Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is urging lawmakers to pass a new spending bill for the Pentagon roughly three weeks before the government is set to shut down on Dec. 16.
A utilities provider in Austin, Texas, is asking for public donations to help pay its customer power bills this winter, an effort to help ease soaring power costs that have touched off a growing affordability crisis.
U.S. men's national team head coach Gregg Berhalter and captain Tyler Adams were hounded with pointed questions from Iranian journalists ahead of Tuesday's World Cup match against Iran.
The New England Patriots loaned one of its planes to the University of Virginia to transport college football players to the funerals of their slain teammates.
A study showing an experimental Alzheimer's drug slowed cognitive decline was eagerly received by patients and their families awaiting new treatments to fight the progressive disease that has no known cure, but two deaths among trial patients have raised questions about its safety.
During the Uruguay-Portugal World Cup match on Monday, a protester gained access to the field, sporting political statements on a T-shirt and a carrying a rainbow flag, symbolizing gay pride.
The White House is currently preparing for its first state visit with French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday, which will include a star-studded state dinner at the White House that will highlight the long-standing ties between the United States and France.
