Category: National News

CDC reports the U.S. adult smoking rate dropped to an all-time low of 9%. Advocacy group criticizes cuts to prevention efforts.

Crews recover another victim as the search continues for two missing workers after a chemical tank collapse.

Janet Guthrie became the first woman to race in the Indianapolis 500, finishing in 29th place.

Rescuers are trying to reach four climbers who fell on Alaska’s Mount McKinley, North America’s tallest peak, the National Park Service said Thursday.

A court investigation found that a federal judge had an affair with a police officer, including having sex in chambers overheard by staff, but remains on the bench with a…

Bari Weiss replaces "60 Minutes" executive producer Tanya Simon with tech journalist Nick Bilton in a sweeping move to modernize the show.

The U.S. Army launched Able, a rhesus monkey, and Baker, a squirrel monkey, aboard a Jupiter missile for a suborbital flight which both primates survived.

Two recent, major chemical emergencies on the West Coast have raised questions about facility regulation.

"He seemed genuinely excited about the future," a friend wrote after a recent visit with Marc Johnson.

A bomb set by the Sicilian mafia exploded outside the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy; 5 people were killed and 48 wounded, and dozens of centuries-old paintings were destroyed or…