Democratic state Sen. Timothy Kennedy won a special election Tuesday for the New York congressional seat vacated by Democrat Brian Higgins.
Dean Kremer pitched seven innings of two-run ball, Adley Rutschman extended his hitting streak to a career-best 11 games and the Baltimore Orioles defeated the New York Yankees 4-2 on Tuesday night.
New York police made their way into Columbia University late Tuesday after being called in by college officials who said they had "no choice" after window-smashing protesters broke into an academic building and refused to leave.
Galena, a 6-year-old house cat from Utah, likes hiding and playing with cardboard.
The United Methodist Church's business session Tuesday voted to end a ban on using church funds to advocate for gay rights, a prelude to action expected later this week that would drop the denomination's official restrictions on LGBTQ clergy and same-sex marriage.
"One of the worst books ever." That is actor Brian Cox's verdict on the Bible, as the controversy-prone actor also called the Jewish and Christian scriptures patriarchal and a tool of control.
At least 55 people were hurt, two seriously, when a Metro light rail train and a University of Southern California shuttle bus collided Tuesday along a busy thoroughfare in downtown Los Angeles, officials said.
Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout will have surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee, sidelining the three-time AL MVP indefinitely.
Last week's NFL Draft shattered attendance records and saw an increase in viewers for the highly anticipated first round.
A prosecutor who works as the "ethics chief" in the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office has been charged with illegally using confidential data on sheriff's deputies.
Columbia University threatened Tuesday to expel the students who have taken over an academic building, raising the stakes on the spiraling anti-Israel protests that have brought the Ivy League campus to a standstill.
In a landmark ruling, the Louisiana Supreme Court has authorized the establishment of the City of St. George, marking the culmination of a contentious, decade-long debate.
The Houston Astros will option slumping first baseman Jose Abreu to their spring training facility to try and help the 2020 AL MVP get back on track.
St. John's basketball players Chris Ledlum and Jordan Dingle have filed a lawsuit against the NCAA for denying their request for an eligibility waiver that would give them one more season of competition with the Red Storm or another team.
We often take a rather insular view of public policies at the state level -- the notion that what happens in the state stays in the state, to paraphrase the famous marketing line.
House lawmakers at a Natural Resources oversight subcommittee hearing sparred Tuesday over whether the Department of the Interior allows undue influence by nonprofit activist groups and private companies.
The geopolitical consulting firm Horizon Advisory is making headlines with its report warning against the purchase of U.S. Steel by Japan's Nippon Steel.
An F-16 fighter jet crashed west of Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico on Tuesday and the pilot safely ejected, authorities say
The mother of American reporter Austin Tice told a congressional panel on Tuesday that she is convinced her son is still alive, nearly 12 years after he was abducted in Syria at a checkpoint in a contested area west of Damascus.
A New York judge clamped down on former President Donald Trump Tuesday, fining him $9,000 and threatening him with jail time for violations of the gag order he imposed in the presumptive GOP nominee's hush-money trial.
The Edmonton Oilers have won in these NHL playoffs with a couple of big-scoring games.
There will be a new burled arch over the finish line to welcome mushers in next year's Iditarod, a race official said days after the current arch crumbled into a wood pile.
In a recent opinion piece in The Washington Times, former Colorado state Sen. Chris Holbert argued that Republicans in Congress should pass marijuana reform, including the SAFER Banking Act.
BlackRock, a major Wall Street firm, is investing millions of dollars in an estimated 30 Chinese military-linked companies currently sanctioned by the U.S. government, according to a think tank report prepared for Congress.
H.R. 615, otherwise known as the "Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2023," introduced by Rep. Rob Wittman, Virginia Republican, says it "stops the Biden administration's Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture from banning lead ammunition or tackle on federal lands and waters for hunting and fishing, unless the regulation is consistent with state laws and supported by science."
