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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka ordered a curfew Sunday at the federal immigration-detention facility in his New Jersey city where several protesters have been arrested in violent scrums with police.

Last Tuesday, Cal Thomas wrote an opinion piece for this newspaper titled "Americans whining over gas prices ignore Iran's greater threat."

Israeli troops have captured a strategic mountain topped with a Crusader-built castle in southern Lebanon in the deepest incursion into the country in more than a quarter-century, the military said Sunday.

An increasing number of oil tankers are headed through the embattled Strait of Hormuz and gasoline prices will drop once the ships reach Asia, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett predicted Sunday.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, fresh from defeating four-term incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in last week's GOP primary runoff election, said he believes Senate leaders are ready to back his campaign and several have pledged support.

Former Vice President Mike Pence called on the Trump administration to "get rid of" a newly created fund to compensate individuals victimized by government weaponization during the Biden administration.

A United Airlines flight bound for Spain from Newark Liberty International Airport turned around midflight Saturday due to a possible security threat in flight.

Perhaps nothing better illustrates the flamingo's status as a newcomer to the Venetian Lagoon than the fact that the local dialect has no word for them.

Five patients have recovered from a rare type of Ebola virus, the head of the World Health Organization said Sunday during a visit to Bunia in eastern Congo, a city at the heart of an outbreak.

Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner created a sexually suggestive profile on the hookup app KiK and used the app in his 30s.