ATLANTA, Ga. — Jimmy Carter's extended public farewell began Saturday in Georgia, with the 39th U.S. president’s flag-draped casket tracing his long arc from the Depression-era South and family ...

President-elect Donald Trump, speaking to reporters on Tuesday, said he wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of ...

President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would move to try to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” a name he said has a “beautiful ring to it.” ...

Commissioners studying reparations for the impact of New York's role in the slave trade want state lawmakers to give them more time and money in this year's budget to get the job done. The nine ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — As minutes, hours and days go on and history progresses. That’s when the research begins for Geoffrey Zeiner. “Everyone's neighborhood has something in the past that's like gone that ...

AUGUSTA — The American Cancer Society will push for a $2 per pack increase in the cigarette tax when the Legislature reconvenes, along with a renewed effort to require insurance carriers to cover ...

A dead humpback whale calf was found in waters off Maui, prompting a response from federal, state, and county authorities. DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement, the DLNR Division of ...

MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. – Health experts are warning Americans about the deadly correlation between alcohol and cancer. U.S. Surgeon General Vivik Murthy on Friday announced alcohol is the third-leading ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has announced examination dates for a number of special licenses including Licensed Guides (camping, fishing, hiking, hunting, whitewater, ...

A New Year’s Eve fireworks explosion in Oahu’s Salt Lake neighborhood killed at least three people and seriously injured 20 others, according to the Honolulu Emergency Services Department. A fourth ...

Six of the victims from the fireworks explosion in Salt Lake on New Year’s Eve were flown on Saturday to an Arizona burn center for further treatment. Gov. Josh Green authorized the use of military ...

Three new policies - increased minimum wage, the nation's first paid prenatal leave law and a ban on insulin co-pays for state-regulated insurance plans - have gone into effect beginning this week in ...