MPs voted in favour of legalising assisted dying last year, but the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has generated ...

An invitation to step inside is one that surely cannot be turned down.

"Exploitative", "reprehensible" and "surprisingly empathetic" are just some of the adjectives critics have used to describe ...

Speculation mounts that post-war taboo on nuclear weapons could soon be shattered by use of 'battlefield' missiles ...

Scorpions are "taking over" Brazil's cities, scientists have warned. And with these infestations comes a huge rise in ...

Rose, who died last September, agreed to a permanent ban in 1989 after he was caught betting on his team, the Cincinnati Reds ...

Rikers Island is one of the most infamous jail complexes in the U.S., and it is now under new management: a federal judge has ...

Library of Congress employees on Monday turned away two Trump appointees seeking to take over the Copyright Office. "For the ...

After pushing for universal health care for all Californians regardless of immigration status, Gov. Gavin Newsom's latest ...

President Donald Trump Tuesday announced plans to drop American sanctions against Syria that have been in place since 1979, ...

Trump wants to cut funding for public broadcasting and the arts, which would save a little but cost a lot for red states ...

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