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The companies behind the now-closed Virginia facility pleaded guilty to violating the Animal Welfare Act and Clean Water Act. Animal rights groups applaud the development and say there's more to do.

More than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since May while trying to get food in Gaza, mostly near food sites run by an American contractor, the U.N. human rights office said.

The Social Security Administration reassigned some field office employees in an effort to bring down lengthy phone wait times. But workers say these reassignments have been disruptive for staff.

Piping plovers have made a remarkable recovery in Massachusetts. But the tiny, threatened shorebird is declining in other states, like Maryland and Virginia. Experts aren't quite sure why the disparity exists, but they suspect food abundance and habitat play a role. Climate change may alter both.

Moldova’s pro-Western President Maia Sandu has won a second term in a pivotal presidential runoff against a Russia-friendly opponent, in a race that was overshadowed by claims of Russian interference.

Israel released 90 Palestinian prisoners and detainees in exchange for three Israeli hostages held in Gaza as part of the ceasefire deal that went into effect this morning.

At the center of legal challenges against Trump's executive actions is whether he's telling federal agencies to violate a key legal standard established nearly 80 years ago.

Martin Luther King Jr. called civil rights pioneer, the Rev. James Lawson, the leading theorist and strategist of nonviolence.

President Trump has promised to attack drug gangs and called for the death penalty for street dealers. But he has also pardoned more than 20 people serving time for serious drug crimes, some involving violence.

After a C-section, does swabbing a baby with the mother's microbes reduce the risk of obesity and other health problems later in life? An ambitious study to help answer the question is underway.