New York’s governor ordered a state school to remove a job posting for a Palestinian studies teaching position this week, saying she wanted to ensure “antisemitic theories” would not be taught.

The U.S. Forest Service has terminated $75 million awarded to the Arbor Day Foundation to help disadvantaged communities plant trees.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of Robin “Rocky” Myers to life in prison after noting questions about his case.

The National Park Service has announced that peak bloom this year for the signature cherry blossom trees of Washington, D.

The people who once ran the federal weather and oceans agency say it touches people’s daily lives in unnoticed ways and that massive firings there could cause needless deaths and a big hit to America’s economy.

Iowa has became the first U.S. state to remove gender identity protections from its civil rights code.

Wyoming’s only full-service abortion clinic has stopped providing abortions, but it remains open after the state's governor signed a law requiring such facilities be licensed as surgical centers.

A jury has found a 73-year-old Illinois landlord guilty in a hate crime attack that left a Palestinian American boy dead and injured his mother.

Negotiations to avoid a federal government shutdown in two weeks have not been going well.

Hollywood’s never-ending awards season can make it easy to get a little lost in the run-of-the-mill “best” categories.

President Donald Trump’s administration is backing off its demand for an extra layer of federal scrutiny whenever states seek even minor changes to their transportation plans.

Federal employees are starting to receive a new email requiring them to explain their recent accomplishments.

For 47 million American households, cooking means a gas stove.

For falconers who hunt small animals like rabbits and grouse with wild birds of prey, changing Midwest winters are also changing the sport they love.

Before dawn this week, dozens of volunteers spread across Los Angeles to look for immigration officers.

A new poll finds that most U.S. adults who say severe cold was among the types of extreme weather they experienced in recent years cite climate change as a cause.

The Vatican says Pope Francis suffered a coughing fit that resulted in him breathing in vomit, requiring non-invasive mechanical ventilation.

Egg producers blame the ongoing bird flu outbreak for driving prices up to record highs.

Cousins of Erik and Lyle Menendez spoke out to criticize the Los Angeles district attorney’s recent decision to oppose a new trial for Lyle and Erik Menendez, who have spent nearly 30 years in prison for the 1989 killing of their parents.

Federal health officials are trying to tell if this year's harsh flu season led to an increase in a rare but dangerous brain complication in children.

Cardinal Robert McElroy, the bishop of San Diego who is preparing to take over as archbishop of Washington, D.

Congress has sent to President Donald Trump's desk a repeal of a fee on excess methane emissions from oil and gas production.

Betsy Arakawa, a concert pianist and co-founder of a home furnishing business, was found dead Wednesday in her Santa Fe, New Mexico, home along with actor-husband Gene Hackman and their dog, according to authorities.

Civilian federal jobs are being cut by the thousands, as Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency continues to shrink the government workforce at the behest of President Donald Trump.