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Delta Air Lines announced Tuesday it is raising checked baggage fees, part of a broader wave of U.S. carriers responding to higher jet fuel prices tied to the war in the Middle East.

Ihsan Gurdal, the owner of Formaggio Kitchen in Cambridge, Massachusetts (a specialty food shop and the first place I worked after college), grew up in Turkey. He introduced me, and probably many other American cooks, to baharat, a Turkish spice ...

A former federal correctional officer was convicted by a federal jury following a six-day trial on charges of accepting bribes and conspiring with inmates to smuggle narcotics and other contraband into a U.S. federal penitentiary through a scheme ...

The animal rights group PETA's lawsuit over the health of French bulldogs and some other popular dog breeds has been dismissed, with a judge saying a New York law was misapplied to the case.

American journalist Shelly Kittleson, who was kidnapped from a Baghdad street corner last week, has been released, an Iraqi official with direct knowledge of the situation said on Tuesday.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche chastised reporters Tuesday for questioning President Trump's pursuit of prosecutions against political opponents, saying the media tolerated four years of Justice Department "weaponization" against Mr. Trump.

Donald Trump Jr. lashed out at the European Union on Tuesday, saying its liberal policies were discouraging investment and predicted a "major fracture" between the bloc's eastern and western member states.

The University of Missouri has yanked sponsorship from its Black, Latino, Asian, gay and marginalized student groups to comply with Trump administration policies.

Yes, noncitizens on welfare can legally send money abroad -- but two Minnesota lawmakers want to change that. Here's what their new bill would do, and how a $300 million fraud scandal is driving it.

The Social Security Administration is warning the public to be on guard against scammers who impersonate the agency through phone calls, texts, emails, social media messages and letters, according to an SSA consumer protection page.