U.S. & World

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Tuesday that robotaxis will be on the streets of Austin, Texas by next month.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. returned to Capitol Hill to face more heated questions from lawmakers about the drastic funding cuts his department has made.

Federal health officials will no longer routinely approve annual COVID-19 shots for younger adults and children who are healthy.

Passengers on Southwest Airlines flights will soon be required to keep their portable chargers in plain sight while using them because of concerns about the growing number of lithium battery fires in a new policy that other airlines may adopt.

Climate change is expanding the range of the fungi that causes Valley fever and which is endemic to the climate of the southwestern United States.

Donald Trump Jr. accused the Dr. Jill Biden — who had a doctorate in education — of not detecting her husband’s condition sooner.

Musk, who was the biggest donor in the 2024 political cycle, said he feels like he has “done enough” with political contributions.

Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen was forced into a draw Monday by more than 143,000 people worldwide playing against him in a single, record-setting game. The online match was billed as “Magnus Carlsen vs. The World” and began April 4 on Chess.com. It was the first-ever online freestyle game to feature a world champion. The mega-match end...

The creator of the “Dilbert” comic strip said Monday that he has been diagnosed with the same aggressive prostate cancer as former President Joe Biden.

Dozens of people were detained Monday after police uncovered what officers described as an “underground casino” in the LA neighborhood of Van Nuys.

Two months after a dramatic showdown at U.S. Institute of Peace’s headquarters in Foggy Bottom, a federal judge’s decision found the DOGE takeover of the USIP to be unlawful. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

The federal government had argued the Columbia University activist was a flight risk and could be apprehended without a warrant.

The 3-year-old son of influencer Emilie Kiser died Sunday in the hospital after a May 12 incident in a backyard pool, police in Arizona said.