In images: New England’s ‘Town Meeting’ tradition gives people a direct role in local democracy

Tesla's stock price reached $420 on Wednesday afternoon, which elicited responses from social media

AMSTERDAM (AP) — A long-delayed trial opened Tuesday of nine men accused of involvement in the fatal

Some consider the start of the new year to be when the clock strikes midnight on Dec. 31. While this

PORT CLINTON, Ohio (AP) — Twenty people were rescued from an ice floe in Lake Erie, the Coast Guard

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — John Spratt, a former longtime Democratic congressman from South Carolina who

The Centers for Disease Control announced Thursday that a recall of charcuterie meats for Salmonella

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberia’s new president, Joseph Boakai, was sworn into office Monday after

Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, has been diagnosed with skin cancer just months after she battl

Global consulting firm McKinsey & Company agreed Friday to pay $650 million to resolve criminal

The New Hampshire attorney general’s office on Monday said it was investigating reports of an appare

A man arrested last month in Connecticut in the killing of a television news anchor's mother in Verm

Moisture from the Gulf of Mexico began to unleash heavy rain across the southern United States on Mo

BRUSSELS (AP) — Some European Union countries on Thursday doubled down on their decision to rapidly

BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University has shed fresh light on the ongoing investigation into plagiarism a

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Nineteen federal appellate judges are scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday on whet

Can Mississippi permanently strip felons of voting rights? 19 federal judges will hear the case