State and local leaders across the country are scrambling for a slice of the infrastructure pie, which includes roughly $211 billion to be awarded as competitive federal grants by Pete Buttigieg's Department of Transportation.

The omicron variant of Covid-19, first identified in South Africa, has been detected in locations from U.K. to Spain and Canada, showing the difficulties of curtailing new strains.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Opening statements were scheduled to begin Wednesday in the federal trial for former reality TV star Josh Duggar, who faces child pornography charges. Duggar, who appeared in TLC’s “19 Kids and Counting,” was charged...

The 15-year-old suspect in the deadly attack at Oxford High School has “invoked his right not to speak,” authorities say.

The EU appealed to Arab states Wednesday for closer cooperation against traffickers exploiting migrants trying to reach its shores, warning that the same networks were peddling arms and narcotics. EU Neighbourhood and Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi...