Carter served as defense secretary under Barack Obama. Former Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has died unexpectedly at the age of 68, according to family. Carter died of a "sudden cardiac event" on ...

Some local governments have already started to address reparations. After the Civil War, formerly enslaved families were promised by Union leadership 40 acres and a mule. The offer was never fulfilled ...

Party leaders hope change brings more exposure to state in days before primary The South Carolina Republican Party voted unanimously on Saturday to hold their 2024 GOP presidential primary on February ...

At least five people were killed and dozens more were injured. The attack at a gay bar in Colorado Springs, Colorado, over the weekend has left the local LGBTQ community grieving. At least five people ...

Officials released a new report that said newer cars have better protections. The newer the car, the safer it is for women drivers, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a new ...

The community is demanding answers as three people remain missing. The city government of Davenport, Iowa, has released dozens of documents in connection with an apartment building that partially ...

Merck and Pfizer are each nearing authorization for their therapeutics. As rates of COVID-19 infections rise during the holidays and omicron cases surface across the United States, drug companies ...

House Oversight Chairman James Comer said it's planned for next Thursday. The GOP-controlled House Oversight Committee on Tuesday announced it would hold a public hearing on the President Joe Biden ...

The astronauts were originally set to be in space for about one week. The two astronauts who went up to the International Space Station (ISS) on Boeing's Starliner will have to come home on a ...

Patrons will be required to have had at least one dose by Jan. 15. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Wednesday that certain establishments, including restaurants, bars, nightclubs, gyms, events and ...

The deteriorating security situation has many on edge, asking for U.S. support. What Seddiqa Mahmoodi remembers most from that day were the screams. When a girls' school outside of Kabul was attacked ...

The president said he hopes both sides can forge a "win-win" agreement. President Joe Biden on Friday offered support to United Auto Workers union members amid their strike against the Big 3 U.S.