The Associated Press

Three men, including a Mafia hitman, have been charged in the 2018 killing of notorious Boston crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger in a West Virginia prison, the Justice Department said.

The Chautauqua County district attorney said that Hadi Matar stabbed the author a dozen times in the neck, stomach, chest, hand and right eye, before he could be stopped by shocked bystanders.

The 37-year-old All-Star has agreed to a two-year contract extension through the 2024-25 season with the Los Angeles Lakers, his agent announced.

Ethiopia's government is criticizing as "unethical" the statement by the World Health Organization's director-general that the crisis in the country's Tigray region is "the worst disaster on Earth."

Kemp's ridley sea turtles have hatched in Louisiana's wilds, officials say, in a victory for barrier island restoration. The tiny turtle is also believed to be the world's most endangered.

The two former Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated the scheme have been ordered to pay hundreds of people they victimized in one of the worst judicial scandals in U.S. history.

Dozens of women protested against the release of the men in the capital, New Delhi on Thursday.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the Wednesday attack that also wounded children, the latest to strike the country in the year since the Taliban seized power.

Hanae Mori symbolized the rise of Japan as a modern, fashionable nation and the rise of the working woman.

The U.S. Postal Service has closed a small Virginia post office over concerns about its location inside a historic train depot that also serves as a museum about racial segregation.

The proposed changes at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention come amid ongoing criticism of the agency's response to COVID-19, monkeypox and other public health threats.

Under a voter-approved elections process being used for the first time in Alaska elections this year, party primaries have been scrapped and ranked choice voting is being used in general elections.