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Republican Pete Domenici announces he won't seek re-election because of a progressive brain disease.

Sen. Barack Obama delivered a speech in Berlin on Wednesday, calling for greater cooperation between Europe and the United States in fighting terrorism. The speech was billed by his campaign as a centerpiece of his trip abroad.

In his new book, Kwasi Kwarteng picks six territories that were once part of the British Empire and explores how decisions made by colonial administrators still influence the countries' political and economic life.

Geert Wilders, who has made a name for himself through his anti-Islam and anti-European Union rhetoric, appears to be in the lead in the Netherlands' election with the most parliamentary seats.

Stache lives in Honey Brook, Pa., not far from where he picked up today's prestigious Best in Show award. The Kennel Club of Philadelphia hosts the annual contest that's televised on Thanksgiving Day.

Catherine Banner's new novel takes familiar tropes — it's a multigenerational family saga set in Sicily, and yes, there's limoncello and dancing in the piazza — and makes them fresh and inviting.

Worldwide, between 1990 and 2018, intake of sugary drinks was up by almost 16%, according to findings of a study published in the journal Nature Communications.

Ratko Mladic, the former Serbian commander accused of genocide, has appeared for the first time before the U.N. war crimes tribunal in the Hague. It was a preliminary hearing, and Mladic declined to enter a plea.

The grim news of the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine — and a spate of shootings over the weekend — has again cast a spotlight on the gun violence death rate in the U.S..

Poet Mbali Vilakazi was inspired by a fellow South African, swimmer Natalie du Toit, who lost one of her legs at age 17 and is the first female amputee to qualify for the Olympic Games. "It's not about what happens to you, it's about how quickly you can get up," Vilakazi says.