Scientists said the calving leaves the Larsen C ice shelf reduced in area by more than 12 percent, and the 'landscape of the Antarctic Peninsula changed forever.'

With announced opposition from Senators Moran and Lee, the Republican push to rewrite President Obama’s signature domestic legacy issue falls short.

The frontman’s death is being investigated as an apparent suicide.

Mr. Simpson, 70, appeared before a Nevada parole board on Thursday to appeal for his freedom after almost nine years in a state prison.

The party’s senators trimmed their vision of a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, but three Republicans turned on the bill in the dead of night.

The Supreme Court had earlier disqualified him from office over corruption allegations.

Researchers have found a way to reliably remove disease-causing mutations from human embryos, an achievement sure to renew concerns over so-called designer babies.

Protests of a plan to remove a statue of a Confederate general led to clashes that left at least one person dead and 19 others injured, officials said.

The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack near Plaza de Cataluña and Las Ramblas in the Spanish city.

Five suspected jihadists are shot dead in Cambrils after a van attack in Barcelona killed 13 people.

Few comedians have been so beloved and so derided as Jerry Lewis, who amassed devoted fans and stunningly hostile reviews from critics. Few have been so accomplished as humanitarians — his annual muscular dystrophy telethons had raised almost $1.5 billion…

Mr. Arpaio, the former Arizona sheriff who built a national reputation for his efforts to hunt and detain undocumented immigrants, had been convicted of criminal contempt.

The eye of Hurricane Harvey, a Category 4 storm that forecasters warn could bring catastrophic flooding, made landfall on the Texas coast late Friday.

One Texas location has received more than 50 inches, the most ever from a storm in the Lower 48.

"The street and buildings started swaying considerably," said Harry Neville-Towle, a 30-year-old visiting from Sydney, Australia, who visiting Mexico City.

Hurricane Irma made landfall on Florida early Sunday as a Category 4 storm, raking the lower Florida Keys with 130 mph winds as it soaked the southern part of the state in torrential rain.
The eye passed over Cudjoe Key shortly after 9 a.m. ET.

Orbiting the ringed planet since 2004, the spacecraft solved some mysteries and made discoveries that upended our notions about the solar system.

Authorities say it could be four to six months before electricity is returned to Puerto Rico and its nearly 3.5 million people.

The chancellor is re-elected but AfD nationalists make a historic breakthrough, sparking protests.

The monarchy abandoned its driving ban for women, long criticized as an infringement on women’s rights and a drag on the economy and society.