The world's largest ruby, described it as a "once-in-a-lifetime" jewel, fetches $34.8m at auction.

Canada is looking to restore ties with President Nicolás Maduro’s socialist government in Venezuela, falling in line with

A United Nations report says the Asia-Pacific region needs to drastically increase its investments in disaster warning systems and other tools to counter rising risks from climate change

'For one, you got to make sure you get those flawless emeralds, then that piece got to go with,' said Rick Ross

Israel kept up its deadly bombardment of Hamas-controlled Gaza Tuesday after the Palestinian militant group threatened to execute some of the around 150 hostages it abducted in a weekend assault...

More than 20 states in the US have enacted laws in recent years to ban discrimination based on hair texture in school dress codes and the workplace. At the same time, protective hairstyles like locs and braids have been punished in school districts, and restricted in dress codes.

Nebraska's top election official has confirmed that Nebraska voters will decide next year whether public money can go to private school tuition

An 18-year-old woman was killed and six others were wounded in a shooting at a birthday party in Antioch, California, early Sunday morning, police said.

A national Black Lives Matter nonprofit that was widely criticized for purchasing a sprawling California mansion with donated funds recently opened the property to dozens of families who lost loved ones in incidents of police violence

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the patterns or practices of the police department in Memphis, Tennessee, seven months after the violent beating of Tyre Nichols by five officers after a traffic stop

New England is in the crosshairs of Hurricane Lee but is usually protected from the worst of a hurricane’s wrath by the cold waters of the North Atlantic

The burned bodies of 18 people were found as wildfires ripped through Greece on Tuesday and countries across Europe sweltered under yet another extreme heat wave.