PARIS — A restrictive outdoor smoking ban has come into force in France, a country where café culture, which often includes a glass of wine and a cigarette, is a way of life. As of Sunday, smokers are ...

The number of homicides is falling dramatically nationwide. In Detroit, for instance, city officials say the number of homicides is at its lowest since 1965, and Police Chief Todd Bettison says that ...

President Trump pleaded for progress in ceasefire talks in the war in Gaza, as Israel and Hamas appeared to be inching closer ...

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Protesters denounced the three-day celebrations for the wedding between Jeff Bezos and his wife Lauren Sanchez Bezos as a ...

Marchers gambled with potential police intervention and fines to participate in the annual Budapest Pride, which was outlawed ...

Senate Republicans released the full text of their massive tax and spending bill that contains many of President Trump's top ...

Fans of fireworks may face higher prices this Fourth of July. That's because most fireworks are made in China and importers ...

Florida's attorney general says the migrant detention facility is on track to open in early July, at a little-used airfield ...

The nation's top safety investigators concluded there were multiple systemic failures that led to a midair blowout during the ...

Be the Change Youth Initiative here in Chattanooga brings its “Concert for a Cause” series to the St. Elmo neighborhood.

John Scopes, a high school teacher, went on trial in the Rhea County Courthouse - accused of violating a Tennessee law that ...