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In France, a panel of judges found dozens of men guilty of raping a woman whose then-husband had drugged her unconscious over a decade. The scale and brutality of the abuse prompted thousands to take to the streets and sparked a nationwide ...

British politician Nigel Farage says talks are underway about Elon Musk making a hefty donation to Farage's party Reform U.K. The Times of London reported it could be as much as $100 million, which would be the largest political donation in U.K. ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in response to bird flu that's spreading among the state's dairy cows. The virus has already caused the deaths of more than 120 million birds across the country since 2022. Stephanie Sy ...

This week, we are reporting on some promising treatments for two of the deadliest drugs in America: opioids and alcohol. William Brangham sat down with one of the nation's leading researchers who is studying America's addictions and how we can better ...

An Oklahoma man who killed a 10-year-old girl died by lethal injection Thursday in the nation's 25th and final execution of the year.

President-elect Donald Trump announced "success" in coming up with a new plan to fund the government and lift the debt ceiling a day before a government shutdown, urging Congress to swiftly pass it in votes as soon as Thursday evening.

A debate over the debt ceiling has been at the center of a dispute over funding that that has been pushing Washington to the brink of a federal government shutdown.

Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina entered the meeting with a large stack of papers he said were messages from constituents pleading for aid after Hurricane Helene.

The visit took a testy turn when French President Emmanuel Macron was criticized for being out of touch about what was happening on the ground by a man who said they had gone six days without water or a visit from rescue services.

The court found Dominique Pelicot guilty on all charges and sentenced him to 20 years in prison, which was the maximum possible.