Tropical Storm Claudette hits Louisiana, will spread flooding rain over Southeast

Rainfall amounts of 5 to 10 inches, with isolated 15-inch totals, are possible.

Apathy greets Iran presidential vote dominated by hard-liner

Turnout has been estimated at just 44 percent, which would be the lowest since the revolution.

Searchers comb river after 3 tubers die, 2 disappear at dam

Four were pulled from the water Thursday after they survived the plunge over a dam on Wednesday.

A robot ship’s aborted effort to cross Atlantic shows difficulty of the experiment

With no captain or crew aboard, the AI Captain uses radar to peer into the horizon, artificial intelligence to understand what's around it and solar panels to power the journey.

Tropical weather lashes Gulf Coast with brisk winds, rain

Coastal Louisiana and Mississippi are struck as a disorganized and unpredictable tropical weather system churns through the Gulf of Mexico.

Fierce Capitol attacks on police seen in newly released videos

Videos released under court order provide a chilling new look at the chaos at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

U.S. Catholic bishops move toward possible rebuke of Biden over abortion stance

Supporters said a strong rebuke of the president was needed because of his recent actions protecting and expanding abortion access, while opponents warned that such action would portray the bishops as a partisan force.

U.S. border restrictions extended as Canada scrambles to vaccinate

There are growing calls in the U.S. to open the Canada-U.S. border for nonessential travel like tourism, but less than 20% of Canadians are fully vaccinated.

Pandemic swells Medicaid enrollment to record 80 million people

Lawmakers mark Juneteenth with talk of ‘abolition amendment’ to end forced labor by felons

Lawmakers are reviving calls to end a loophole in the Constitution that allowed another form of slavery — forced labor for convicted felons — to thrive.