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Evacuations are under way in the Kharkiv area as fighting continues after Friday's surprise incursions.

The singer, Joost Klein, had been among the favourites to win the contest in Malmö, Sweden.

Passing the resolution is seen as symbolic, as the US is likely to use its veto in the Security Council.

An order restricting transgender athletes from using county-run parks and fields in Long Island, New York, was struck down by a judge on Friday after it was challenged by a roller derby league.

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman issued an executive order in February denying park permits to any women’s and girl’s teams, leagues or organizations that allow female transgender athletes to participate. Blakeman held a news conference in March with Caitlyn Jenner, the Olympic gold medalist for the men’s decathlon in 1976 prior to a gender...

Leading up to Tuesday's West Virginia primary, three of the Republican candidates for governor have been trying to outdo each other in proving their opposition to transgender rights.

In TV ads running in West Virginia, state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, Chris Miller and Moore Capito have been accusing each other of harboring transgender sympathies while touting their own efforts to restrict LGBTQ rights.

"Unfortunately, these are not solutions-based campaigns," the ACLU of West Virginia told CBS News in a statement. "They're built instead on...

A late night shooting inside an Ohio movie theater has left one man dead, police said.

Russian forces have begun a renewed ground assault on Ukraine’s northeast, killing and injuring several people and forcing more than 1,700 to flee from the Kharkiv region

Hundreds of students have launched protests surrounding Israel’s incursion on Gaza with impressive coordination, begging the question: How do they do it?

Flash floods from seasonal rains in Afghanistan have killed hundreds of people and injured a “substantial number,” a Taliban official said, without giving exact figures

A series of severe solar storms may lead to the northern lights being seen across the U.S. this weekend, including as far south as Alabama.

Nearly 15 years after a housing bubble triggered the worst financial disaster since the Great Depression, some observers are saying a housing bubble may happen again.

Three members of the national team suffer separate assaults, leaving police and fans baffled.

A few hours after Columbia University canceled its main commencement ceremony following weeks of pro-Palestinian student protests, Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania was in his office in Harrisburg, taking stock of the ways he sees universities letting students down.

“Our colleges, in many cases, are failing young people,” he said in an interview this week. “Failing to teach information that is necessary to form thoughtful perspectives. They are willing to let certain forms of hate pass by and condemn others more strongly.”

Mr. Shapiro — the leader...

Less than six months out from the presidential contest, leading Republicans, including several of Donald J. Trump’s potential running mates, have refused to commit to accepting the results of the election, signaling that the party may again challenge the outcome if its candidate loses.

In a series of recent interviews, Republican officials and candidates have dodged the question, responded with nonanswers or offered clear falsehoods rather than commit to a notion that was once so uncontroversial that it was rarely discussed before an election.

The...

As President Biden prepares to give graduation remarks this month at Morehouse College in Atlanta, a prestigious historically Black institution, the White House is signaling anxiety about the potential for protests over the war in Gaza.

During a recent visit to Atlanta, Vice President Kamala Harris stopped to ask the Morehouse student government president about the sentiment on campus about the conflict, how students felt about Mr. Biden’s visit and what the graduating class would like to hear from him on May 19.

Then, on Friday, the White House...