A top UN expert urged global governments Monday to ban the "degrading" practice known as conversion therapy, which aims to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity. The call came as new United Nations research said the widely discredited treatment was used in at least 100...

The attorney for George Floyd's family was set to announce findings Monday of an independent autopsy into his death a week ago after a Minneapolis officer held his knee on Floyd’s neck for several minutes. Floyd, a black man who was in handcuffs at the time, died after the white officer...

President Donald Trump Monday derided the nation’s governors as "weak" and demanded tougher crackdowns on protesters in the aftermath of another night of violent protests in dozens of American cities. Trump spoke to governors on a video teleconference with law enforcement and national...

DR Congo reported a fresh Ebola outbreak in its northwest on Monday, the latest health emergency for a country already fighting an epidemic of the deadly fever in the east as well as a surging number of coronavirus infections. The 11th Ebola outbreak in the vast central African country's...