U.S. & World

Michael Cohen is the most central witness for prosecutors in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial.

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld was met with a wave of boos Sunday when students at Duke University in North Carolina walked out just before his commencement speech, the latest in a wave of anti-war protests that took place at college graduations across the country this weekend.

A second “Boardwalk Empire” actor has been injured in what police sources have described as a random attack in Manhattan. Medics responded to 3rd Avenue and East 28th Street, where they picked up Buscemi and took him to Bellevue Hospital. Police said the actor was treated for bruising, swelling, and bleeding to his left eye. The attacke...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has delivered some of the Biden administration’s strongest public criticism yet of Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza.

Israeli forces are battling Palestinian militants across Gaza, including in parts of the devastated north that the military said it cleared months ago.

New York City’s watchdog agency says it has launched a probe into allegations that the New York City Police Department has improperly used its official social media accounts to target public officials and private citizens. The city’s Department of Investigation confirmed the probe in a statement Wednesday. It was prompted by recent requests f...

Memorial Day is always a somber occasion in Israel. But in the aftermath of Oct. 7, it has taken on a profound and raw sadness coupled with percolating anger.

One teen was killed and another was critically injured in a shooting outside of a carnival being held in the parking lot of the Concord Mall in Wilmington, Delaware, Saturday night, officials say.

Since a Covid-era pause on student loan payments expired last fall, millions of student loan borrowers have been through a period of tough financial choices, confusion and frustration.

More working U.S. parents than ever are celebrating their first Mother’s Day with hard-fought access to paid time off to care for newborns. But the majority still must forego pay to care for new babies or other loved ones, even as efforts to expand paid parental and family leave gain traction.

If you have ever faked a disability to skip lines at Walt Disney World, you could receive a lifetime ban from the “happiest place on Earth.”

The controlled demolition of the largest remaining steel span of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has been postponed because of weather conditions. The explosives are now expected to be detonated Monday evening. The steel span landed on the bow of a massive container ship that lost power and crashed into one of the bridge’s suppo...

Here’s what to know about Target store hours ahead of Mother’s Day weekend.