China’s defense minister declined a meeting with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin during a meeting of defense leaders in Laos, a move Austin said was unfortunate.

Three giraffe subspecies should be added to the endangered species list, U.S. officials said Wednesday, as their populations continue a yearslong trend of decline.

More than three years after the fatal shooting on the set of “Rust,” the film finally made its debut Wednesday at the Camerimage Film Festival in Poland.

“Comedian,” a banana duct-taped to a white wall — or an acclaimed piece of art, depending how you look at it — sold at a Sotheby’s auction for $6.24 million.

A jury ordered former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger to pay $98 million after it found that she used excessive force in the fatal shooting of Botham Jean in his home six years ago.

The FBI is working with local police to investigate whether the robberies targeting high-profile athletes, including Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs, are connected to international organized crime rings.

As Democrats dissect what went wrong in the election, the are beginning the process of choosing their next national party committee chair.

A homeless Florida man was arrested Wednesday for an alleged plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange, according to a criminal complaint.

Gautam Adani, India’s second-richest person, has been charged by U.S. federal prosecutors with fraud on accusations that he and several alleged co-conspirators sought to pay $250 million in alleged bribes to Indian officials.

North Carolina Republican lawmakers voted to strip the state’s incoming Democratic governor and attorney general of key powers.