DAMASCUS, Syria — The newly appointed governor of Damascus has called on the United States to use its influence to push for ...

APM Reports shows Iowa's new conservation tool isn't as effective as promised. The state would need to increase installations exponentially to make even a marginal difference in water quality.

The tragedy marks the 19th overboard incident on a cruise ship this year, with only two passengers successfully rescued.

They make their living off the sea, but their catch is dwindling. So these traditional fisherfolk are taking steps to ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe will get closer to the sun than ever before. Astrophysicist Nour Rawafi explains how this mission could help solve the sun's most perplexing mysteries.

Only about 300 to 400 people a year give a kidney to someone they never met. It's an act of generosity so unusual, a ...

More than 7,000 people had taken shelter in the Rukban camp, near the border with Jordan, many of whom fled the regime and ...

Starbucks' union says workers are walking off the job at some 300 — out of over 10,000 — stores across the U.S. as contract ...

Holiday music rules the pop charts once again this week, as Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" scores its 17th ...

For generations of Americans, making fun of fruitcake has been a holiday tradition. But a Canadian pastry chef and master ...

Paul Ninson had an old-school, newfangled dream: a modern library devoted to photobooks showing life on the continent. He ...

Parsons, one of corporate America's most prominent Black executives who held top posts at Time Warner and Citigroup, was known as a skilled negotiator, a diplomat and a crisis manager.