U.S. & World

Islamist rebels breached neighborhoods in Syria’s second-largest city of Aleppo and clashed with government military forces after detonating two car bombs Friday.

An Alabama A&M football player who suffered a head injury during a game last month has died, a coroner’s office official said on Friday.

By measuring purchases by how much you will use them, you can make sure you get the most bang for your buck.

Whole cucumbers shipped to 13 U.S. states and five Canadian provinces have been recalled because of potential salmonella contamination, the FDA says.

It’s tempting to hibernate after loading up on an indulgent Thanksgiving feast, but you’ve got places to go and deals to scoop up on Black Friday.

Consumers are hardwired to think more of short-term gratification than long-term goals.

A Thanksgiving burglar got more than he bargained for early Thursday morning after breaking into an Antioch church. Turns out the church’s pastor is trained in martial arts and confronted the would-be thief.  

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has released a new plan to protect the state’s iconic Joshua trees, which are imperiled by wildfires, human development and climate change.

Researchers and religious leaders have released findings from an intriguing two-month experiment through art in a Catholic chapel in Switzerland. An avatar of “Jesus” on a computer screen — tucked into a confessional — took questions by visitors on faith, morality and modern-day woes, and offered responses based on Scripture.

No evidence of a bomb was found by police on their properties.

Amid threats of new tariffs, the incoming U.S. president said Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum had “agreed to stop migration.”

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was drenched in rain and briefly disrupted by Pro-Palestinian demonstrators. Twenty-one people were arrested.

Glassdoor CEO Christian Sutherland-Wong tries not to answer work emails or text messages around his kids. That’s a smart practice, researchers say.