One of six men charged in an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has pleaded guilty to conspiracy

President Joe Biden is dispatching the nation’s top scientists and public health experts to regularly brief the American public about the pandemic that has claimed more than 425,000 U.S. lives

Several states are loosening their coronavirus restrictions on restaurants and other businesses because of improved infection and hospitalization numbers but are moving cautiously, in part because of the more contagious variant taking hold

Gov. Kay Ivey is promising help to families and businesses impacted by the tornado that tore up some of Birmingham's suburbs

President Joe Biden is undertaking what would be the most ambitious effort ever to cut America’s oil, gas and coal emissions and stave off the worst effects of climate change

A new study in the journal Nature documents a steep decline in global shark and ray numbers in the past half century

America's new top diplomat has taken the helm of the State Department with a vow to rebuild the ranks of the foreign service and rely on its expertise as the Biden administration tries to restore U.S. global standing

Investigators have identified the driver accused of killing a pedestrian and injuring nine other people in Portland, Oregon

A pair of NASA astronauts are taking a spacewalk to improve the International Space Station's European lab

Authorities say a reported hostage situation at a Texas doctor’s office has ended with two people dead

President Joe Biden plans to reopen the HealthCare

President Joe Biden says the U.S. is ramping up vaccine deliveries to hard-pressed states over the next three weeks and expects to provide enough doses to vaccinate 300 million Americans by the end of the summer or early fall

You just can’t keep a good city down, especially when Mardi Gras is coming

The Justice Department has rescinded a Trump-era memo that established a “zero tolerance” enforcement policy for migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, which resulted in thousands of family separations

New climate envoy John Kerry is making clear that the United States isn't just back in the fight to slow climate change, but that it plans to play a driving role again