The federal government says it’s freezing more than $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts to Harvard University after the institution said it would defy the Trump administration’s demand ...

A Peruvian court has sentenced former President Ollanta Humala and his wife, Nadine Heredia, to 15 years in prison for laundering funds received from Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht to finance ...

READING BETWEEN THE LINES: Carpiano said Kennedy helped the anti-vaccine movement pivot to the idea that it is about personal rights, personal freedoms and medical freedom. While there is a ...

France says it is expelling 12 Algerian diplomatic officials, a day after Algeria announced the expulsion of the same number of French officials in escalating tensions between the two countries ...

A federal judge has dismissed a contempt case against an ICE agent whose arrest of man during his trial sparked criticism among the law enforcement community in Boston ...

Starbucks is imposing new limits on what its baristas can wear under their green aprons.

Officials in Arkansas and Indiana are moving to ban soft drinks and candy from the program that helps low-income people pay for groceries ...

A Russian court has convicted four journalists of extremism for working for an anti-corruption group founded by the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny and sentenced them to 5 1/2 years in prison ea ...

On one side is Harvard, the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university, with a brand so powerful that its name is synonymous with prestige ...

Sarah Palin's defamation claims against The New York Times are being heard by a Manhattan jury after they were revived by an appeals court ...

A federal judge has put a temporary hold on deportations of immigrants in Colorado who face possible removal under President Donald Trump's invocation of an 18th century law known as the Alien Enemies ...

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