A 5-year-old boy was fighting for his life Sunday after being shot by an 8-year-old family friend inside a Houston home, police said.

Rescue officials say at least nine people have died and eight others are still missing in South Africa after a flash flood swept away members of a church congregation who were gathered along the Jukskei River

Police found the body of 7-year-old Athena Strand who was allegedly abducted and murdered by a FedEx driver who was making a delivery to her house.

Authorities said it's unclear what caused the animals' deaths.

They were working to complete construction of the Tiangong station.

Louisville officers responded Saturday morning to a call of a shooting "with multiple victims," police said.

China has reported two additional deaths from COVID-19 as some cities move cautiously to ease anti-pandemic restrictions following increasingly vocal public frustrations

The OPEC oil cartel and allied producers including Russia aren't changing their targets for shipping oil to the global economy

The new B-21 stealth bomber was unveiled publicly on Friday.

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for last week’s shooting at the Pakistani embassy in Afghanistan in which the head of the mission escaped unharmed but a guard was wounded

The trial of 10 men accused over the 2016 suicide bombings at Brussels airport and an underground metro station starts in earnest this week

Indonesia’s highest volcano on its most densely populated island has spewed ash skyward and released searing gas clouds and rivers of lava in its latest eruption

Hakeem Jeffries of New York on "This Week" played down the chances of his caucus compromising with Republicans on the chamber's next speaker over Kevin McCarthy

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Dave Joyce said Trump's comment about the Constitution shouldn't be taken seriously but that it wouldn't lead him to pull potential support for Trump's 2024 campaign

If Christmas cheer could be measured—this 19-foot tree carefully maneuvered into a Nashville home may just win.

In a video shared on Twitter, two large warships can be seen narrowly avoiding a collision in one of the narrowest points of the San Diego Bay.

Santa Claus wasn't going to leave the aquarium's fish and dolphins out of the Christmas spirit—grabbing flippers and an oxygen tank in place of his boots and sleigh.

Eighteen-month-old Harper may be a future gymnast in the making.

This curious kitty has discovered a new way to do cardio.

When a Marseilles Elementary player missed a free throw, Milton Pope Elementary School's Cooper Thorson grabbed the ball and heaved it underhand to score a basket in the last second for his team.

Two U.S. Navy ships narrowly avoided collision while navigating the San Diego Bay in California. No injuries or damage were reported by the ships, a U.S. Navy spokesperson said.

Twitter is updating the timeline to allow users to see recommended tweets from accounts that are not being followed.

Lion cubs orphaned during the war in Ukraine have arrived safely at a Minnesota animal sanctuary that has pledged to give them a permanent home.

A man ran onto the pitch during the France v. Tunisia game at the World Cup and attempted some flips before security tackled them to the ground and carried them off.