U.S. & World

Following a contentious presidential election, is it any surprise the Merriam-Webster word of the year is “polarization”?

The magazine’s editors selected 10 names they felt had the largest influence across the world this year, including Kamala Harris, Yulia Navalnaya and Elon Musk.

UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot dead in Manhattan last week, and authorities have yet to apprehend his killer.

The brutal regime saw hundreds of thousands of political prisoners disappear into jails for decades before it was toppled by rebels Sunday.

The Onion’s bid to buy conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars is scheduled to return to a Texas courtroom on Monday.

After nearly two years, five continents, 50 cities and 149 shows, this era is over.

Israel’s foreign minister says it has struck suspected chemical weapons sites and long-range rockets in Syria in order to prevent them from falling into the hands of hostile actors.

President Yoon Suk Yeol plunged the East Asian democracy into chaos last week with his short-lived martial law declaration.

Mexican National Guard members detained a man Sunday morning after he attempted to divert a domestic Mexican flight to the United States.

President-elect Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law is widely viewed as a candidate to fill Marco Rubio’s Senate seat.

Researchers attribute a rise in autism diagnoses to increased screening and changing definitions of the condition. Hundreds of studies have found childhood vaccines to be safe.

President-elect Donald Trump said he is looking to pardon his supporters involved in the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as soon as his first day in office, saying those incarcerated are “living in hell.” 

President-elect Donald Trump vowed to make immediate and sweeping changes after he takes office on Jan. 20, such as pardons for those convicted in the attack on the U.S. Capitol, and said he wants to find a legislative solution to keep Dreamers in the country legally.