A small, twin-engine aircraft with only the pilot inside crashed near a busy highway in Texas on Wed

America’s electric power industry is angling to get some of the 200,000 troops that return annually

Women's rights activists in Honduras are celebrating a major victory, after President Xiomara Castro

Nearly 12 years ago, a nonprofit centered on substance abuse prevention in Lyon County, Nev., broade

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For two decades — as opioid overdose deaths rose steadily — the federal government limited access to

Scientists have created the first detailed wiring diagram of an insect brain. The brain, from a fr

A 66-year-old Arizona man was fatally mauled by a black bear in an unprovoked and "highly uncommon"

Veteran news anchor Jorge Ramos has determined when he will be signing off from "Noticiero Univision

Monday, June 19, marks the third time Juneteenth is observed nationwide as a federal holiday. A comm

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The World Health Organization is calling on officials in China to release data that may show a link

Israel on Monday began allowing thousands of Palestinians to return to the heavily destroyed north o

The builder of the controversial Dakota Access pipeline was told by federal regulators Thursday that

Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline, is under