New York City's chief medical examiner determined on Friday that suicide by hanging was the cause of death for financier Jeffrey Epstein, whose body was found six days ago in a Manhattan jail cell while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

A man blamed by New York City police for leaving two kitchen appliances resembling pressure cookers in a subway station, causing chaos for commuters during Friday morning's rush hour, has been apprehended, authorities said on Saturday.

President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, said on Friday that he was "happy" to testify before the Democratic-led U.S. House Judiciary Committee as part of a congressional investigation of the Trump presidency.

Iowa's Republican Senator Chuck Grassley said the Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency has "screwed" the U.S. ethanol industry and farmers by granting waivers to 31 small petroleum refineries, effectively exempting them from an obligation to use more ethanol in their products.

Amazon.com Inc on Friday defeated an appeal by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service in what the online retailer has called a $1.5 billion dispute over its tax treatment of transactions with a Luxembourg subsidiary.

A federal judge in California on Friday urged the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Volkswagen AG to resolve a civil suit stemming from its Dieselgate emissions scandal.

Two women who said they were recruited 15 years ago to provide massages to Jeffrey Epstein, only to be later sexually molested by him at his Manhattan mansion, have filed a $100 million lawsuit against the financier's estate.

Thousands of travelers at U.S. airports faced delays on Friday because of an nationwide outage of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) processing systems that lasted several hours.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said its computers were coming back online and travelers were being processed after a nationwide computer outage earlier on Friday at U.S. airports.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on Friday said Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama will anchor the U.S. space agency's program to build a spacecraft to put astronauts back on the moon by 2024, a boon for the state and a disappointment for Texas.

Police are mounting a major operation to keep the marchers apart from left-wing counter protesters.

A judge in Gibraltar had ordered the release of the detained tanker a day before the warrant was issued.

The 1969 cult classic, which Fonda also co-wrote and produced, earned him an Oscar nomination.

Antonio Basco asked members of the community to attend after his wife was killed in El Paso, Texas.

Richard Williams won two Oscars and a Bafta for his work as animation director on the 1988 hit film.

A Nasa facility in Alabama will play a key role in sending astronauts to the Moon's surface in 2024.

Donald Trump isn't the first US leader to seek expansion using taxpayer dollars. But did those deals work out?

The financier awaiting trial for sex trafficking killed himself in jail, says post-mortem in New York.

Rashida Tlaib said permission to see family in the West Bank was subject to "oppressive conditions".

The gunman's obituary made no mention of the shooting that killed nine in Dayton, Ohio.

Behind Mr. Miller’s singular grip on the Trump anti-immigrant agenda are forces far bigger than his own hostility toward the foreign-born.

Newly unearthed documents reveal how an environmental-minded socialite became an ardent nativist whose money helped sow the seeds of the Trump anti-immigration agenda.

Critics say a government registration campaign in the northeast state of Assam is driven by an increasingly intense Hindu nationalist agenda.

The notorious jail in Manhattan was a sharp departure from his formerly gilded life. Here’s what happened inside.

The New York City chief medical examiner’s determination refutes conspiracy theories that he may have been murdered.

The freeze-up in business confidence, caused in part by the trade war, could wind up affecting consumer confidence.

John Hickenlooper said he would give “serious thought” to a Senate run, Beto O’Rourke reset the focus of his campaign and Stacey Abrams laid out her 2020 plans.

A look at the waves of Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way, the fate of bohemian consumerism and the doctor behind The New York Times Magazine’s “Diagnosis” column.

The “Game of Thrones” actor reads an essay about a life-altering car accident.

The two social networks appear to have amplified one another’s worst tendencies in the country, spreading conspiracies at a pivotal moment.

Actress Heather Locklear will have to successfully complete a residential treatment program to stay out of jail after she plead no contest to eight misdemeanor counts stemming from two confrontations she had at her home

Pot-related poisoning calls involving kids and teens more than doubled in Massachusetts after the state legalized medical marijuana, a new study reports.

Having a cheeseburger with that CBD-infused product? A new study suggests that fatty foods might boost the body's absorption of cannabidiol.

On Aug. 17, 1999, an earthquake in a densely populated region of northwestern Turkey killed at least 17,000 people and injured about 40,000.

Actor/singer Donnie Wahlberg turns 50 and actor Taissa Farmiga turns 25, among the famous birthdays for Aug. 17.

"Easy Rider" and "Ulee's Gold" icon Peter Fonda died of lung cancer at his home in Los Angeles on Friday, his family said. He was 79.

Older Chinese-Americans have a high expectation of respect from their children. But when the children don't meet this standard of respect, their elderly parents face a higher risk of death

Human-caused climate change has triggered wind shifts in Antarctica, according to a new study, driving accelerated melting across the continent's west coast.

