The head of an elite Madagascar military unit ousted the African island country’s president in a coup, capping weeks of youth-led protests over poverty and other issues.

A Navajo tribe-owned company has bid $186,000 to lease 167 million tons of coal on federal lands in southeastern Montana.

The White House pressed Navy officials to launch 2,000-pound live bombs instead of dummy explosives during a recent military ...

A 21-year-old semitruck driver accused of being under the influence of drugs and causing a fiery crash that killed three ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — As Democrats dig in for a lengthening government shutdown, former Vice President Kamala Harris is cheering them on as she travels the country touting her presidential campaign ...

Last week’s military coup in Madagascar followed weeks of protests by youth angry about a lack of opportunity, poverty, and ...

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico said Tuesday his government has approved an agreement with the United States to build an additional nuclear reactor. Fico ...

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — Two state police officers in Pennsylvania pursuing a vehicle were shot in an exchange of gunfire with a suspect who was killed, authorities said. The troopers were taken to ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street ... week where the U.S. government has not published its update on unemployment claims, for example, a report that usually helps guide Wall Street’s trading each Thursday.

Officials say one of the “most significant” airlifts in Alaska history is underway to evacuate hundreds of people from storm-devastated coastal towns JUNEAU, Alaska -- JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — One of the ...

The federal government has been shut down for two weeks, and there is still no end in sight as Congress remains in a heated deadlock over health insurance costs. The shutdown began after Democrats ...

No. 1 UConn's season opener against No. 20 Louisville that is supposed to be played at Ramstein Air Base in Germany on Nov. 4 is in jeopardy of being moved because of the government shutdown. A person ...