It's an unusual winter for respiratory illnesses. The flu is peaking twice: once in early January and again in February. Meanwhile, it's the mildest COVID winter since the pandemic began.

That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and mammals around the world. And that's a serious risk for human health.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is the first Asian leader to visit the second Trump administration. He faces ...

An attempt to identify and explain some of the biggest things that happened each week, and draw attention to some that have ...

It's common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson is working with House Republicans to advance a budget bill that would allow Republicans to pass ...

An attempt to identify and explain some of the biggest things that happened each week, and draw attention to some that have ...

The 19th century term describes the perceived right of Americans to use force or the threat of force to wrest desireable land ...

An attempt to identify and explain some of the biggest things that happened each week, and draw attention to some that have ...

This week calls for some throwback thinking. If you can recall how Roman numerals work, you'll get at least one question correct.

Trump has long felt that Japan and other wealthy allies take advantage of the U.S., racking up big trade surpluses, while paying too little for the cost of American military protection.

President Trump signed a series of executive actions that would limit transgender and nonbinary people's rights by focusing on "gender ideology." But the term is loaded, without a universal definition ...