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The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to take up a challenge to gun laws in New York that ban firearms from certain "sensitive" locations and require that handgun owners be of "good moral character."

Maine officials are suing the administration of President Donald Trump to try to stop the government from freezing federal money in the wake of a dispute over transgender athletes in sports.

Microsoft has fired two employees who interrupted the company's 50th anniversary celebration to protest its work supplying artificial intelligence technology to the Israeli military, according to a group representing the workers.

Tres personas han muerto por enfermedades relacionadas con el sarampión en Estados Unidos desde que el virus altamente contagioso comenzó a propagarse por el oeste de Texas a finales de enero.

A federal appeals court is allowing billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency to once again access people's private data at the Education Department, the Treasury Department and the Office of Personnel Management.

Comic Amber Ruffin has a new spring gig. PEN America told The Associated Press on Monday that Ruffin will host the free expression organization's gala fundraiser on May 15.

The Justice Department is attempting to use executive privilege to prevent its fired pardon attorney from telling Congress about the circumstances of her departure, and dispatched armed deputy U.S. marshals to her home to deliver restrictions on her ...

For 11 seasons, Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. has sat across from his guests on the popular PBS series "Finding Your Roots" and led them through secrets in their family tree.

Apple is fighting a British government order for the iPhone maker to provide backdoor access to a cloud data privacy feature.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) -- Practice at the Masters was suspended late Monday morning and spectators were pulled off the golf course because of worsening rain and the threat of thunderstorms.