Republican favorite Kevin McCarthy was named speaker of the US House of Representatives on Saturday as he finally quelled a fierce rebellion among his party's ranks that had paralyzed the lower chamber of Congress for days.

A six-year-old boy opened fire in an elementary school classroom in the eastern US state of Virginia on Friday, seriously injuring a teacher, police said..No students were hurt in the incident at Richneck Elementary School in the coastal city of Newport News.."The individual is a six

Utility crews in northern California worked to restore power to tens of thousands of homes on Friday following two days of fierce winds and torrential rain, even as the region braced for another onslaught of stormy weather heading into the weekend.

Republican Kevin McCarthy on Friday picked up support from right-wing hardliners in the U.S. House of Representatives who had blocked his speakership bid, but it was not enough to end the deepest congressional dysfunction in more than 150 years.

The US House of Representatives plunged deeper into crisis Thursday as Republican favorite Kevin McCarthy failed again to win the speakership -- entrenching a three-day standoff that has paralyzed the lower chamber of Congress.

Half of the Earth’s glaciers, notably smaller ones, are destined to disappear by the end of the century because of climate change, but limiting global warming could save others, according to a new study.

Rear Admiral Eileen Laubacher, senior director for South Asia, National Security Council, White House, is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka today evening to discuss issues of mutual interest with Bangladesh.

At least 10 people were injured in a shooting outside Miami during the filming of a music video by Moroccan-American rapper French Montana, police and US media said Friday.

The US House of Representatives plunged deeper into crisis Thursday as Republican favorite Kevin McCarthy failed again to win the speakership -- entrenching a three-day standoff that has paralyzed the lower chamber of Congress.

Two years after the violent attack on the US Capitol by supporters of president Donald Trump, justice officials have arrested 950 suspects but are seeking some 350 more, the Justice Department said Wednesday.

The US House of Representatives had to adjourn until yesterday (Thursday) as bitter infighting within the Republican ranks continues to paralyze the chamber and prevent the election of a new speaker.

Eight members of a family including five minors were found dead of gunshot wounds in a southwestern Utah home on Wednesday, a tragedy that officials said devastated the small town of Enoch City.

President Joe Biden indicated he has finally decided to grasp the politically thorny issue of illegal immigration, announcing a speech on Thursday, followed by a visit to the troubled US-Mexico border itself likely next week.."I'm going to be making a speech tomorrow on border security," h

Republicans in the US House of Representatives struggled with a second day of division on Wednesday as a stubborn band of holdouts refused to back Kevin McCarthy's bid to lead the chamber, defying former President Donald Trump's call for unity.

Donald Trump yesterday called for far-right Republicans to end their blocking of the party’s candidate to become US House speaker, after a damaging split prevented Kevin McCarthy from securing the key role.

US President Joe Biden will host Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on January 13, the White House announced Tuesday.."President Biden looks forward to welcoming Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan to the White House on Friday, January 13th to further deepen ties between our government

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is allowing retail pharmacies to offer abortion pills in the United States for the first time, the agency said on Tuesday, as more states seek to ban medication abortion..Pharmacies can apply for certification to distribute abortion pill mifepristo

A transgender woman convicted of murder was put to death late Tuesday in the first such execution in the United States, officials said.

US rally driver and YouTube star Ken Block was killed when the snowmobile he was riding overturned on a steep slope in Utah, his racing team and US media reported Monday.

US Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was a simple up-or-down vote from realizing his dream of becoming one of the country’s top statesmen on Tuesday -- in a cliffhanger worthy of TV drama “House of Cards” that could as easily end with his career in tatters.