The biggest episodes of the past have altered the course of human events, according to researchers. An emerging one is drawing historic comparisons.

In Washington state and Hawaii, residents can now get mifepristone and misoprostol from Planned Parenthood to keep in their cabinets in case they need to end a pregnancy at a later time.

China and Russia have condemned a US decision to charge Cuba's former president Raúl Castro with murder, calling the pressure campaign against the Caribbean island's regime excessive.

Commissioned from an outside consultant, the 192-page report on why Democrats lost doesn't address a key source of disillusionment with the party.

Can federal law to protect consumers from intrusive telemarketers that was enacted before text messaging was invented be expanded to encapsulate modern technology?

Mexican authorities arrested two alleged Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG) financial operators in Guadalajara.

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The decades-old U.S. humanitarian aid agency USAID was largely dismantled in the early days of President Trump's second term. A new study in the journal Science concludes that the abrupt withdrawal led to a significant and sustained increase in conflict across Africa's most USAID-dependent regions.

Iranian media reported that the Pakistani interior minister is in Iran to help the US and Iran reach a peace deal.

Labour lost many seats and councils to Reform in the recent UK local elections, leading many to assume that they lost many voters to Nigel Farage's far-right party. But a look at the data suggests this isn't the main driver of Labour's dismal performance.

G.O.P. senators were exploring using their immigration bill to fence off a fund the president wants to tap to pay people who claim government mistreatment.

Forecasters expect 8 to 14 storms will form in the Atlantic between June 1 and November 30. But the danger is more serious than the numbers suggest.

The child fired a single shot at a teacher, who had to have surgery after the incident in 2023.