Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has signed a new law to expand the country’s affirmative action policies.

Authorities say a 20-year-old man has been arrested on an attempted murder charge in connection with a weekend shooting ...

The U_N_ Security Council has scheduled a vote Wednesday on a resolution which demands “an immediate, unconditional and ...

Los Angeles County has agreed to pay $2_7 million to a teenager who was attacked by at least six other young people at a ...

Trump nominee Michael Boren is accused of threatening trail workers with a helicopter, building an airstrip without a permit ...

SAN DIEGO — Tensions remain high in San Diego after last week’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement work raids at two Italian ...

When three girls went from Wenatchee went missing, the Washington State Patrol declined to issue an Amber Alert. Here's why.

A 4-year-old Mexican girl who receives lifesaving medical care from a Southern California hospital was granted permission to ...

County Assessor John Wilson attacked his political opponents, accusing them of trying to use his domestic issues for their ...

A New Mexico appeals court has rejected a lawsuit alleging that the nation’s No. 2 oil state failed to meet constitutional ...

British writer Bernardine Evaristo Evaristo has won the 100,000-pound Women’s Prize Outstanding Contribution Award.

The Israeli army says two rockets have been fired from Syria into open areas in the Israel-controlled Golan Heights.