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"The damage is widespread and devastating," Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin said, after heavy rainfall caused rivers and streams to overflow.

Mark Kirk, the endangered junior senator from Illinois, became the first Republican incumbent to run an anti-Trump ad.

The disclosure came as the U.S. Army welcomed its new secretary, Eric Fanning, the first openly gay leader of a U.S. military service branch.

President Barack Obama’s designation for the Stonewall Inn makes it the first historic site honoring LGBT rights.

Findings by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention follow a water-contamination crisis in the Michigan city.

Some pride events will have more security than normal in light of the massacre in Orlando, Florida.

The U.K. has the most powerful military in Europe. Now that it’s withdrawing from the EU, it will be fighting against the terrorist organization alone.

Bernie Sanders told Stephen Colbert he does not plan to drop out of the Democratic primary race on “The Late Show” Thursday.

The chain aims to combat weak store traffic with expanded cafes serving beer and wine to draw more shoppers, and keep them for longer.

A Los Angeles court ruled that the opening riff of the 1971 rock classic by Led Zeppelin was not lifted from the instrumental by Spirit.

But provisions that would allow food companies to make labels readable only via smartphone have drawn criticism.

A "No Fly, No Buy" measure backed by Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, became the latest gun-control effort to fail this week.

The second not-guilty verdict makes it less likely that other officers awaiting trial in the 2015 death of Freddie Gray will be convicted.

The House Democrats’ gun control sit-in was the latest example of how social media can be used as a tool for protest.

Ceasar Goodson, 46, was the driver of a police transport van in which Freddie Gray broke his neck in April 2015.

Read U.S. Supreme Court Justice Alito’s Thursday dissent in the Abigail Fisher college admissions case here.

A 4-4 Supreme Court tie marked a setback for the president's plan for offering deportation relief to undocumented immigrants.

Donald Trump is set to go to Scotland to visit one of his top golf courses. He might not receive a warm welcome.

The two people of color on the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Justice Clarence Thomas, have very different views on whether college admissions can be race-conscious.

An overhaul of U.S. chemicals regulation this week will not address the suspect ingredients used in the $60 billion personal care products industry.

New census data shows that white people no longer hold a plurality in 12 percent of U.S. counties.

The “no bill, no break” protest was aimed at forcing the House of Representatives to discuss gun legislation.

Jimmy Fallon brought out a 14-year old impressionist to play "Little Donald" Trump on "The Tonight Show" Wednesday.

Kerry Washington, Lena Dunham, Emma Watson, Selena Gomez and Serena Williams appeared in a video released Thursday to promote the new “Together Women Can” campaign.

A public announcement about the comparatively low-key celebrations was made Thursday on the Facebook page of U.S. Forces, Japan.

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee, who is traveling to Scotland to promote his company’s golf course, has not planned any high profile meetings while on foreign soil.

Too odious for some Republican officials, Donald Trump has led them to call for changes in party rules.

URL is one of only nine certified electronic detection K-9s in the country trained to deal with cases involving child porn, terrorism intelligence, financial crimes, as well as narcotics.

Al Rahabi is the second prisoner to be resettled in Montenegro this year as President Barack Obama pushes to close the detention center before his terms ends in January.