A Texas mother was arrested after she allegedly abandoned her two young kids to go on a cruise — leaving the children home alone for nearly a week, officials said. Lakesha Woods Williams ...

Duke Webb, the Florida man accused of killing three people in a mass shooting inside Don Carter Lanes in Rockford more than three years ago, is now on his fourth attorney. Webb, 40, has most ...

Re “Child-care funds dip, worrying providers: Grants are threatened due to greater-than-expected growth in popular program” (Page A1, April 8): Child-care providers across Massachusetts are ...

Scottie Scheffler held off Ludvig Åberg, Collin Morikawa and Max Homa at Augusta National on Sunday to win the Masters for the second time in his career. Scheffler came into the fourth round with ...

The police officer who fatally shot the Sydney mass murderer on Saturday in a busy shopping mall is being celebrated as a “hero” who saved “many lives.” Amy Scott arrived at the Australian ...

The Ford Fireworks will light up the downtown Detroit skyline this summer for its 66th edition at 10 p.m. June 24. The free show, themed "Color the Sky with Sunshine," will offer downtown viewing ...

Mrs. Mallard and her eight ducklings are geared up for the 128th Boston Marathon, as the Make Way for Ducklings sculpture at the Public Garden is decked out in blue and yellow in honor of Monday's ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday selected Kristalina Georgieva to serve a second five-year term as managing director, starting on Oct. 1. "In taking this ...

Regional authorities called for the mass evacuation of parts of Orenburg, a city of over half a million people about 1,200 kilometers (745 miles) east of Moscow. "There's a siren going off in the ...

Regional authorities called for the mass evacuation of parts of Orenburg, a city of over half a million people about 1,200 km (750 miles) east of Moscow. "There's a siren going off in the city.

MOSCOW (AP) — Authorities in the Russian city of Orenburg, near the border with Kazakhstan, on Friday announced a mass evacuation from there after water levels in the Ural River rose further ...