As it reels from surging gun violence, New York City on Wednesday urged the Supreme Court to shoot down a lawsuit seeking to undermine local gun regulations. In an amicus brief to the nation’s top court, Mayor de Blasio and the city’s top lawyer outlined...

The San Bernardino Valley, straddling Arizona and Mexico, is a hot spot for bee diversity—but faces unknown impacts from border wall construction.

Last year, the US saw the biggest rise in murder rates since records began in 1960, according to preliminary data from the FBI. The US murder rate rose by an unprecedented 30 percent in 2020

Most of the population of a Myanmar town near the Indian border have fled after buildings were set ablaze by artillery amid fighting between militia forces opposed to military rule and the army, according to residents and media reports.

Former US vice president Mike Pence and other conservative leaders are expected to attend a forum in Budapest from Thursday to discuss demographics and family values, cementing Hungary's reputation as a bastion of conservatism in the EU. In power since...