The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is once again approaching Earth, and will be at its closest point to our planet Friday as it travels back toward Jupiter and through the solar system.

Massachusetts will no longer ban Christian couples from becoming foster parents for refusing to treat children as members of the opposite sex.

As a search continues for the person behind this weekend's mass shooting, Brown University was planning to issue early-decision admission offers to applicants Wednesday evening.

Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend and longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell asked a federal judge on Wednesday to set aside her sex trafficking conviction and free her from a 20-year prison sentence, saying "substantial new evidence" has emerged proving that constitutional violations spoiled her trial.

Congress passed the annual defense policy bill on Wednesday, sending the latest authorization for how the Defense Department can spend its $901 billion budget to the president's desk.

Texans frustrated with biological males accessing women's restrooms can now do more than complain -- they can contact the state's "tip line."

A woman who allegedly pushed razor blades into loaves of bread at two Biloxi, Mississippi, Walmart stores was arrested on Tuesday.

A Wisconsin woman who almost killed her sixth-grade classmate to please horror villain Slender Man and then fled a group home won't fight the state's attempt to revoke her release privileges.

Police intensified their search Wednesday for a suspect in the fatal shooting of a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who was killed at his home near Boston earlier in the week.

Volunteers gripping flashlights waved them high above their heads when the clock struck 8 p.m., shining beams through the frigid night sky - and into the hospital's windows.

Authorities have asked the public for any footage they might have of the gunman who fatally shot two students and wounded nine others at Brown University, even as they released a new video timeline and a slightly clearer image of a possible suspect.

The proposed $85 billion merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads has lost the support of two unions that represent more than half their workers over concerns it will jeopardize safety and jobs, raise shipping rates and consumer prices, and cause significant disruptions.

Danish artist and conservationist Thomas Dambo has creatively incorporated his troll sculptures in communities around the world since 2014. His creations now appear in more than 20 countries across five continents.

The extent of the damage in Washington state is profound but unclear after more than a week of heavy rains and record flooding, Gov. Bob Ferguson said Tuesday, as more high water, mudslides and power outages were in the forecast.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday that she has reached a deal with state legislative leaders to approve a bill to give terminally ill people the legal ability to end their own lives with prescribed medication.

Welcome to exhausted America 2025: Most adults are more than a little fine with doling out cash as gifts, and many plan to be asleep before midnight on New Year's Eve, according to a new AP-NORC poll.

When a measles outbreak hit West Texas earlier this year, school absences surged to levels far beyond the number of children who likely became sick, according to a study, as students were excluded or kept home by their families to minimize the spread of the disease.

Mega billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife, former news anchor Lauren Sanchez Bezos, are awarding $5 million to the founder of a neurodivergent student support network, a recognition that the lesser-known recipient credits to the students powering his fast-growing movement for more inclusive classrooms.

Warner Bros. is telling shareholders to reject a takeover bid from Paramount Skydance, saying that a rival bid from Netflix will be better for customers.

Plans to "carry out an attack" in New Orleans were thwarted after an ex-Marine was arrested while on the way to the Louisiana city with guns and body armor in the car, according to court documents obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.

The Heritage Foundation Board of Trustees lost two more board members, bringing to three the number that have stepped down amid discord over the venerable conservative organization's leadership in the wake of an antisemitism uproar.

A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was fatally shot at his home near Boston, and authorities said Tuesday they had launched a homicide investigation.

A doctor who pleaded guilty in a scheme to supply ketamine to actor Matthew Perry before his overdose death was sentenced Tuesday to 8 months of home confinement.

Automakers Hyundai and Kia must offer free repairs to millions of models under a settlement announced Tuesday by Minnesota's attorney general, who led an effort by dozens of states that argued the vehicles weren't equipped with proper anti-theft technology, leaving them vulnerable to thefts.

A woman who allegedly pushed razor blades into loaves of bread at two Biloxi, Mississippi, Walmart stores was arrested on Tuesday.