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Michelangelo's "The Last Judgement" is getting a facial. The Vatican Museums on Saturday unveiled how restorers are removing a chalky white film of salt that has accumulated over the fresco since its last major renovation three decades ago.

The Treasury Department says it has ended its collective bargaining agreement with unionized workers employed at the Internal Revenue Service.

Neil Sedaka, the million-selling singer and songwriter, has died. His many hits included "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do," "Calendar Girl" and "Oh!

The court-ordered deadline for the U.S. government to facilitate the return of a Babson College student mistakenly deported to Honduras was set to expire as her attorney accused immigration officials of stalling.

The United States swept both Olympic hockey gold medals only to see the celebrations turn into a political flashpoint.

Two American cardinals and the Vatican's ambassador to the U.S. denounced the mass deportations in Minnesota under the federal government's immigration crackdown.

Callers to Washington state's driver's license agency who select automated service in Spanish are instead hearing an AI voice speaking English with a strong Spanish accent.

NASA is overhauling its Artemis moon landing program. NASA's new administrator Jared Isaacman announced the shakeup in the flight lineup Friday, days after the space agency's new moon rocket returned to its Florida hangar for more repairs.

Eddie Vedder uses two emotional solo concerts and a new Netflix film to push for a cure for epidermolysis bullosa.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Scouting America will alter several policies to maintain its support from the U.S. military.