A former New York police sergeant was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in prison in a U.S. case about China’s pursuit of critics abroad, a sentence that came after two members of Congress urged the judge to spare him from time behind bars.

The Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS’ Direct File program, an electronic system for filing tax returns directly to the agency for free, according to two people familiar with the decision.

A new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists reported Wednesday.

The daughter of a Pennsylvania couple whose deaths are among six connected to the Zizians, a cultlike group says she has been falsely accused of killing her parents.

The Trump administration said it is suing Maine’s education department for not complying with the government’s push to ban transgender athletes in girls sports.

President Luis Abinader acknowledged there’s no government agency responsible for supervising construction of private businesses and said they’re working on a bill to correct that.

Britain’s highest court ruled Wednesday that the U.K. equalities law defines a woman as someone born biologically female.

Army and Air Force libraries have been told to go through their stacks to find books related to diversity, equity and inclusion, according to new memos obtained by The Associated Press.

Wink Martindale, the genial host of such hit game shows as “Gambit” and “Tic-Tac-Dough” who also did one of the first recorded television interviews with a young Elvis Presley, has died.

Multiple New York prison guards have been indicted in connection with the “disturbing” death of an inmate last month during a wildcat officers’ strike, Gov.

U.S. researchers will soon test whether livers from a gene-edited pig could treat people with sudden liver failure — by temporarily filtering their blood so their own organ can rest and maybe heal.

Four journalists were convicted of extremism by a Russian court for working for an anti-corruption group founded by the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

Bryce Harper is set to take another swing at fatherhood — and he did it with a blue bat.

Diplomats and aid officials from around the world are meeting Tuesday in London to try to ease the suffering from the 2-year-old war in Sudan, a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced 14 million and pushed large parts of the co…

A Texas rapper who performed as Tay-K was convicted of murder for a second time after a jury found him guilty of fatally shooting a San Antonio man.

A fugitive from El Salvador was convicted Monday in the 2023 slaying of a Maryland woman who was attacked on a popular hiking trail northeast of Baltimore.

As the ground shook from a 5.2-magnitude earthquake, a herd of elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park sprung into action to protect their young.

A former Colorado sheriff’s deputy convicted of killing Christian Glass, a 22-year-old man in distress who called 911 for help, was sentenced Monday to three years in prison.

A Michigan man who was upset that he had to watch pets while his girlfriend’s family went on a cruise was sentenced to eight months in prison Monday for making a false bomb threat.

Hungary’s parliament on Monday passed an amendment to the constitution that allows the government to ban public events by LGBTQ communities, a decision that legal scholars and critics call another step toward authoritarianism by the populist government.

The Phoenix Suns have parted ways with veteran coach Mike Budenholzer following one dismal season that featured a fast start before a maddening slide out of postseason contention for a high-priced roster that included Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and Bra…

An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed after her body began rejecting it and is back on dialysis, doctors announced Friday — a disappointment in the ongoing quest for animal-to-human transplants.

A former Conservative lawmaker and 14 others have been charged with cheating when placing bets on the timing of Britain’s general election.

Hungarian lawmakers are preparing to vote on a constitutional amendment viewed by many critics as both a crackdown on the freedoms of assembly and expression and the most recent move by the populist government to restrict the rights of LGBTQ+ communities.

Oklahoma City had a regular season like none other in NBA history.