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The Republican leading a yearlong investigation into the failed gun-trafficking operation known as Fast and Furious acknowledged that the probe has turned up no evidence that Attorney General Eric Holder approved the idea. Other GOP lawmakers Thursday threatened Holder with contempt of Congress.

A tornado that ripped through a Pfizer plant in Rocky Mount, N.C., raised worries about shortages of medicines used in hospitals. The drugs include commonly used painkillers and anesthetics.

The city's first Black-owned recording studio preserved acts big and small from the 1950s until 2006, turning out hundreds of records which are now collectors' items.

Ohio Democrats want the state to make changes in policy that will increase protections for the environment.

As the Israel-Hamas war continues, hospitals in Gaza are crowded and chaotic. Pregnant women face awful conditions: An emergency C-section may be conducted by the light from mobile phones.

This year’s discipline awards celebrate artists working in photography, design, visual art, music and literature. The prestigious honor comes with $10,000.

Humanitarian aid trucks sit at Gaza's border. Yet Israeli officials deny aid groups' accusations that they're restricting aid or that Palestinians in Gaza are starving.

Like many countries in Africa, The Gambia has a law criminalizing the practice of female genital mutilation. Now, amid a religious backlash, it could become the first country to repeal its ban.

Responders are working to recover the victims of Wednesday night's midair collision over Washington, D.C. It could be the deadliest crash to occur in U.S. airspace in at least 15 years.

The killing of a Palestinian American teen by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank has sparked an outcry from relatives and community members in the Palestinian territory as well as the U.S.