Former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson, a political legend whose quick wit bridged partisan gaps in the years before today’s political acrimony, has died. He was 93.

Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), a more than two-decade veteran of the House who rose to high levels of power in the Democratic ...

More than two decades after a young woman vanished from a Columbus bar on New Year’s Eve, her family continues to fight for ...

Two years after a free fall, Houston has drafted well, brought in savvy veterans and hired Ime Udoka to coach a top-six team in the Western Conference.

Fans in attendance for Wednesday evening's Portland Trail Blazers-New York Knicks game were treated to one of the coolest moments of the NBA season, for reasons that had nothing to do with basketball.

While the Mountain West might not be regarded in the same fashion as some of the bigger conferences in college basketball, it ...

The district attorney of Los Angeles says he does not support the resentencing of Lyle and Erik Menendez, brothers who have ...

A young economist who had uprooted her life for civil service. A fierce housing advocate terminated just before buying her ...

Athol Fugard, South Africa’s foremost dramatist who explored the pervasiveness of apartheid in such searing works as “The Blood Knot” and ...

Canada’s next prime minister has helped run two Group of Seven economies in crisis before and now will try to steer Canada through a looming trade war brought by U.S. President ...

Former central banker Mark Carney will become Canada’s next prime minister after the governing Liberal Party elected him its leader Sunday as the country deals with U.S. President Donald Trump’s ...

Former central banker Mark Carney will become Canada’s next prime minister after a Liberal Party leadership vote in a landslide. Carney is 59. He was born in Fort Smith, Northwest ...