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Thousands of residents south of Seattle were told to evacuate because of a levee failure from prolonged rainfall. With more rain in the forecast, officials worry more levees might be breached.

Hundreds of schools across the country have been getting online and phone threats in recent weeks taxing law enforcement resources.

New research shows that despite losing limbs, some lizards are able to thrive.

Scientists learned that wild African chimpanzees consume alcohol by eating fermented fruit, suggesting that human attraction to alcohol may have ancient evolutionary origins.

People in Mississippi remember and reflect on the contributions of the slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers on what would have been his 100th birthday.

Carlsen squared off against 143,000 players from around the world — but the chess grandmaster was unable to clinch a victory over Team World.

Hundreds of people answered Boston's Logan Airport's open casting call to find an authentic local voice for announcements.

In the spirit of Independence Day, we meet the guild of bellringers that is still pulling the ropes at Boston's Old North Church. Just like Paul Revere did nearly 300 years ago.

Buried in the paperwork for Immigration and Customs Enforcement's expansion in Pennsylvania is a document requesting "mobile detention facilities."

Last weekend, lawmakers elected Don Harmon to be president of the Illinois Senate. It’s been described as a bitter fight, but it has nothing on some of...