The Northern Virginia Regional Commission unanimously appointed Craig T. Fifer its next executive director at a special ...

Greece on Wednesday battled to contain more than 20 wildfires including one menacing its third-largest city Patras as a ...

People with arthritic knees can ease their pain by making "subtle" changes to the way they walk, suggests new research.

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine met with local farmers in Culpeper last week to discuss a number of issues in the agriculture community.

Russia's offensive in eastern Ukraine was gaining speed and seizing more ground Wednesday ahead of a summit in Alaska between ...

One month after Congress passed a federal budget bill with a provision directing NASA to transfer a space shuttle to Texas, ...

Two-time former champion Venus Williams is set to make her 25th US Open appearance after receiving a wild card into the women ...

Stock markets rose Wednesday, with Wall Street building on the previous day's record highs after steady US inflation data ...

Nearly 20,000 residents of a community in western Canada were on standby Wednesday as a wildfire engulfed a mountain ...

Typhoon Podul pounded Taiwan on Wednesday, shutting down businesses in the south, grounding flights and knocking out power ...

Kulsum Beghum sorts waste at a landfill in Dhaka. Her blood contains 650 microplastic particles per millilitre, according to ...

A Hong Kong court on Wednesday found J-pop artist Kenshin Kamimura guilty of indecent assault after he harassed a woman ...