The Vatican responded Thursday to a traditionalist society that consecrated bishops without the pope's consent, declaring the Society of St. Pius X in schism and excommunicating its bishops and ...

The Education Department has long collected civil rights data about things like bullying, harassment and disability services ...

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn why Mississippi, unlike other states, has yet to approve vouchers for private schools. We also learn how land can be used simultaneously for solar power and ...

Here's a look at some of the major developments since major back-to-back earthquakes rocked Venezuela on June 24, devastating parts of a country already reeling from crisis after crisis.

Federal agents went to a Rochester man's home to warn him that an email he sent five months ago could be an illegal threat. He was on vacation but another agent found his hotel hundreds of miles away.

While the U.S. isn't a bona fide soccer nation yet, the past three weeks have perhaps shown what it would feel like if it were.

Police are investigating whether negligence during construction work caused the collapse in the eastern city of Lahore on Tuesday.

Two founding fathers died on America's 50th birthday, which was marked with toasts and parades. Over time, anniversary ...

The court did uphold a state law in Mississippi allowing absentee ballots cast and mailed by election day to be counted up to ...

The summer travel season is setting records again. Airlines are carrying more passengers than ever while operating fewer ...

There's a ban on most states systematically purging voter rolls within 90 days before Election Day. Republicans are pushing ...

A major heat wave is affecting much of the eastern half of the United States this week, bringing dangerous conditions to ...