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Democratic voters are showing up for this year's primaries in numbers not seen in decades, a pattern emerging across several states that has the party optimistic about its prospects in November when control of Congress will be at stake.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi avoided Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni Shrine, apparently to prioritize diplomatic relations with China and South Korea, as Japan marked on Saturday the 81st anniversary of its surrender in World War II.

China's recent test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile without adequate warning prompted the U.S. and 40 countries to demand greater advance notice of such tests, the State Department said in a joint statement.

UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma says the trans controversy with the WNBA has been overblown by people seeking personal gain: "Why are we making a big issue over an issue that doesn't exist?"

Police in Brazil found stolen works by French artist Henri Matisse Thursday and arrested a man accused of holding on to the art for the alleged thieves.

Frankie Valli is disputing a wave of news reports that he has retired, calling the claim false after outlets took at face value a statement from his younger brother suggesting the 92-year-old singer's decades-long career had ended.

The Democratic Party's deep fractures over the Israel-Hamas conflict spilled into the open at its interfaith gathering Friday as Jewish and Palestinian American members squared off over charged phrases like "from the river to the sea" and the word ...

Violent crime in the U.S. plummeted last year to roughly 1.1 million violent crimes, a 9.3% drop from 2024 and the largest one-year decline on record, President Trump announced ahead of the FBI's release of its latest crime statistics.

Actress Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, who co-starred with Will Smith in "King Richard," defended Smith's decision to slap comedian Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars, arguing the First Amendment shouldn't "protect a--holes." "I know that he wanted to protect his ...

Taking on the Supreme Court is high on the priority list for Democrats, should they win back Congress after the midterms.