Sixty years after African-Americans began marching for civil rights in the United States, a new generation of activists and politicians has taken up the mantle once held by Martin Luther King. The veteran civil rights activist Al Sharpton, introducing...

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan said Wednesday that he doesn't plan to return "verbatim" to the Obama administration's rule on what types of waterways receive federal protections. The Obama-era Waters of the United States...

A popular Nigerian televangelist has urged his followers to "pray for YouTube" for shutting down his account after he posted videos on his channel claiming to 'cure' gay members of his congregation of their sexuality.

The year's shooting-star spotting season is under way, and the first big shower is heating up right now.

Police are almost never prosecuted for shootings or killings.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders and colleagues remembered Rep. Alcee Hastings on Wednesday as a straight-talking, tenacious champion for the disadvantaged who overcame hurdles in his own life to forge a near three-decade career in the House....