The spread of bird flu continues to trouble scientists. They say there is no indication that the U.S. has the outbreak under control. And now, a more concerning version of the virus has cropped up.

The grant, which will now need to be approved by City Council, will help fill the gaps in the organizations $17.9 million ...

Celebratory gunfire rang out in Beirut to mark the start of a ceasefire between Israel and the Iran-backed militant group ...

Macy's is promising its largest Thanksgiving Day parade yet, exactly 100 years after the tradition first started. Here's a ...

Gershwin wrote lyrics for enduring jazz standards, including "I Got Rhythm" and "Embraceable You". We talk with Michael Owen, author of Ira Gershwin: A Life in Words, and listen to some of his hits.

The Americans freed from China are Mark Swidan, a businessman from Texas, who was arrested in 2012 and accused of drug ...

Football isn't the only thing Americans like to watch on Thanksgiving. The National Dog Show continues its decades-long run, ...

Haynes, who died Nov. 12, was a heavy hitter, whose limber beat could lift the bandstand. His 65-year recording career was studded with more classics than we have time to even hint at.

Local therapist and author Ruth Fearnow's book on mindfulness offers tips for the practice as a healing modality.

The analysis of hundreds of fossilized droppings (plus a little bit of petrified vomit) from roughly 230 million years ago ...

Tyreek Hill of the Miami Dolphins was cited for careless driving and failure to wear a seat belt in September. The citations ...

This holiday shopping season is poised to break spending records. A new survey finds people plan to spend $771 on average.