Senators are running into new problems as they race to seal a bipartisan infrastructure deal

A Republican Congressman from Louisiana who has criticized mask mandates and public health restrictions says he and his wife and son are now sick with the coronavirus

Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson is about to pick up his duties as chairman of a select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection

The United States will keep existing COVID-19 travel restrictions on international travel in place for now because of concerns about the surging infection rate due to the delta variant

The Tokyo Olympics have been delayed by the pandemic and then opened under oppressive heat, and now a typhoon is on the way

Authorities say a man who fatally shot his pregnant ex-wife and her boyfriend in the parking lot of a Houston soccer park as children played in a tournament was later found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot

From 2014 and 2019, an average of 38,826 Americans were killed by guns annually.

Several other people are in critical condition, officials said.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has unabashedly renewed a threat to kill drug dealers in his final state of the nation speech, while defending his nonconfrontational approach in the country’s territorial dispute with China in the South China Sea

The CEO of Philip Morris International was quoted by Britain’s Mail on Sunday as saying that the tobacco company foresaw an end to its sales of traditional cigarettes in Britain within 10 years

New York City will require all municipal workers to get coronavirus vaccines by mid-September or face weekly COVID-19 testing

The Associated Press has learned new details about a ransomware attack that affected roughly two dozen Texas communities two years ago

A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 194 million people worldwide and killed over 4.1 million of them.

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Here's what you missed from Day 3 of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

A sandstorm over 300 feet high enveloped the Chinese city of Jiuquan on Sunday.

An unvaccinated snow leopard tested positive for COVID after a test of his stool confirmed the virus's presence.

A little girl stole hearts with her amazed reaction while watching a women’s weightlifting event in the Tokyo Olympics.

A new round of flash flooding in Belgium turned streets into rivers and washed away vehicles.

America’s first gold medal was awarded to swimmer Chase Kalisz.

The Fly Fire, which is just east of the Dixie Fire, grew to 4,300 acres on July 24 and was 5% contained, officials said.

Two men were stranded on the top of a truck in dangerous flash floods that inundated parts of Arizona.

An anteater was brought around the San Antonio Zoo to visit his furry friends, including one very excited American mink.

Floodwaters poured into buildings and swept away vehicles in China, where floods have killed several people in recent days.

ABC News chief meteorologist Ginger Zee tracks the latest threats and conditions in the West.