Ridership numbers for Amtrak and Florida's privately-owned railroad Brightline were up in March, as some travelers opt out of driving because of higher gasoline prices due to the Iran war.

Walking through the frame of his soon-to-be new home on a recent morning, an excited Ozzy Herrera could envision the future. A brown leather sofa to match the floors. Terra-cotta-colored walls. A bar cart near the kitchen.

We fled into a kitchen near the table and hid in a cleaning closet, along with a handful of other attendees and some of the kitchen staff.

New California regulations on autonomous vehicles go into effect this summer, including one allowing police to issue citations for moving violations by the driverless cars.

Every two years for more than a decade, Melani Candia has gotten approved to stay in the U.S. with her husband and two cats and - more recently - continue to work in special education in Florida.

Conrad Fisher's musical journey has taken him from an Amish country upbringing in Pennsylvania to Nashville and back. These days the singer-songwriter has been making videos and recordings of musicians with Amish and Mennonite roots - building audiences well beyond the conservative religious communities.

A disturbing video showing rows of people incapacitated by drugs on a downtown San Francisco street has gone viral on social media, renewing scrutiny of the city's long-running drug and homelessness crisis -- even as police say the footage predates a major enforcement crackdown.

More than 30 journalists at the Sacramento Bee are protesting the McClatchy-owned news outlet's use of stories written by artificial intelligence.

Events to commemorate May Day, also known as International Workers' Day, are being put on by organizations affiliated with and bankrolled by billionaires, according to a Fox News Digital investigation.

The original U Street NW location of Ben's Chili Bowl, known for its half-smoke hot dogs and chili, reopened Friday following months of repair work.

Ericka Buensuceso was walking along Hollywood Boulevard on Saturday when she came across an alien, two hot dogs and Jesus.

The "Yes in God's Backyard" movement is celebrating after the Faith in Housing bill, supporting expedited church-based affordable housing development, has been signed into law.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp refused to cancel the state's May 19 primary to implement new congressional maps following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down enforced racial gerrymandering.

A search is underway for a 26-year-old hiker last seen along one of the Grand Canyon's most popular trails.

A small plane crashed in Texas, killing all five people aboard, a county official said Friday.

An intrepid sea lion nicknamed Chonkers is waddling his way into the hearts of tourists and locals who have flocked to San Francisco's Pier 39 for a glimpse of the massive pinniped.

Two bank employees were fatally shot during a robbery in Kentucky and a search was underway for the suspect, authorities said Thursday.

A massive, fiery explosion at a house in Queens sent several New York City police officers flying through the air early Thursday morning as they were responding to a call of a man inside armed with a knife and the smell of gas.

Meta is raising the prospect of shutting down its social media services in New Mexico in response to a push by state prosecutors for fundamental changes to the company's platforms, including Instagram, to protect the mental health and safety of children.

The wreckage of a U.S. Coast Guard ship lost in a deadly attack more than a century ago, during World War I, was been discovered off the coast of England.

Harvey Weinstein 's lawyers questioned his accuser at his rape retrial Thursday, making clear they planned to explore her conflicted feelings and complex history with the onetime Hollywood powerbroker.

A Florida man convicted of beating and choking his 13-year-old stepniece to death nearly 50 years ago is set to be executed Thursday evening.

Michigan State University scrambled to relocate some final exams after police said they discovered a man inside the school's largest academic building with household substances that could be used to run a methamphetamine lab.

The Onion's plan to take over the Infowars platforms that Alex Jones built into a bullhorn of conspiracy theories and turn them into parody sites was in limbo again Thursday, after a Texas court paused a proposed deal involving the satirical news outlet.

J. Craig Venter, who mapped the first draft of the human genome and helped scientists understand how genes shape our lives, died Wednesday. He was 79.