U.S. & World

A rare copy of the U.S. Constitution that was signed and sent to states to ratify is up for auction later this month in North Carolina.

Sergio Mendes, the Grammy-winning Brazilian musician whose hit “Mas Que Nada” made him a global legend, has died at 83 years old after months battling the effects of long COVID.

Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were set to return to Earth aboard the Starliner in June. The capsule will leave the International Space Station without them Friday night.

It’s time to schedule your vaccines for fall. Here are the shots a physician recommends and when you should get them.

A judge has agreed to postpone Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case until after the November election.

Nationwide, active listings in August were up 36% compared with the same month last year, according to a new report from Realtor.com.

The city of Paris wants to pay tribute to the late Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei by naming a sports venue in her honor.

Cameron Rogers went on an “apology tour” after she had her first child. 

Donald Trump’s lawyers are fighting to overturn a verdict finding him liable for sexual abuse and slander. A U.S. appeals court in New York is scheduled to hear arguments Friday in Trump’s appeal of a jury’s finding that he sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll. She says the Republican attacked her in a department store dressing room in 1996...

Hiring by U.S. airlines is cooling after the industry added tens of thousands of jobs to build up for the post-Covid travel surge.

A former Mafia hitman was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday in the 2018 fatal prison bludgeoning of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger.

The 14-year-old suspect in the shooting at a Georgia high school that killed four people and his father will both stay in custody following back-to-back court hearings Friday morning where their lawyers declined to seek bail.

The new letter serves as a political show of force for Kamala Harris in a very tight race, with the first presidential debate less than a week away.