Terry Thompson had an election to run for voters in Cascade County, Montana. Why then, she thought, was her office in Great Falls being sent mailed ballots completed by voters in places such as Wasilla, Alaska, Vancouver, Washington, and Tampa, Florida?

From foster grandparents who volunteer at an early child care center to citizen scientists who collect water quality data in remote locations, nonprofit volunteers have come back after the pandemic.

Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua is setting up shop in the nation's capital, according to an internal Homeland Security memo, as the criminal organization known for theft schemes, human trafficking and taking aim at police officers now has a base in the heart of American politics.

The trial began Tuesday for a man accused of holding down a teenage boy so colleagues could rape him at a New Hampshire youth center in the 1990s, with prosecutors saying a brutal crime took place and the defense saying that it never happened and that the accuser was motivated by money.

A powerful storm is bearing down on the West Coast and bringing with it a scary-sounding weather term -- bomb cyclone.

A simple experimental art piece consisting of a banana attached to the wall with duct tape is expected to fetch over $1 million at auction this week.

A U.S. Naval Academy graduate ripped down a tattoo shop's LGBTQ pride flag and put it in the trash, Annapolis police said in documents charging him with a hate crime.

The IRS' inspector general is warning the IRS over its embrace of artificial intelligence, saying the tax agency must develop guardrails to prevent AI from being used in discriminatory ways.

The trial of a man accused of holding down a teenage boy so colleagues could rape and abuse him at a New Hampshire youth center in the 1990s is set to begin Tuesday.

An Indian migrant who survived a deadly trek across the Canada-U.S. border in blizzard conditions is expected to testify Tuesday in the federal trial of two men accused of taking part in a sprawling human smuggling scheme that ultimately killed a family of four.

Four monkeys remain free nearly two weeks after a group of 43 escaped from a South Carolina compound that breeds them for medical research, authorities said.

Prosecutors are expected to wrap up their case Tuesday in the trial of the man accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley.

Betty White left her stamp on the entertainment world. Next year, the U.S. Postal Service will put her smiling face on a Forever stamp.

Lawyers for Amazon and SpaceX continued their legal fight against the National Labor Relations Board this week, arguing in federal appeals court that the agency's structure is unconstitutional.

The Cartner family had known since last year that one of their farm's Christmas trees would be headed to the White House this winter.

Northern California and the Pacific Northwest are bracing for what is expected to be a powerful storm, with heavy rain and winds set to pummel the region and potentially cause power outages and flash floods.

The Associated Press said it would begin offering buyouts and lay off selected employees, part of a plan to reduce the news outlet's staff by about 8% and accelerate a transition to a digital-first organization.

The Associated Press, the news wire service used by media outlets around the country and around the world, announced this week that it would cut 8% of its staff as it navigates buyouts and a changing media landscape.

A man fatally stabbed three people across a swath of Manhattan on Monday morning, carrying out a series of random attacks without uttering a word to his victims, officials said.

A state judge on Monday struck down Wyoming's overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the-nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy in line with voters in yet more states voicing support for abortion rights.

About one in five adults in the U.S., especially younger Americans, say they regularly get their news from social media influencers, a report from Pew Research Center found.

The leader of a New York City church where pop star Sabrina Carpenter filmed provocative scenes for a music video was stripped of his duties Monday after church officials said an investigation revealed other instances of mismanagement.

Texas public schools could use teachings from the Bible in lessons as an option for students from kindergarten through fifth grade under a proposal that drew hours of testimony Monday and follows Republican-led efforts in other states to incorporate more religious teaching into classrooms.

A federal judge in Delaware on Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee against social media giant Meta over advertisements using his name and image to sell CBD products.

Actors Jonathan Majors and Meagan Good are engaged.