The Biden administration is launching a multi-agency effort to encourage states and cities to convert more empty office buildings into housing units, with billions of federal dollars available to help spur such transitions

The families of children held captive by Hamas say they are adrift in a unique agony among the tragedies of Israel's bloodiest day

Thanks to a rabble-rousing, socialist priest, it’s a milestone year for direct democracy in the U.S. The practice of citizen-originated ballot measures began 125 years ago when South Dakota became the first state to have them

Bryan MacFarlane was killed in Maine's mass shooting while taking part in a cornhole tournament at Schemengees Bar in Lewiston

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA/MOSCOW (Reuters) -A Hamas official tied the release of hostages held in Gaza to a ceasefire in

Gun safety advocates have blamed the killings on Maine’s 'weak gun laws'

Pope Francis has ordered the Vatican to reopen the case of a well-known priest-artist accused of sexually, psychologically and spiritually abusing adult women

Meanwhile, Robert Card's sister-in-law has urged the mass shooter to 'reach out and do the right thing'

Seth Meyers said that Donald Trump's 'one-sentence answer wasn't even one of his good lies'

Laura Sparks, the president of Cooper Union College, has been facing calls for her termination by Jewish students who were targeted inside the campus

China's chief epidemiologist who helped drive anti-COVID-19 measures in the country that suspended access to cities and confined millions to their homes has died

European Union leaders believe it's time to lay the foundations for a future relationship between Israel and the Palestinians where the militant group Hamas does not control Gaza