The annual Education Scorecard shows the nation's schools still rebounding from serious losses in math and reading, but it also found those declines began well before the pandemic.

Australia's grain farmers, already strained by war-driven shortages, now face a severe mouse plague that could devastate crops in a key growing region.

Republicans in Louisiana are unveiling a new congressional map after the U.S. Supreme Court declared the current lines unconstitutional in a decision gutting part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

In Memphis, new congressional maps have split the city's single congressional district, held by a Democrat, into three that ...

Oklahoma now has its first official "dark sky park" where people get a chance to look at the stars without light pollution.

Spring is snail season in Seville. Caracoles in southern Spain differ from the well-known French escargot — they're smaller ...

Riley's new film centers on a crew of women who steal from luxury fashion stores and sell the goods at lower cost to people ...

During Operation Metro Surge, mutual aid efforts raised millions of dollars. But with most agents gone and increasing fatigue ...

Russia test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile as part of efforts to modernize its nuclear forces. The ...

A Congressional Budget Office analysis suggests the cost of the missile defense program could be $1.2 trillion over the next ...

A French woman infected in the deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship is critically ill and being treated with an ...

Omaha, Neb., is home to a toss-up Congressional race this year. Voters have shown a willingness to vote for moderate ...