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The Kentucky senator and Republican presidential candidate is lashing out against fellow White House hopefuls and Washington waste for his holiday tradition.

After Sheriff Scott Israel appointed Nazer Hamze as his deputy, local anti-Muslim activists are calling for him to resign, and Hamze to be dismissed.

Several restaurant chains across the U.S. are open Christmas Day, but you may want to call ahead anyway.

Sen. Bernie Sanders in an op-ed called for an annual audit of the U.S. central bank and for fewer conflicts of interest among its board members.

Russia is arming Kyrgyzstan's military, to the northeast of Afghanistan, to counter threats from the Islamic State group.

A recent oil rush — and the accompanying avalanche of money — has reshaped Williston, North Dakota. But what becomes of a boomtown as crude prices collapse?

The release of the 21-page visa file comes as the process that allowed the San Bernardino shooter's entry to the U.S. on a fiancée visa remains under scrutiny.

Lakeisha Holloway has also been charged with child abuse or neglect, for having a child in the car, and with leaving the scene.

Nearly 60 percent of Republicans surveyed said they approved of U.S. efforts to work with other nations to limit global warming, a poll showed.

Criteria set by Fox Business Network could block Republicans John Kasich, Carly Fiorina and Rand Paul from participating in the "main event" Jan. 14.

A 37 percent increase since 2002 in fatalities from cirrhosis and other health effects does not include deaths from drunken-driving crashes.

The Pentagon and other agencies are expected to complete their regulatory proposal soon, a Defense Department official said.

Problem spots like Chicago, and states such as Illinois, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Kentucky will continue to draw investor concern.

A gay Mexican undocumented immigrant can stay in the U.S. now that a judge says he could face danger if deported.

After a grand jury in Texas opted not to indict jail employees in a black woman's death in July, attention now turns to the arresting officer.

Trinity Church in New York City, a shareholder in the U.S. supplier of outdoor gear, wants it to stop carrying larger-capacity firearms.

In the latest problem for the embattled agency, a Secret Service agent's belongings were stolen during the middle of the day Monday.

Some 20,000 city employees will now qualify for six weeks of paid time off, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday.

The Democrat's campaign emphasized Tuesday the economic impact of the disease on users of Medicare and Medicaid, as well as on their caregivers.

The Army sergeant, who disappeared from his Afghanistan outpost in 2009, deferred entering a plea and choosing a type of trial.

Here are some easy cookies for the nonbaker and baker alike this holiday season.

Police said they booked Corey Green, 33, on an outstanding warrant but later sent him to the hospital with a serious injury.

Nearly 6 in 10 women said they would be embarrassed to have Donald Trump as president of the U.S., a poll found.

In a panel last week, a Republican strategist learned that American Muslims think that ISIS is hardly a threat.

Democrats were more likely than Republicans to have a positive view of Muslim and Arab communities in the U.S., a poll found.

Donald Trump's comments followed Hillary Clinton’s criticism that his statements would help the Islamic State group's recruitment drive.

Lakeisha N. Holloway, 24, slammed her car into pedestrians on a busy stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard Sunday evening, killing one person and injuring at least 35 others.

The Federal Aviation Administration sued Southwest Airlines in November 2014 for violating safety regulations on 44 Boeing 737 planes.

Sgt. Joe Lemm, a detective, was among the U.S. service members killed by a suicide bomber Monday near Bagram Airfield.