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The union representing thousands of dockworkers from Maine to Texas launched a strike over wages and the use of automation, shutting down major seaports.

Israel began a ground invasion of southern Lebanon, vowing a limited operation targeting Hezbollah militants. Iran responded with a missile strike.

Hezbollah appears outmaneuvered by a technologically superior foe that has assassinated much of its top leadership and destroyed a significant portion of its weapons.

Seven decades after women won the right to vote, Mexico is swearing in its first female president, Claudia Sheinbaum.

Tony Vinciquerra is credited for quietly turning around the Culver City studio and pursuing a profitable strategy at a time when competitors have struggled with billion-dollar streaming losses.

Since 2018, Andrés Manuel López Obrador has begun each weekday with a 7 a.m. news conference. On Monday, Mexico's outgoing president gave his final mañanera.

A strike in Shebaa, Lebanon, kills a family of nine, including a woman eight months pregnant, reflecting the horror of the growing violence between Israel and Lebanon.

The former president's lawyers are trying to prevent disclosure of special counsel Jack Smith's extensive court filing detailing the election interference case.

The New Mexico judge reviewed Gutierrez's case after dismissing charges against actor-producer Alec Baldwin in July. Gutierrez has served nearly seven months for her involuntary manslaughter conviction.

It's still the economy. Whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump will be president is up to a few million undecided voters in swing states. Guess what they care about.

A politician breaks taboo and starts a conversation over whether North Korea and South Korea should give up on reunification.

Vice President Kamala Harris wrapped up her final California fundraising swing before the November general election on Sunday at a star-studded event in downtown Los Angeles.

With Israel on the offensive, how far will Iran go to stand by Hezbollah and its other proxies in the region?

In nearly 50 years, not a single vice presidential debate has made a difference in the race for the White House. Still, the match-ups have provided some of the most memorable political moments in recent history.

The $30-billion train line has come to symbolize the presidency of López Obrador, an ambitious, often divisive leader obsessed with cementing his legacy.

With JD Vance, Trump doubled down on the GOP's America-first agenda, while Harris' selection of Tim Walz helped balance the Democratic ticket.

The Supreme Court should have stayed Missouri's execution of the convict last week. A top prosecutor and the victim's family argued that he should be spared.

The common food dyes — blue 1, blue 2, green 3, red 40, yellow 5 and yellow 6 — have been linked to developmental and behavioral harms in children, according to the California Environmental Protection Agency.

Israel's assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah set off furious grief or grim satisfaction, redoubling fears of a widening regional war.

Hassan Nasrallah propelled Hezbollah in Lebanon into one of the world's most powerful paramilitary factions and Israel's constant foe.

He is mostly forgotten today. But Caryl Chessman's death penalty conviction dominated the debate about capital punishment for years.

In 2022, GOP Rep. John Duarte beat Adam Gray by just 564 votes. Both men are campaigning hard to win the rematch in a moderate Central Valley district.

Vice President Kamala Harris addressed illegal immigration, her most challenging campaign issue, during her first visit to the U.S.-Mexico border since 2021.

Israel says the militant group's headquarters is located under residential buildings in Beirut suburb, which were hit.