Melinda French Gates will grant $250 million to support women’s health around the world through an open call for nonprofits ...

Mozambique is voting for a new president in an election on Wednesday that could extend the ruling party’s 49 years in power since the southern African nation gained independence from Portugal in 1975.

Shares in China have slumped as details of economic stimulus plans from officials in Beijing failed to meet investors' ...

Palestinians say a large-scale Israeli operation in northern Gaza has killed and wounded dozens of people and threatens to ...

The Supreme Court is returning to the case of Richard Glossip, who has spent most of the past quarter century on Oklahoma’s ...

In some of the closest House races in the country, Democratic candidates are leaning into an issue that Republicans have made ...

American voters don't choose their president directly through the popular vote. When they cast their ballot, they are technically voting for a slate of electors who will then vote for president and ...

Thousands of fleeing cars clogged Florida's highways ahead of the storm, but time for evacuations was running out Wednesday. Tampa Mayor Jane Castor noted that up to 15 feet (4.5 meters) of storm ...

The nation's unique Electoral College system for electing a president, which replaces the popular vote, puts disproportionate ...

Louisiana’s Cajun and Creole heritage will take center stage when the Festivals Acadiens et Creoles marks a half-century of ...

Meth is more common in heat-related deaths than the deadly opioid fentanyl. As a stimulant, it increases body temperature, impairs the brain’s ability to regulate body heat and makes it harder for the ...

Scientists say human-caused climate change boosted the rainfall of deadly Hurricane Helene by about 10% and intensified its ...