ROME (AP) — U.N. World Food Program Executive Director Cindy McCain announced on Thursday that she will step down as the head of the humanitarian organization in three months to focus on her health.

During Black History Month, 75 women inside Cook County Jail took part in a powerful spoken word and re-entry program designed to help them find their voice and prepare for life after release. Through ...

The Mamdani administration is pushing for a free bus pilot program to be conducted over five weeks this summer as New York hosts this year’s FIFA World Cup, a source familiar with the matter told the ...

A service honoring the "Hello Girls," women who served as bilingual telephone operators in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War I, is set for this weekend at a cemetery in Colma. The women did ...

Madison Chock and Evan Bates rock-and-rolled their way to a world-best 91.06 points in the rhythm dance Friday to open the team competition at the Milan Cortina Olympics, where the American figure ...

U.S. military veterans and their families are starting a new endeavor intended to provide perspective, communication skills and education to the youth while using the history of World War II as a ...

At 5 a.m. California time, when it is still dark outside, a member of the state's Department of Public Health gets on a weekly call. The topic? Health emergencies all over the world. For years, the ...

Leveraging tools from seismology — the study of earthquakes and the inside of our planet — the Earth Rover Program aims to provide critical data on the health of soil. Humans, and terrestrial life in ...

World Liberty Financial, the crypto venture backed by U.S. President Donald Trump's family, launched its first decentralized finance (DeFi) web app — World Liberty Markets — offering lending and ...

In January 1899, the American gunboat USS Wilmington set out on an expedition to Venezuela, steaming up the Orinoco River toward the country’s interior. On board was an American diplomat, Francis ...