WASHINGTON (AP) - A group of Buddhist monks reached Washington, D.C., Tuesday, walking single file across a bridge over the Potomac River to cap a 15-week trek from Texas that has captivated the country. They received an extensive police escort, and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A group of Buddhist monks is set to reach Washington, D.C., on foot Tuesday, capping a trek from Texas that has captivated the country. The monks in their saffron robes have become fixtures on social media, along with their rescue d...

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) - Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of wintry weather Monday, a forecast sure to disappoint many after what's already been a long, cold season across large parts of the United States. His annual prediction and announce...

The United States Postal Service is celebrating the Lunar New Year with the release of its newest Forever stamp honoring the Year of the Horse, which begins Feb. 17, 2026, and runs through Feb. 5, 2027. A first-day-of-issue ceremony for the stamp will take place in Houston and will be free and open to the public. Custo...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A sprawling betting scheme to rig NCAA and Chinese Basketball Association games ensnared 26 people, including more than a dozen college basketball players who tried to fix games as recently as last season, federal prosecutors said...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug and open new avenues for medical research, a major shift in federal drug policy that inches closer to what many state...

BOSTON (AP) - Brian Walshe was found guilty Monday of first-degree murder in the grisly death of his wife, whom he was accused of killing and dismembering nearly three years ago while he awaited sentencing in an art fraud case relating to the sale of...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Police renewed their search Monday for the gunman who killed two Brown University students and wounded nine others, a day after they released a person of interest after determining the evidence pointed "in a different directio...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A person of interest detained after a Brown University shooting that killed two students and injured nine will be released after law enforcement authorities determined there was no basis to keep the individual in custody, offi...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The New Orleans Archdiocese will pay at least $230 million to hundreds of victims of clergy sexual abuse under a settlement approved Monday by a federal judge that follows years of negotiations. Richard Trahant, an attorney represe...