In a landmark decision, a Hong Kong court denied on Friday a bid for the release of the first person charged with inciting separatism and terrorism under a new national security law in the Chinese-ruled city. Police said Tong Ying-kit, 23, carried a sign reading “Liberate Hong Kong,...

Tens of thousands of displaced Californians huddled under mass evacuation orders in the midst of a heat wave and a pandemic Friday as lightning-sparked firestorms raged across tinder-dry landscapes in and around the greater San Francisco Bay area. At least six people have died in the fires,...

Joe Biden made it official Thursday night, accepting the Democratic Party's nomination for president while calling for the country and his fellow partisans to unite.  Addressing the Democratic National Convention on its final night, Biden said President Donald Trump has "cloaked...

Former President Barack Obama painted a unsparing portrait of American democracy on the brink if President Donald Trump wins in November, warning in a scathing, and at times emotional, address Wednesday that his successor is both unfit for office and apathetic to the nation's founding...