Southern Baptist membership sank last year to its lowest level since 1973, even as the U.S.' largest Protestant denomination saw increases in baptisms and attendance at services.

The University of Michigan has issued a formal apology after a history professor lauded pro-Palestinian student protesters in a commencement speech over the weekend.

A Texas jury on Tuesday sentenced a former FedEx delivery driver, Tanner Horner, to death for the kidnapping and murder of 7-year-old Athena Strand, whose body was found in a river days after she vanished from her father's rural home in late 2022.

Former New England Patriots receiver Stefon Diggs was found not guilty Tuesday of assaulting his personal chef in a case marked by conflicting accounts of what happened inside his home after disputes over money and their relationship.

Pennsylvania has sued an artificial intelligence chatbot maker, saying its chatbots illegally hold themselves out as doctors and are deceiving the system's users into thinking they are getting medical advice from a licensed professional.

While some Americans are gazing at tulips and mowing lawns, people in Colorado and Wyoming are getting out their snow shovels.

Two hikers were injured in a bear attack on a popular hiking trail near Yellowstone National Park's Old Faithful geyser, park officials said Tuesday.

A new report found that the public's perception of crime nationwide has remained the same for nearly 20 years, despite a sharp decline in all types of violent offenses during that period.

A man shot five people in Texas on Tuesday, killing two, at a shopping mall north of Dallas, police said.

The suspect accused of shooting at Secret Service agents near the National Mall on Monday has been identified as a Texas man in his 40s, according to reports.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass accused mayoral challenger Spencer Pratt of "exploiting the grief" of Palisades fire victims during a recent interview, drawing sharp backlash given that Pratt's own home was destroyed in the disaster.

The man accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at the San Francisco home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of attempted murder and attempted arson.

A coyote spotted on Alcatraz Island in January swam from Angel Island less than two miles to the north, the National Park Service said Monday.

Specialists on religious bias against Muslims said Tuesday that the U.S. must do better when it comes to supporting religious freedom, warning against the normalization of prejudice.

American Express came under pressure Tuesday to ensure that its healthcare plans exclude "gender-affirming care" for minors from a young woman who regrets her treatment.

Scammers bilked an 80-year-old man in Irvine, California, of $25,000 after posing as federal agents and warning him about a suspicious charge, multiple news outlets report.

Customs and Border Protection officers manning the cargo lines at John F. Kennedy International Airport felt there might be something fishy about a shipment arriving from Hong Kong.

Tens of millions of Americans may be owed a refund from the IRS stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic era -- but they must act before a fast-approaching deadline, the nation's independent tax watchdog is warning.

A man was fatally shot Sunday afternoon after attempting to carjack a vehicle occupied by a family in Garland, Texas, police said. No charges have been filed against the driver who fired.

The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights opened an investigation Monday into Smith College, one of the nation's largest all-women's colleges, over its policy of admitting transgender women, raising questions about whether the Massachusetts institution can continue to claim federal protections reserved for single-sex schools.

Gas prices in California have climbed to among the highest levels in the country, with one remote rural county reaching an average of $7 per gallon as the ongoing conflict over the Strait of Hormuz compounds longstanding structural pressures on the state's fuel supply.

The White House was briefly locked down Monday afternoon after police shot a man near the Washington Monument, according to the Secret Service.

ICE released an illegal immigrant wanted for murder in El Salvador into the U.S. without an ankle monitor or any other conditions of supervision, and now a federal judge is pondering what sanctions she can slap on the deportation agency.

At least three members of the Metropolitan Police brass will reportedly be fired from their roles after they were linked to a scheme in which officials manipulated statistics to downplay crime in the District.

The Supreme Court ruling that gives states more authority to ditch racially gerrymandered districts has spurred last-minute redistricting pushes in Alabama, Louisiana, New York and Tennessee.