In a major expansion of gun rights after a series of mass shootings, the Supreme Court said Thursday that Americans have a right to carry firearms in public for self-defense.

Acting with uncharacteristic speed and unity, the European Union agreed this week to put Ukraine on a path toward EU membership.

The Biden administration has agreed to cancel $6 billion in student loans for about 200,000 former students who say they were defrauded by their colleges.

Scientists have discovered the world's largest bacterium.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell sought to reassure the public this week.

Parents anxious to finally vaccinate their youngest children against COVID-19, strap in: A lot is set to happen over the next week.

A majority of New Yorkers say the state is headed in the wrong direction, according to the latest Siena College survey.

The Biden administration is lifting its requirement that international travelers test negative for COVID-19 within a day before boarding a flight to the United States, ending one of the last remaining government mandates designed to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

New York businesses are getting a boost to the tune of $350 million through the state’s public worker pension plan.

Dozens of residents in a small New Mexico community impacted by massive wildfires that merged in April are suing the U.S. Forest Service over what they called a failure to provide information about the government's role in starting the blazes.