U.S. & World

On April 23, 2005, YouTube founder Jawed Karim shared the unedited 18-second clip of himself in front of the elephant enclosure at the San Diego Zoo.

Pope Francis was the only pontiff to participate in a joint session of Congress. Here’s a look at his impact on D.C. and his famous address to the U.S. government.

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, marked many firsts when he was elected as the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the first Latin American pope, first Jesuit pope and first pope to take the name Francis, after St. Francis of Assisi. During his papacy, Pope Francis led multiple attempts at church reform and often advocated f...

The former first lady opened up about facing “ridicule” for not accompanying former President Barack Obama to the inauguration and how she had to “trick” herself out of it.

Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has now grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history.

Families of the school shooting victims reached a settlement with the city of Uvalde, Texas, where nineteen children and two teachers were killed.

Not far from where a gunman killed 23 while targeting Hispanics at a Texas Walmart, victims’ family members and survivors got a chance to address him.

Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, who rose to prominence in the Senate during nearly three decades of service, has announced he won’t seek reelection.

Meta said that all “eligible advertisers globally” will be able to run ads on Threads after initial January testing with a few U.S. and Japanese companies.

School district officials on Florida’s Space Coast aren’t renewing the contract of a teacher who used a student’s chosen name without getting permission from the student’s parents in violation of Florida law.

Consumers reported losing $14.8 million to text job scams in 2023 and that figure shot up to $61.2 million in 2024, according to the FTC.

No damage had been reported, but residents of Istanbul said aftershocks continued to shake the Turkish capital.

Donald Trump spoke Biden’s name more than a dozen times on the first day of his second presidency, and basically has never stopped.