xa0 House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., easily defeated a longshot primary challenge from businessman Paul Nehlen Tuesday evening. Ryan's victory is a loss for the GOP’s populist wing, some of whom had criticized him as insufficiently conservative. Nehlen spent much of his campaign trying to tie himsel...

A soldier accused of fatally stabbing, strangling and bu ing the body of the mother of his then-14-year-old girlfriend argued Tuesday that only the daughter was to blame for her mom’s death in Pennsylvania in 2015. Prosecutors claimed they unearthed text messages 21-year-old Caleb Ba es sent to his ...

xa0 The Hillary Clinton campaign is sounding the alarm over rival Donald Trump’s sudden fundraising surge, alerting donors in an inte al memo that his $80 million July haul was “far more” than expected and should serve as a “wake up call.” “We must redouble our efforts in the coming weeks,” campaign...

xa0 Satellite photos released on Monday appear to show China making progress on construction of at least two dozen hardened concrete hangars suitable for housing Chinese air force planes, including strategic bombers and inflight refuelers, on disputed islands in the South China Sea. The photos were ...

xa0 A U.S. immigration official accused in a federal report of hindering law enforcement agents seeking a suspect in the San Be ardino terror attack and then lying about it has been nominated for a prestigious award – for telling her employees to stay calm and fetching one who was eating lunch in hi...

xa0 The Hillary Clinton campaign is sounding the alarm over rival Donald Trump’s sudden fundraising surge, alerting donors in an inte al memo that his $80 million July haul was “far more” than expected and should serve as a “wake up call.” “We must redouble our efforts in the coming weeks,” campaign...

U.S. gymnasts, left to right, Simone Biles, Gabrielle Douglas and Madison Kocian wave to the audience at the end of the artistic gymnastics women's team final at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Just call them the Final Five.

xa0 A federal judge on Tuesday upheld Rod Blagojevich's 14-year prison sentence on corruption counts, setting aside pleas for leniency by the former Illinois gove or's wife and daughters during his resentencing. U.S. District Judge James Zagel said it's an "unfortunate reality" that Blagojevich's in...

xa0 The backdrop at Hillary Clinton’s Orlando-area rally couldn’t get much stranger. In a startling appearance Monday evening, the father of ISIS-inspired Orlando nightclub gunman Omar Mateen showed up just steps away from the Democratic nominee, cheering her on and waving an American flag in the ba...

Oklahoma City Thunder center Enes Kanter looks on during a game against the Utah Jazz. (AP) Turkish politics spilled onto the basketball court Monday when an Oklahoma City Thunder player was disowned by his family in Turkey and responded by changing his last name to show devotion to a controversial ...

United States' Lilly King celebrates after winning the gold medal in the women's 100-meter breaststroke final during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 8, 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP) This one will surely be seen as a victory for clean athletes over th

xa0 The powerful commander of an Iran-backed Shiite militia in Iraq -- whom the U.S. freed after the kidnapping deaths of four American soldiers in 2007 -- has hinted that his fighters could blend in with Iraqi forces to kill Americans on the battlefield in Mosul. Qais al-Khazali, leader of the para...

xa0 Leaders from three Chicago gangs reportedly met last week to discuss plans to kill police officers in response to the officer-involved shooting death of 18-year-old Paul O’Neal. The Chicago Sun-Times, citing an alert issued to Chicago officers, reported Monday that the meeting to

xa0 A New York City woman found dead in Massachusetts on Sunday had bu s to her head and feet, and police are investigating if she was sexually assaulted and then set on fire, FOX 25 reported Tuesday, citing sources. Police said they did not yet know whet

xa0 Leaders from three Chicago gangs reportedly met last week to discuss plans to kill police officers in response to the officer-involved shooting death of 18-year-old Paul O’Neal. The Chicago Sun-Times, citing an alert issued to Chicago officers, reported Monday that the meeting to

xa0 A New York City woman found dead in Massachusetts on Sunday had bu s to her head and feet, and police are investigating if she was sexually assaulted and then set on fire, FOX 25 reported Tuesday, citing sources. Police said they did not yet know whet

xa0 The backdrop at Hillary Clinton’s Orlando-area rally couldn’t get much stranger. In a startling appearance Monday evening, the father of ISIS-inspired Orlando nightclub gunman Omar Mateen showed up just steps away from the Democratic nominee, cheering her on and waving an American flag in the ba...

United States' Lilly King celebrates after winning the gold medal in the women's 100-meter breaststroke final during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 8, 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP) This one will surely be seen as a victory for clean athletes over th

Feb. 17, 2012: A student walks past the entrance of Brigham Young University in Provo. (Reuters) An LGBTQ advocacy group has sent a letter to the commissioner of the Big 12 urging the conference to remove BYU from consideration for membership because it says the school has discriminatory policies. A...

xa0 A New York City woman found dead in Massachusetts on Sunday had bu s to her head and feet, and police are investigating if she was sexually assaulted and then set on fire, FOX 25 reported Tuesday, citing sources. Police said they did not yet know whet