U.S. & World

The U.S. is experiencing more than four times as many whooping cough cases compared with last year — a spike that some experts attribute to post-pandemic vaccine fatigue.

Former “Jackass” star Bam Margera found himself back behind bars this week after allegedly violating his probation.

The electronic brake control module software may fail to display a warning light when a loss of brake fluid takes place.

Another mission specialist who worked with the company that owned the Titan submersible that imploded last year while on its way to the Titanic wreckage is scheduled to testify before a U.S. Coast Guard investigatory panel Friday.

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has blamed the United States in part for the surge in cartel violence terrorizing the northern state of Sinaloa which has left at least 30 people dead in the past week.

Vice President Kamala Harris looked for a boost with persuadable and less-motivated voters as she participated in a livestream Thursday evening with former talk show host Oprah Winfrey to focus on her plans to cut costs for the middle class, restore a national right to abortion and address gun violence.

Sean “Diddy” Combs didn’t act alone on crimes that include bribery, making threats, and sex trafficking, according to Federal prosecutors.

The two are survived by their 18-month-old son, who was not with them at the time.

Ohtani became the first player in baseball history with 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a single season, and one lucky fan caught a very valuable piece of memorabilia.

As Republicans in Nebraska consider changing state law to give Donald Trump an extra Electoral College vote this fall, their Democratic counterparts in Maine have little recourse to even the score.  

U.S. District Judge Tom Lee called the former officers’ actions “egregious and despicable” and imposed sentences near the top of federal guidelines for five of the six.

She was accompanied by her family and her dog, Bruce, who she was walking when the lightning strike derailed her life.

The dozens of bomb threats and the onslaught of public attention that has befallen a small Ohio city since President Donald Trump and others pushed the false claim that Haitian migrants were stealing and eating pets has children living in fear, worried parents said Thursday.

A sheriff in Kentucky is accused of fatally shooting a district judge at a courthouse on Thursday, authorities said.