Yemen's Houthi rebels have seized the strategic islands of Greater and Lesser Hanish in the southern Red Sea. This move strengthens their control over a key maritime shipping route.

After half a decade of worryingly low numbers, the Chesapeake Bay's blue crab population appears to be fighting its way out of a slump. This year's field sampling estimated a total population of 349 ...

A headline linked a major TV network programming halt to Donald Trump’s health, but the available evidence does not identify ...

Donald Trump’s past Ebola comments are drawing renewed attention as reports describe outbreaks in central Africa and ...

A new study on ancient human remains finds evidence for the habitual use of betel nuts, dating back to the Ice Age. The finding offers some of the oldest archaeological evidence of psychoactive drug ...

An SUV driver was under the influence of drugs when she swerved into the wrong lane, blew a red light and slammed into a Los Angeles city bus, killing two riders, prosecutors said as they charged her ...

What happens when women whose jobs require them to challenge powerful men have to calculate the professional cost of doing ...

California's high-speed rail authority is under new scrutiny after an inspector general found the agency approved more than ...

Every Thursday, WTTW News newsletter producer Josh Terry highlights his picks for the week’s must-see cultural events.

President Donald Trump became confrontational with ABC News correspondent Rachel Scott on Thursday (September 10) after she ...

How Trump's immigration crackdown made it harder to become U.S. citizen ...

In our news wrap Thursday, a federal judge ordered that Kennedy Center officials provide a 30-day notice before making any significant physical changes to the building, Canadian P ...