U.S. & World

The city of Paris wants to pay tribute to the late Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei by naming a sports venue in her honor.

Cameron Rogers went on an “apology tour” after she had her first child. 

Donald Trump’s lawyers are fighting to overturn a verdict finding him liable for sexual abuse and slander. A U.S. appeals court in New York is scheduled to hear arguments Friday in Trump’s appeal of a jury’s finding that he sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll. She says the Republican attacked her in a department store dressing room in 1996...

Hiring by U.S. airlines is cooling after the industry added tens of thousands of jobs to build up for the post-Covid travel surge.

A former Mafia hitman was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday in the 2018 fatal prison bludgeoning of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger.

The 14-year-old suspect in the shooting at a Georgia high school that killed four people and his father will both stay in custody following back-to-back court hearings Friday morning where their lawyers declined to seek bail.

The new letter serves as a political show of force for Kamala Harris in a very tight race, with the first presidential debate less than a week away.

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov is promising stepped-up efforts to fight criminality on the messaging app.

His remarks came after recent data found that 75% of all newly eligible voters under age 21 in the U.S. territory hadn’t registered to vote and amid a decline in voter turnout.

A fire in a school dormitory in Kenya has killed 17 students and seriously burned 13 others. Police say the death toll could rise.

The U.S. is dealing with another school shooting: Two students and two teachers were killed at a school in Georgia.

New Mexico’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against the company behind Snapchat. He says that the site’s design and policies foster the sharing of child sexual abuse material and facilitate child sexual exploitation.

A Vermont Christian school that is barred from participating in the state sports league after it withdrew its girls basketball team from a playoff game because a transgender student was playing on the opposing team has taken its case to a federal appeals court.