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North Korea agreed to provide an accurate declaration of its nuclear programs and will disable its facilities at its main reactor complex by year-end. As part of the agreement, the U.S. will take the lead in seeing that the facilities are disabled and will fund those initial activities.

Cyclist Floyd Landis faces hard questions about his personal character during cross examination at his doping hearing in Malibu, Calif. The Tour de France winner is defending himself against charges of using illegal synthetic steroids.

Against the advice of infectious disease experts, a patient with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis was able to deliberately evade a worldwide no-fly order and travel freely by commercial jet last week around the globe.

Sen. Richard Shelby, a Republican from Alabama, says the current immigration bill amounts to "amnesty" for illegal immigrants and isn't what the country needs. Shelby says the system today is a sham and laws do need to be enforced or repealed.

Congressional leaders from both political parties came very close to accusing Attorney General Alberto Gonzales of perjury. At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, they questioned Gonzales' previous testimony on the Bush administration's warrantless surveillance program.

The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 14,000 for the first time. But does 14,000 actually mean anything? David Leonhardt, columnist for The New York Times, doesn't think so, since the price of everything rises due to inflation.

The nation's two largest mortgage finance companies are in major trouble. With housing prices down and foreclosures up, they've lost about $11 billion in recent months, and all indications are that they will continue to lose much more. Joe Nocera, columnist for the New York Times, explains.

The fictional Chinese detective Charlie Chan, who starred in a series of novels and movies between the 1920s and the 1950s, is often dismissed as a "Yellow Uncle Tom." But in the fascinating, sometimes maddening history Charlie Chan, Yunte Huang argues that Charlie is much more than a stereotype.

Writer and trailblazer Felice Picano has died at 81. He wrote fiction, nonfiction, poetry, plays, and screenplays and founded one of the U.S.'s first publishers focused LGBT writers.

The celebration of the men's team comes after FBI Director Kash Patel's trip to the Games in Milan, and the president's comments about the U.S. women's team, have drawn scrutiny.

Struggling to have a second child, astronaut Kellie Gerardi uses her social media presence to let others know they're not alone.

Salsa legend, Willie Colon, has died at age 75. Colon was a key part of salsa's development in the 1970's as an instrumentalist, songwriter and producer.

Arizona is the first state to allege the prediction market company has committed criminal violations, accusing it of running an unlicensed gambling operation.

The congresswoman has been under investigation by the House Ethics Committee since May 2024 and last year was indicted by the Department of Justice for allegedly stealing $5 million in COVID relief funds.

President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act expanded work requirements for receiving SNAP benefits. Implementation of these changes varied by state and county, with some places starting on Sunday.

In modern-day Jordan, a 1500-year old mass grave sheds light on the lives of people affected by the Plague of Justinian.

The polarizing survivor of the Parkland mass shooting has been falsely labeled a crisis actor, vilified by the NRA and called names by TV hosts. And...

A plan to create a statewide board to oversee Florida's state and community colleges advanced Monday, while college presidents raised objections to a...

One of Gov. Rick Scott's priorities after taking office in 2011 was to resolve a longstanding deficit in the Medicaid “waiver” program that serves...

Kavanugh's decisions have effectively pulled the campaign finance system rightward, letting in more money with less regulation.

Nearly 10,000 students from Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands have enrolled in Florida’s public schools since hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated...

University of South Florida officials are not waiting for Governor Rick Scott to sign a higher education bill before they start planning to consolidate…

Democrats in the state House of Representatives are employing a more aggressive strategy in fighting Republicans’ education priorities this year after...

There has been concerns for years over a disproportionate number of cancer cases among former and current students, faculty and staff at a Bradenton high…

A female passenger has died hours after a casino boat caught fire off Pasco County, forcing her and about 50 other passengers and crew to jump into the…