The last time Maria Mancia, 42, had seen her son Steve Hernandez was in 1995 when he was just 18 months old. She’d returned to her Rancho Cucamonga, California home one day to find the place ransacked and her child missing.

President Barack Obama made the short but sentimental drive across Washington on Friday to attend his oldest daughter's high school

Singer Christina Grimmie, who starred in NBC's "The Voice," died Friday after being shot at a concert in Orlando, Florida by an unidentified

Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by 11 points in the US presidential race, showing little change after she became the presumptive

Singer Christina Grimmie, who had competed on the US TV programme The Voice, has died of her wounds after being shot in Florida, police say.

A plane powered entirely by the sun is flying to New York City. The Solar Impulse 2 has taken off from Lehigh Valley, 87 miles (140km) west of the "Big Apple", on a journey that should take only a few hours.

Hillary Clinton's snarky tweet to her White House rival Donald Trump was among the funniest of the campaign. Almost as funny as it was awkward.

Hillary Clinton said Wednesday she'll consider "the most qualified people" for the Democratic vice presidential nomination -- which would include women.

Pressure is building on Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders to give up his fight for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Sixteen-year-old Ziad Ahmed is a Bangladeshi-American social justice activist whose mission is to help teenagers fight against racial, gender or any type of discrimination in the United States.

The US Navy has banned all its personnel in Japan from drinking alcohol and has restricted off-base activity after a sailor was

A veteran US photojournalist and a translator have been killed in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan. David Gilkey of

Donald Trump says he made "a lot of money" in a deal years ago with Muammar Gaddafi, despite suggesting at the time he had

Hillary Clinton defeated her rival Bernie Sanders in Puerto Rico's Democratic primary Sunday, bringing her to the brink of victory in their long-fought battle for the party's presidential nomination.

Muhammad Ali entertained the world for more than half a century with his legendary one-liners, witticisms and diatribes. BBC Sport rounds up some of the greatest utterings of 'The Greatest', ranging from boxing to politics to religion.

Muhammad Ali was, at his peak, arguably the most famous man on the planet. His prodigious boxing talent was matched only by a towering self-belief.

Muhammad Ali has died at the age of 74, a family spokesman has said. The former world heavyweight boxing champion, one of the world's best-known sportsmen, had been in hospital in the US city of Phoenix in Arizona state.

A man was trapped in his crashed vehicle on a central Arizona mountain for three days until a couple taking sightseeing photos rescued him, authorities say.

Supporters and opponents of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump clashes in the city of San Diego in California.

US senators questioned on Tuesday whether India's development of a port in southern Iran for trade access risked violating international sanctions, and a State Department official assured them the administration would closely examine the project.