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The world's tallest college basketball player is moving to California. Former Florida walk-on Olivier Rioux, a 7-foot-9 center from Canada and one of the most recognizable student-athletes in North America, has signed with UC Irvine.

Louisiana's top elected officials say the state's congressional primaries won't be going forward as scheduled in May as a result of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

The U.S. economy accelerated at the start of 2026, expanding at a modest 2% pace from January through March after recovering from last fall's 43-day federal government shutdown.

A key inflation measure jumped in March as gas prices soared, the latest sign that the Iran war is pushing up the cost of living and delaying any interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.

Union Pacific hopes a new application will be enough to persuade regulators that its $85 billion acquisition of Norfolk Southern would be good for the country. The U.S.

The Voting Rights Act over its six decades became one of the most consequential laws in the nation's history, preventing discrimination against minorities at the ballot box and helping to elect thousands of Black and Hispanic representatives at all . ...

LIMA (AP) -- Las embajadas israelí y alemana calificaron el miércoles de "absurda" la afirmación del presidente interino de Perú, José María Balcázar, de que los judíos empujaron a Alemania a la Segunda Guerra Mundial por controlar el ...

The Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers are heading to overtime 0-0 in Wednesday night's Game 6 of their first-round series. The Flyers lead the series 3-2.

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says it is her "understanding" that Iranian soccer officials were denied entry into her country ahead of the FIFA Congress meeting in Vancouver just weeks before the start of the World Cup.

Three family members face charges for allegedly assaulting a journalist who writes for a conservative organization during a protest in Minnesota.