House Republicans unveil six-month stopgap bill to avert shutdown

Republicans in control of the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled their six-month stopgap government funding bill on Saturday to avoid a potential government shutdown on March 14.

Pope Francis, starting 4th week in hospital, showing improvement, Vatican says

Pope Francis is showing a "good response" to his treatment in a hospital for double pneumonia, and his overall condition is gradually improving, the Vatican said on Saturday.

The New Mexico judge who presided over Alec Baldwin's trial is set to retire

A New Mexico state district judge who presided over the widely publicized trial of actor Alec Baldwin for a fatal movie set shooting is getting ready to retire from the bench.

New Jersey police officer killed, 2nd officer wounded in shooting by 14-year-old, authorities say

Authorities say a 14-year-old boy shot and killed a police officer and wounded another Friday evening in Newark, New Jersey.

Is changing the clock healthy? What science has to say

States that embrace daylight saving time are about to get an extra hour of light at the end of the day as the clocks change Sunday at 2 a.m.

A car pulled from a river may tell what happened to an Oregon family that went missing in 1958

After two days of dredging, a crane has pulled a Ford station wagon from the Columbia River that officials believe belonged to an Oregon family who disappeared while on a trip 66 years ago.

The constitutional clash over Trump's birthright citizenship order

President Donald Trump's signing of an executive order that would bar some children born in the United States from claiming citizenship has caused intense debate nationwide, and lawmakers and experts are weighing in.

Two Colorado residents banned from federal public lands in Utah after trespassing on historical site

Salt Lake City — Two people were sentenced Friday after they pleaded guilty to trespassing on a fenced-off historical