The U.S. Supreme Court says it will not stop Mississippi from removing voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies — a practice that originated in the Jim Crow era with the intent of stopping Black men from influencing elections

Brazil’s 15-year-old skateboarding sensation Rayssa Leal, one of the favorites to win a gold medal in the street event at the Paris Olympics next year, won her first Pan American Games crown on Saturday

Dozens of people are feared drowned after a migrant boat sank near Spain's Canary Islands on Wednesday, according to Spanish officials and aid group Walking Borders.

A nearly 200-year-old time capsule that appeared to yield little more than dust when it was opened at West Point contained hidden treasure after all

The BBC speaks to families trying to rebuild their lives in one of the country's poorest regions.

The Southern Baptist Convention expelled a rural Oklahoma church from its membership Tuesday after resurfaced pictures and video show its pastor impersonating late singer Ray Charles in blackface at a talent show, according to a convention spokesperson.

Nathaniel Walter Radimak allegedly threatened two women and broke one of the car’s headlights in November

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are visiting a District of Columbia public middle school to welcome students back for the new year

Jailed Iranian rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi, who won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, has sacrificed her freedom

The South Carolina Court of Appeals has granted Alex Murdaugh's motion to suspend his conviction appeal and sent the case back to circuit court to consider allegations of jury tampering by the Colleton County clerk.

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON It was, to put it mildly, a bad day on Earth when an asteroid

Three Russian fighter jets intercepted three US Air Force drones in northeastern Syria on Wednesday morning local time, according to the senior commander in charge of Air Force operations in the Middle East.