The first major heat wave of the summer is firing up across the eastern half of the U.S. this week, with major cities along ...

The first major heat wave of the summer is firing up across the eastern half of the U.S. this week, with major cities along ...

A federal judge has ordered the city to hand over the operations of its troubled jails on Rikers Island to an outside manager. In a decision Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain wrote ...

Sen. Mark Warner wants to rein in a 218-year old law granting presidents sweeping power to send troops to suppress protests, ...

In an election where there is not much daylight policy-wise between the two leading candidates, the race to be New York City’s next comptroller has become one focused on coalition building.Though ...

New Jersey Transit train engineers went on strike Friday, leaving an estimated 100,000 commuters in New Jersey and New York City to seek other means to reach their destinations or consider staying ...

An expansive heat dome that has already broken dozens of record-high temperatures on Friday and Saturday will continue Sunday ...

A lawyer who once represented drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has won a judgeship in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua in Mexico’s historic judicial elections this month. According ...