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My grandfather kept ledgers logging every day he worked in the U.S. The dry entries — "18 boxes of cherries, $4 per box" — tell a story of success against the odds.

Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, is facing intense Russian airstrikes, but its residents are defiant. "We can stand up, no matter what they do," one said.

Former President Trump ping-ponged among a dizzying array of court appearances, judicial rulings, competing allegations and subsequent grievances.

The conservative justices seemed likely to confer broad presidential immunity from prosecution — and in a way that would further delay any federal trial.

Despite considerably back-to-back rainy winters in California, new research finds the region has seen much wetter years in the last 3,000 years. Experts worry that variability, coupled with climate change, could leave the state unprepared.

New abortion restrictions after Roe vs. Wade was overturned, such as an Arizona legal ruling that effectively bans abortions there, are affecting women who miscarry.

In a stunning reversal, a New York appeals court overturned the conviction of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, citing errors by the trial judge.

Supreme Court may not rule for Trump, but it could give him a win by putting off his trial until after the election.

For first time in 25 years, San Diego is the top spot in the nation for migrant border crossings, surpassing Tucson.

Suddenly, Democrats and (some) Republicans in the House have joined in unorthodox bipartisanship to get government functioning again.

Athletes and entertainers lose money because they're inattentive, make risky investments and overspend on loved ones and expensive toys, financial experts say.

With growing mistrust between the two nations, the U.S. election in November is looking like a lose-lose scenario for China.

Ashley Judd and Aloe Blacc promote a White House suicide prevention strategy, speaking candidly about the deaths of musicians Naomi Judd and Avicii.

It is the first time the Israeli American citizen, who was severely injured when Hamas attacked the Nova music festival on Oct. 7, has been shown alive since his capture.

After identifying remnants of bird flu virus in grocery store milk, federal officials insist the nation's milk supply is safe.

The Supreme Court will decide whether emergency room doctors can perform abortions if a pregnant person's health is threatened.

Israel-Hamas war: In Qatar's capital, a compound housing Palestinian medical evacuees from Gaza is a living catalog of what war does to the human body.

At a rare bilingual school in Israel, students coexist and learn in Arabic and Hebrew together. Could parents follow their example?

The spacecraft launched in 1977 and is now 15 billion miles from Earth. It went silent in November. Scientists at JPL figured out how to get it talking again.

As sprawling pro-Palestinian protests and encampments escalate on university campuses across the United States, administrators respond with more discipline.

In a significant blow to the Marjorie Taylor Greene fringe, Speaker Mike Johnson got aid to Ukraine and Israel through the House and might yet keep his job.

Supreme Court justices appear unwilling to support a couple's claim that the wife's constitutional rights were violated when her noncitizen husband was denied a visa.

The public is locked out of witnessing a seismic moment in American history because the first criminal trial of a former president will not be televised.

New York's rules will allow prosecutors to present evidence of other bad acts in trying the former president on the Stormy Daniels hush money allegations.

Three monks, a horde of reporters and 20 singles looking for love walked into a Buddhist temple in South Korea.

The Affordable Connectivity Program, which offers a $30 subsidy, helping millions of households across the U.S. connect to the internet, is slated to expire.

Giant sun shades, 40-foot-tall air filters, stratospheric sulfur injections: Here are some of the wild and wondrous ways we might save the planet.

What if Trump's hush-money criminal trial, with details on Stormy Daniels, Karen McDougal, the 'Access Hollywood' tape, is a cure for voters' 'Trump amnesia'?

Amid worsening Ukraine war outlook, an infusion of American military aid is seen as crucial in the fight against Russian invaders. Will it be enough?

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is running a new abortion ad in Alabama and working with Democrats in Arizona to provide abortion access to its residents.

Ukraine's port of Odesa is a key Russian target, endangering the city's UNESCO-designated historic center and challenging citizens to keep their sense of humor.

The spectacular failures of House Republican attempts to humiliate Joe Biden and Alejandro Mayorkas are a win for the Constitution.

For the second month in a row, California posted the highest unemployment figure in the country. And it was one of only two states with a jobless rate above 5%.

The shocking incident occurred minutes after a jury was seated in former President Trump's hush money trial in New York.

A flood of cheap Chinese electric car exports has raised the specter of another trade war with the U.S. And it has Tesla worried.

Taylor Swift's new studio album, "The Tortured Poets Department," draws inspiration from her breakup with longtime beau Joe Alwyn. What draws music fans to songs about failed relationships?

The protests, organized by the No Tech for Apartheid campaign, raised concerns about Google and Amazon's $1.2 billion contract with the Israeli government and military called Project Nimbus.

Campus administrators nationwide struggle to uphold principles of free expression amid pressure from those who claim speech, or potential speech, can subject students to harm.

For Iranian artist Nasrin Sheykhi, bombs, missiles and guns blot out any hope for a solution in the conflicted Middle East.

Alejandro N. Mayorkas, a Cuban immigrant who grew up in California, is the first U.S. Cabinet official impeached in nearly 150 years.

As abortion politics and policy clash in Arizona and threaten to sway the swing state, GOP lawmakers scramble to address the issue amid fallout from a ruling reviving an 1864 ban.

Diana Goetsch spent months visiting red-state libraries to do presentations on the freedom to read. Would she be recognized, or clocked as transgender?

Supreme Court conservatives questioned whether the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act can be used to prosecute those who attacked the U.S. Capitol in 2021.

Biden urged Benjamin Netanyahu to refrain from retaliation against Iran even though its attack appeared to defy the president's own warning after Oct. 7.

Newly discovered damage in Glen Canyon Dam would require releasing less water at low reservoir levels — a problem that increases water risks in the Southwest.

Vice President Kamala Harris has failed to win over a majority of voters or convince them that she is ready to step in if Biden, the oldest president in history, falters.

Republicans criticizing Biden's student debt relief plan took millions of dollars in pandemic relief loans and never paid them back. But they say that's different.