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This often fatal disease found in many African countries is painful and lengthy to treat. But a single oral dose proved incredibly effective in a clinical trial, raising hopes of eradication.

The sheer number of law enforcement officers makes it hard for big gangs to meet openly in New York City the way they did back in the 1980s, so many gang members who have left state prison have migrated north. Authorities say they brought shootings and stabbings with them.

Ahead of the March primary, local elections officials in Texas are starting to deal with the effects of a new GOP-backed voting law.

Over the past century, midterm elections have been rough on the party controlling the White House.

The Senate has approved a measure meant to avert a railroad strike in eight days — without the paid sick days rail workers have been asking for.

Unrelenting tornadoes that tore through parts of the South and Midwest shredded homes and shopping centers, and collapsed a theater roof during a heavy metal concert in Illinois.

State agents say Smith was murdered. Interest in his case has spiked in part because of where he died: about 8 miles from where Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were shot to death.

The administration is turning to semiconductors in the hopes of expanding affordable child care.

In the realm of urban planning, there's a concept known as a "doom loop." It's when one negative event triggers another, ultimately exacerbating the first. But Columbus city leaders say such a scenario is unlikely, despite recent multiple violent incidents in the Short North.

With hours to go before the deadline, Ohio lawmakers passed the budget on a mostly party-line vote and sent it to Gov. Mike DeWine, along with a temporary extension of the current budget to give him time to sign and perhaps issue vetoes.