An Australian man who heard a growing noise outside his front door late at night opened the door to reveal an unusual visitor -- a wandering koala.

A utility crew investigating a power outage in Kentucky discovered the cause -- a large snake curled up in a transformer.

HAUGESUND, Norway —  Hans Petter Moland’s sweeping literary adaptation “Out Stealing Horses” put in a dominant showing at Norway’s Amanda Awards on Saturday night, placing first with a collected five awards, including best Norwegian film. Celebrating its 35th edition this year, the Norwegian industry’s top film prize helped kick off the Haugesund Film Festiv […]

Geroge R.R. Martin is sticking to his original plan when it comes to the future of “Game of Thrones.” In an interview with The Observer, Martin claimed that HBO’s controversial ending for the series would have no affect on the endings of the last two novels. “No, it doesn’t. It doesn’t change anything at all,” […]

Bruno Heller may have served as an executive producer on the Batman-inspired series “Gotham” for the past five years, but it’s actually real-life people (not superheroes) that intrigue the producer the most. It’s for that exact reason that Heller’s newest series finds him exploring the origin stories of Batman’s butler Alfred in the Epix drama […] […]

CBS has canceled “Instinct” after two seasons. Series creator Michael Rauch announced the cancellation Friday on Twitter, writing, “I’m very sad to relay the news that @instinctcbs won’t be renewed for a 3rd season. We will double up this Sunday and our season/series finale will be Aug 25.” Rauch also thanked series stars Alan Cumming […]

Renowned animator Richard Williams, best known for his work on “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” died Friday at his home in Bristol, England, Variety has confirmed. He was 86. Williams was a distinguished animator, director, producer, author and teacher whose work has garnered three Oscars and three BAFTA Awards. In addition to his groundbreaking work as […] […]

Now that “Game of Thrones” has finally reached its conclusion, releasing its gifted international ensemble into the casting wilds, will Hollywood remember just what it has in Carice van Houten? It’s not that the statuesque Dutch thesp hasn’t been consistently employed since her startling 2006 breakout in Paul Verhoeven’s “Black Book,” or even that she’s […] […]

Universal’s “Good Boys” is surpassing expectations as it heads toward an estimated $20.8 million opening weekend at the domestic box office following $8.3 million in Friday ticket sales. That’s well above earlier estimates which placed the film in the $12 million to $15 million range, marking the first R-rated comedy to open at No. 1 […]

Cars were left abandoned along the New York Interstate. Electrical and speaker systems fuzzed and popped. Amps blew then went silent. The rain was endless as the mud sank deep and rank. Young children ran naked and dazed through crowds of strangers. Food was scarce. Water, unclean. Looking back, Woodstock seems a more apocalyptic, than […]

When Amazon announced its first-ever Maisel Day, I was intrigued. For one day, Aug. 15, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” fans and Angelenos (fangelenos?) could hit up various restaurants, theaters and retailers throughout Los Angeles for special deals, all at 1959 prices. Among the gems: $2.50 makeovers, $0.99 pastrami sandwiches and $0.30 for a gallon of […] […]

The 72nd Locarno Film Festival drew to a close Saturday with Portuguese auteur Pedro Costa’s dark and detached film “Vitalina Varela” coming away with several awards together with superlatives from segments of the hardcore cinephile crowd, including jury president Catherine Breillat. In announcing the Golden Leopard prize for the film, as well as best actres […]

A torrential downpour inundated Istanbul, Turkey, and other northwestern cities of the country on Saturday, resulting in the death of at least one person.

Without much of a change in the pattern, thunderstorms will be around in Pennsylvania for the next several days.

"We know we were way too close, and that we are lucky we didn't get hurt," one of the kayakers said afterward. But they did catch a must-see moment on camera.

Spotty thunderstorms will continue to erupt and unload torrential rain on parts of the northeastern United States as heat and humidity build in the coming days.

While tropical storm formation is not anticipated right away, one area may become a breeding ground for tropical activity sometime next week.

Records are falling -- not the good ones -- and the Corn Belt is facing an unsettling new normal in 2019.

From a dazzling meteor shower to record hail, the skies had it this week. And on the other side of the world, a rare snowfall led to a video that's "not something you see every day in Australia."

After record-breaking hailstones fell from the Colorado sky earlier this week, "a snowstorm of ice" left staggering amounts of hail accumulations and damage to some crops.

Two significant weather drivers will continue to play key roles in fueling record-challenging temperatures in the southwestern United States next week.

Thunderstorms will pack a punch at the local level over the eastern Great Lakes, central Appalachians, upper Ohio Valley and the southeastern United States coast into Thursday night.