Just three weeks after a national referendum showed strong support for gay marriage, Parliament voted overwhelmingly to follow the public’s lead.

The Democratic senator of Minnesota announced his plans to resign, a day after a sixth woman accused him of misconduct and dozens of his colleagues called for him to step down.

Doug Jones, a former prosecutor, defeated scandal-scarred Roy S. Moore for the Senate seat once held by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

The acquisition of most of Rupert Murdoch’s entertainment empire makes Disney a true competitor to services like Netflix and Amazon.

In a 3-to-2 vote along party lines, the agency scrapped Obama-era rules meant to protect an open internet.

Officials said the train was going more than twice the limit when it jumped the tracks south of Seattle, killing at least three people.

House lawmakers approved the tax overhaul after a parliamentary snag required them to hold a second vote on the bill, clearing the way for President Trump to sign it.

The United Nations body’s debate and vote highlighted for a second time in a week the international isolation of the United States over the Jerusalem issue

A suicide bomber struck a crowded gathering in Kabul, leaving more than 40 dead. The group has claimed several attacks on Shiite targets across the country.

The youngest person killed in a fire in the Belmont neighborhood on Thursday night was 1 year old, and the oldest was over 50, New York City officials said.

The North and South also agree to field a joint women's ice hockey team at the Pyeongchang Games.

Data shows the year was also one of the hottest three ever recorded, with scientists warning that the ‘climate tide is rising fast’

Senators from both parties were scrambling for a new deal to reopen the government quickly, possibly just hours after the midnight deadline passed.

At least four gunmen launched the attack on the Intercontinental Hotel, Afghan officials say.

With a promise that lawmakers would soon take up immigration, Congress approved a short-term spending bill to reopen the government after a brief but heated shutdown.

The president ordered the firing last June as he first learned that the special counsel might be investigating whether he had obstructed justice.

At least 95 were killed and 158 others were wounded when a car bomber drove an ambulance past two checkpoints and detonated explosives.

One person in the truck was killed in the rural Virginia crash, and the lawmakers were preparing to take buses to their resort in West Virginia.

The memo accused senior officials at the F.B.I. and Justice Department of bias in the early stages of the Russia investigation.

Sharp moves in the stock market come as investors digest the growth prospects for the world and look for signs of inflation.