The 150th Kentucky Derby has a couple early favorites, such as Fierceness and Sierra Leone.
The IOC has suspended former Olympic power broker Sheikh Ahmad of Kuwait for 15 years after his conviction for forgery was upheld on appeal this year at a Swiss criminal appeals court.
A Chinese truck driver has been praised in local media for parking his vehicle across a highway and preventing more cars from tumbling down a slope after a section of the road in the country’s ...
London takes center stage as the counting of votes is underway in the capital city’s mayoral contest, a day after Britain’s governing Conservative Party suffered a drubbing in local election ...
Drone footage obtained by The Associated Press shows the devastation inflicted on the Ukranian village of Ocheretyne.
South Sudan has removed recently imposed taxes and fees that had triggered the suspension of U.N. food airdrops.
Mexican authorities say three bodies have been recovered in an area of Baja California near where two Australians and an American went missing last weekend.
NAFPAKTOS, Greece (AP) — The procession of “Epitaphios,” symbolizing the bier that carried the body of Jesus to his grave, took place across Greece on Friday, which was Good Friday in the O...
Tanzania’s power distributing company has announced a major blackout for most parts of the country due to the power grid's failure ahead of approaching Cyclone Hidaya.
The mare, whose name -- "Shug" -- was publicly revealed Friday, escaped from her owner's trailer Sunday along with three other zebras.
In a back-and-forth battle, No. 9 Washington dropped the series opener against host Utah 5-4 on Friday. Ruby Meylan (9-8) got the start, tossing 41/3 innings with three walks, three strikeouts an...
Reign forward Tziarra King was ejected early but Bethany Balcer scored the equalizer and Veronica Latsko added the game-winner late against the rival Wave.
The Houston area was under threat of worsening flood conditions Saturday, a day after heavy storms slammed the region and authorities warned those in low-lying areas to evacuate ahead of an expec...
The United Nations food agency is warning Sudan’s warring parties that there is a serious risk of widespread starvation and death if they don’t allow humanitarian aid into the vast western re...
Noah Hanifin broke a scoreless tie at 9:54 of the third period, Adin Hill stopped 23 shots and the defending champion Vegas Golden Knights kept alive their season by beating the Dallas Stars 2-0 ...
Luka Doncic had 28 points and 13 assists, Kyrie Irving scored 28 of 30 points in a second-half surge and the Dallas Mavericks advanced to the second round of the playoffs with a 114-101 victory o...
Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and producer PJ Morton comes home with a new album and memoir dropping soon amid a Saturday afternoon performance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festiv...
Will Rogers and the purple team won Washington's spring game, marking the end of coach Jedd Fisch's first spring practice session with the Huskies.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife have been indicted on conspiracy and bribery charges in connection with a federal probe into their ties with the former Soviet republic of...
A federal proposal to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug has raised the hopes of some pot backers that more states will embrace cannabis.