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Authorities are praising Capitol Police for preventing further bloodshed when a gunman opened fire at a congressional baseball practice. Two Capitol Police officers were wounded but are OK.

As the first woman to direct a big-budget superhero movie, Patty Jenkins says she felt extra pressure to succeed. Her movie grossed more than $100 million in its opening weekend.

Attendance was light for City Council's first public hearing on the budget for the next two years. About two dozen people attended the session at the Mt...

A Comic Relief spot starring the pop singer, raising funds for children in Liberia, was voted the worst charity ad of 2017. Some are saying the criticisms aren't warranted.

The Iowa Republican senator tells The Des Moines Register that eliminating the so-called death tax isn't targeted at those who are spending everything they earn "on booze or women or movies."

American history repeats itself often enough that we sometimes feel like we are living in an infinite loop. Here is a quiz that explores that notion.

Publishers in France are altering the spellings of around 2,400 words in textbooks and will drop the hat-shaped circumflex accent in some cases. That's causing outrage.

The country's prime minister intends to channel policies and plans to achieve a happier society.

A U.N.-brokered deal allowed supplies into the towns under siege by the Syrian regime. In the town of Madaya, food aid has been blocked since October and there have been reports of starvation deaths.

The Lady Vols' 31-year run in The Associated Press women's basketball top 25 rankings ended Monday. Under former head coach Pat Summitt, the program morphed into a dynasty.