U.S. & World

A new study finds little change in the number of people taking a key medicine for opioid addiction even though it’s now easier for doctors to prescribe it.

A U.S. Marine was killed Tuesday evening during an operation at Camp Pendleton’s air base, the U.S. Marine Corps said Wednesday.

A member of the public found the dolphin with “multiple bullets lodged in the carcass,” including in the brain, spinal cord and heart, officials said.

A portrait of a young woman by Gustav Klimt that was long believed to be lost has been sold at an auction in Vienna for 30 million euros ($32 million).

A mother’s plans for her 1-year-old’s birthday party are stirring a variety of reactions on TikTok.

Police tangled with student demonstrators in Texas and California while new encampments sprouted at Harvard and other colleges as school leaders sought ways to defuse a growing wave of pro-Palestinian protests.

U.S. agriculture officials say dairy cattle moving between states must be tested for the bird flu virus in an effort to track and control the growing outbreak.

Here are answers to key questions surrounding the potential banning of TikTok in the United States.

Two giants of the sugar-based snack industry are teaming up for a sweetly sour treat.

President Joe Biden has signed into law a $95 billion war aid measure that includes assistance for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and other allies.

U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr., a Democratic congressman representing New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District, has died after being hospitalized earlier in April, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Wednesday.

A large alligator was wrangled on a runway at an Air Force base in Tampa, after settling between the wheels of a tanker plane.

The Biden-Harris administration announced a final rule Tuesday that raises the minimum salary threshold to qualify for overtime pay.