: Asian markets mostly lower as worries over Russia-Ukraine war loom
Dollar sags to one-week low after safety bid, 'Trump trade' momentum wanes
Morgan Wallen and Post Malone headline a very collaborative Country Music Association Awards
Nuggets guard Russell Westbook posts 200th career triple-double in win over Grizzlies
Maui Invitational returns to a Lahaina still grappling with raw emotions left by deadly wildfire