NEW YORK — A New York City judge on Thursday granted Jay-Z’s request to file a motion for dismissal of a lawsuit that accuses the rap titan of raping a 13-year-old with Sean “Diddy” Combs in 2000.

Russia’s defense ministry vowed unspecified “retaliatory measures” after Ukraine launched U.S.-supplied ATACMS missiles at the border region of Belgorod on Friday.

Ukraine appeared to launch a fresh offensive Sunday in Russia’s border region of Kursk, where Kyiv’s forces have held territory for several months.

People woke up early here in southwest Georgia on Saturday, braving the morning chill as they began to bid farewell to their beloved Jimmy Carter.

Welcome to 2025, everyone. Without introductory fanfare, here are my top birding highlights from the past year.

A new law decades in the making could finally lead to the cleanup of some of the thousands of abandoned mines in Colorado ...