Fast-moving thunderstorms pummeled southeastern Texas on Thursday for the second time this month, killing at least four people, blowing out windows in high-rise buildings, downing trees and knocking out power to more than 850,000 homes and businesses in the Houston area.

A New Hampshire bill that would ban transgender athletes in grades 5-12 from teams that align with their gender identity is headed to the governor's desk.

Two men who were arrested after disregarding Marines' orders and trying to bust into the base at Quantico are Jordanian migrants, Homeland Security confirmed Thursday night.

Kansas City apologized after posting information about NFL kicker Harrison Butker's residence on X in an apparent attempt to retaliate against the Pro Bowl athlete. But the state isn't willing to let bygones be bygones.

Sen. Bob Menendez said Thursday that his wife has breast cancer and will require a mastectomy, a revelation made just as the presentation of evidence began at his New York bribery trial.

U.S. Navy veteran Frank Hryniewicz was buried with full military honors Thursday at Arlington National Cemetery, more than 80 years after the Massachusetts native was killed when Japan launched its Dec. 7, 1941, attack on the Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii.

Officers responded nearly 1,000 times in the past three years to an Iowa juvenile treatment center where a staff member was killed by a 15-year-old resident, according to police records.

A Belgian court ruled Thursday that all assets in the country belonging to American investment group 777 Partners can be seized, in the latest legal setback for the embattled company that owns Standard Liege and several other soccer clubs.

The president of Sonoma State University has been placed on leave for "insubordination" after unilaterally striking a deal with pro-Palestinian protesters that included an academic boycott of Israel.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a full pardon Thursday to a former U.S. Army sergeant convicted of murder for fatally shooting an armed demonstrator in 2020 during nationwide protests against police violence and racial injustice.

Archaeologists in Virginia have uncovered what is believed to be the remains of a military barracks from the Revolutionary War, including chimney bricks and musket balls indented with soldiers' teeth.

A groundbreaking discovery may soon allow cancer to be detected up to seven years earlier than current methods using a simple blood test.

Los Angeles County leaders recently declared April 30 as "Jane Fonda Day" to honor the actress for her advocacy for social justice and environmental sustainability, but the decision was met with immediate backlash.

Police began dismantling a pro-Palestinian encampment early Thursday at DePaul University in Chicago, hours after the school's president told students to leave the area or face arrest.

Human bones found inside the chimney of a Wisconsin music store in 1989 have been identified as those of a man whose last known contact with relatives was in 1970, authorities said.

A Massachusetts teen who participated in a spicy tortilla chip challenge on social media died from eating a large quantity of chile pepper extract and also had a congenital heart defect, according to an autopsy report obtained by The Associated Press.

A bronze sculpture of the late Rev. Billy Graham, the prolific evangelist also known as "America's Pastor," was unveiled at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday.

U.S. Capitol Police said they launched an investigation Wednesday after a small bag of cocaine was found inside their command post.

California authorities have charged a man with rape after they say he assaulted two women in the Angeles National Forest, and a TV news station identified the man as an illegal immigrant.

Federal law enforcement agencies have issued a warning about terrorists potentially targeting LGBTQ-related events during Pride month in June.

Southwest Airlines is under scrutiny for its boarding policies after reports of passengers allegedly faking mobility issues to secure better seats.

The North Carolina state Senate has voted to ban anyone from wearing masks in public, including for health reasons.

The sister and brother-in-law of an Army reservist responsible for killing 18 people in Maine gave an emotional apology for the deadly rampage on Thursday, and said Army officials frustrated their efforts to get him mental health care before the shooting.

Blas Sanchez was nearing the end of a 20-year stretch in an Arizona prison when he was leased out to work at Hickman's Family Farms, which sells eggs that have ended up in the supply chains of huge companies like McDonald's, Target and Albertsons. While assigned to a machine that churns chicken droppings into compost, his right leg got pulled into a chute ...

Lawyers in Tunisia took to the streets on Thursday to protest a string of recent arrests that have convulsed the country over the past week and provoked international outcry.