A large fire erupted in a historic hotel in the smallest town of the nation's smallest state Friday night, leaving the area with limited water and no power, prompting a state of emergency on Rhode Island's Block Island.

Republican lawmakers in North Carolina on Tuesday enacted major changes to the state's election laws, overriding vetoes by the state's Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, who has criticized the measures as a "threat to our democracy."

Erik Islas who allegedly murdered his girlfriend fled to Mexico

The Ukrainian missile attack on the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet is perhaps the most dramatic example yet of the confidence with which Ukraine is going after Russian facilities in occupied Crimea -- and the vulnerability of critically important infrastructure on the peninsula.

(Reuters) -The death toll from last month's wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui has dropped to 97 and the

Israel’s governing coalition is pushing ahead with a contentious plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary

A Colorado Springs widow is demanding answers from police after she says they failed to respond quickly to a 911 call to help her husband, who was allegedly being held hostage and was later found dead.

Chief Justice John Roberts says there is more the Supreme Court can do to “adhere to the highest standards” of ethical conduct

'I never saw him again until a year later on television, but I had no idea of his real name until later,' Wanda Satterthwaite wrote in the affidavit

Israel has agreed to allow Egypt to deliver limited humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip while the Israeli military keeps up its airstrikes on the Palestinian territory

Israeli soldiers on Wednesday raided and then combed through Gaza's main hospital, a key objective in their war on Hamas which has raised fears for thousands...

Fernando Villavicencio was attacked after an event in the northern city of Quito on Wednesday.