On November 19, the United Nations wants toilets to be top of mind — and they don't mean for the Property Brothers on a bathroom reno episode. Here's why toilets get their own international day.

A Hong Kong court has sentenced 45 pro-democracy activists to up to a decade behind bars after it ruled in a landmark legal case that they had broken a national security law implemented by Beijing.

Chinese immigrants sacrificed to create America's first transcontinental railroad. Its completion may have contributed to a backlash that led to the first major immigration clampdown in U.S. history.

Peatlands, formed by ancient wetlands, store more carbon than the world's forests. But when they're drained for farming, they vent heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the air.

Arthur Frommer, who revolutionized travel with his 1957 guidebook Europe on 5 Dollars a Day, has died at 95, his daughter confirmed Monday.

President-elect Trump has picked Sean Duffy, a Fox Business host and former Republican congressman from Wisconsin, to head the Department of Transportation.

Protesters oppose a measure that would reshape the county's founding treaty between Indigenous Māori and the British Crown.

The decision marks another victory for abortion rights advocates after voters in seven states passed measures in support of access.

"Some may seek to deny or delay the clean energy revolution that's underway in America, but nobody — nobody — can reverse it," Biden said. But Trump has vowed to roll back those plans.

SpaceX and Amazon are asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the National Labor Relations Board unconstitutional. The federal agency is tasked with enforcing workers' right to organize.

Carr was seen as a pretty conventional Republican with a pro-corporate outlook for most of his career. More recently, he has embraced Trumpian themes about social media, tech and television companies.

Nearly 80 million people are expected to travel by car, plane and train for Thanksgiving, according to AAA, thanks to lower gas prices and demand for other modes of travel like cruises.

Pope Francis has called for an investigation to determine if Israel's military attacks on Gaza constitute genocide. It's the first time he's publicly suggested that Israel may be engaged in genocide.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has directed county officials not to count mail ballots for the general election that arrived on time but in envelopes missing the correct date handwritten by voters.

This enveloping drama, which centers two women in Mumbai, is about solidarity between women, about making ends meeting, and about how a populous city can feel like the loneliest place in the world.