The European Union Parliament’s visa exemption plan will put the U.K. in the same category as more than 60 other countries — including the U.S.

Lessons in noodle-making is one of the ways that China hopes to eliminate rural poverty by 2020.

The bill that passed on Thursday is intended to hold companies responsible for videos and audio such as the livestream of two mosque shootings in New Zealand.

A number of government agencies work closely with the industries they are charged with regulating. The issue surfaced after Boeing’s 737 Max planes had to be grounded by the FAA.

Most House Republicans oppose renewal of the 1994 law, in part because it would restrict gun rights for individuals convicted of misdemeanor domestic abuse and stalking charges.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it was responding to a tip that many workers at CVE Technology Group outside Dallas were using fraudulent identification documents.

Rep. Richard Neal, chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, asked the IRS commissioner for six years of President Trump’s personal tax returns, as well as returns for some of his businesses.

Lawmakers told HUD Secretary Ben Carson Wednesday they’re very unlikely to support the administration’s budget plan to cut billions of dollars from housing and development programs.

Some 11 million deaths annually are linked to diet-related diseases like diabetes and heart disease, a study finds. Researchers say that makes diet the leading risk factor for deaths around the world.

The top official at the FAA says airline pilots had enough training to handle Boeing’s flight control software linked to two deadly crashes. His statement has divided pilots in the U.S. and overseas.

Researchers found that antiviral drugs are effective in preventing transmission of the hepatitis C virus from donated hearts and lungs to recipients. The result could help reduce organ wait times.

A new report offers the first comprehensive assessment of water, sanitation and hygiene in health-care facilities in low- and middle-income countries.

In an online video, the former vice president and potential 2020 presidential candidate addresses criticism by women who say his physical contact with them made them uncomfortable.

The McLennan County district attorney said he aims to “end this nightmare that we have been dealing with in this county.” Prosecutors were not able to win any convictions after indicting 155 bikers.

Catholic Church officials who have criticized the Philippine president’s deadly drug war say they are receiving threats and government surveillance.

As the spring sunshine brightens up, researchers caution: Don’t skimp on sun protection, especially on the sensitive eyelids.

Lightfoot, the city’s first black female mayor, told NPR that Chicago’s police department has “left many people feeling like the police are an illegitimate occupying force.”

The two actresses are the most high-profile faces of the alleged massive college admissions fraud that has sent shock waves through the U.S. higher education system.

As congressional lawmakers continue to turn up the heat on drugmakers, insurers and middlemen over the price of many medicines, one player says it will limit patients’ share of the cost of insulin.

In his new book, the literary scholar presents an absorbing, necessary look at the “Redemption” era, in which the hard-fought gains of African-Americans were rolled back by embittered Southern whites.

Attorney General William Barr plans to give Congress the Mueller report in mid-April, but with some redactions. Democrats insist they should get the full report and the fight could end up in court.

It’s the first court case for Najib related to broader allegations involving the misuse of billions of dollars. Much of that money was raised by the U.S. bank Goldman Sachs, which also faces charges.

Critics are raising questions about her comment that “most African ladies’ first sexual experience is rape.”

The punishments are part of Brunei’s penal code, first announced in 2013. While the new laws stipulate the death penalty for certain offenses, Brunei has not executed anyone in decades.

He had earlier promised to leave before April 28, but pressure from the military and continued demonstrations accelerated his departure.

The top-line conclusions are already out — the special counsel didn’t establish collusion or obstruction, according to the attorney general. But there might be so much more to learn.

A growing number of residents in New York City qualify for a first-in-the-nation program to provide free legal services to low-income tenants facing eviction.

The Super Rugby team said Wednesday it would consider changing its name after shootings at two Christchurch mosques last month, as a result of its brand’s association with religious war.

President Nicolás Maduro, through allies, is ratcheting up legal and political pressure on the opposition leader by removing his parliamentary immunity.

Scientists infected the cats with toxoplasmosis and later killed them. Bipartisan members of Congress complained about the practice, and the agency ended the program.

A federal court threw out the law enacted in Hot Springs, Ark., that applied to someone approaching a vehicle. The judge ruled the law violated the First Amendment’s protection on free speech.

The utility company is already on probation for its felony conviction related to a 2010 natural gas pipeline explosion.

Motorists will pay a flat daily fee to enter Manhattan south of 60th Street. The new program aims to reduce traffic gridlock while generating revenue for the city’s stressed transit system.

The woman told Secret Service agents she wanted to go to the pool. But she didn’t have a swimsuit. Then she said she wanted to attend a “United Nations” event. None was scheduled.