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Derrick Johnson buried his mother's ashes beneath a golden dewdrop tree with purple blossoms at his home on Maui's Haleakala Volcano, fulfilling her wish of a final resting place looking over her grandchildren.

An anti-Israel activist who was charged with making murderous threats against members of Bakersfield's City Council was granted entry Thursday into a mental health program instead of facing potential jail time.

Giannis Antetokounmpo remained with the Milwaukee Bucks while plenty of other players changed addresses as the NBA trade deadline passed Thursday.

The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate barely budged this week, staying close to 6% as the spring home-buying season nears.

D.C. Fire and EMS Battalion Chief Keith Long, a 38-year veteran of the department, died suddenly while on duty Wednesday.

Amazon sales surged 14% during the fourth quarter, helped by strong holiday spending and a better-than-expected growth in its prominent cloud computing unit.

Rep. Harriet Hageman struck a nerve when she declared that she doesn't want to be referred to as a "cisgender woman."

A Southern California county and a foster care agency have agreed to a $13.5 million settlement with six children who were placed in an abusive home after being rescued from squalid and abusive conditions in their parents' home.

Chinese President Xi Jinping pressed President Trump on U.S. arms sales to Taiwan during a phone call this week, according to the official Beijing readout of the discussion.

Republicans on Thursday resoundingly rejected Democrats' new proposals to reel in ICE, saying the 10-point list of reforms, including barring arrests near schools and courts and giving localities a veto over operations, was the stuff of "fantasy land ...