Japan is set to declare a state of emergency from Sunday to May 11 in Tokyo, Osaka and two other prefectures, calling on some restaurants and bars to close, while seeking to ban fans from major sports events to stem rising infections.

GOP state Sen. Kelly Townsend said she supports the legislation but wants to see the results of a GOP-backed audit of Maricopa County first.

Neighbors on Thursday described a chaotic scene of North Carolina deputies trying to serve a warrant, a car pulling away and shots fired -- leaving one man dead.

The U.S. military will use its aircraft to help look for an Indonesian submarine that went missing Wednesday with 53 people on board.At the request of the Indonesian government, the Defense Department is "sending airborne assets to assist in the search...

We explain what it would mean for Washington to win statehood, and the hurdles it faces to get there.

Ghislaine Maxwell's requests to postpone her trial have stressed out victims who want closure in their decades-old cases, federal prosecutors told a judge. The post Ghislaine Maxwell’s Trial Delay Requests Have Caused ‘Significant’ and ‘Enormous’...