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A look at some of the most notable research-related events and discoveries of 2024, as well as a few studies and policy moves that will play out in the coming year.

The VA is now facing urgent calls to quickly finalize a policy that would enable disability compensation for former service members who suffer from this debilitating lung condition, with a political deadline looming in less than five weeks.

A car drove into a group of people at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday, German news agency dpa reported. There was no immediate word on whether people were killed or injured.

Indianapolis (AP) -- An Indiana man convicted in the 2017 killings of two teenage girls who vanished during a winter hike was sentenced to a maximum of 130 years in prison Friday in the case that's long cast a shadow over the teens' small hometown of ...

New discoveries from several archaeological sites in North and South America suggest that ancient people first arrived in the New World much earlier than scientists once thought.

Hours before the start of a federal government shutdown, President-elect Donald Trump doubled-down on his insistence that a debt ceiling increase be included in any deal.

Michigan Democrats are ending their final days in control of the state government bogged down with disunity and inaction.

Amazon workers affiliated with the Teamsters union are holding a strike at seven of the company's delivery hubs less than a week before Christmas.

Drivers and airline passengers without reindeer and sleighs better make a dash for it: it's beginning to look like another record for holiday travel in the U.S.

An official at the Wisconsin school where a student shot and killed a teacher and a fellow student says the 15-year-old was in her first semester there.