WATSONVILLE, Calif. — Officials have known for decades that the Pajaro River levee that failed this weekend — flooding an entire migrant town and trapping scores of residents — was vulnerable but never prioritized repairs in part because they believed …

Alabama is the overall top seed in the NCAA Tournament after cruising through the end of a season clouded by a murder case.

For eons, this has been a quiet, unremarkable place — thousands of square miles of flat land covered in shrubs and red dirt. The sun is withering, and the wind blows hard.

North Korea says it test-fired two cruise missiles from a submarine off its east coast, the latest in its series of weapons launches.

Federal officials are pausing a proposal to rename Georgia’s Lake Lanier and Buford Dam, both names that come from onetime Confederate soldiers.

The trial revealed how a powerful lawyer had acted with impunity for years, seemingly remaining above the law in a region his family dominated for a century.

The trend shows the limits of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s more muscular approach to controlling the long-restive region.

Donald Trump may hold a tight grasp on much of the Republican base, but there’s a notable minority of GOP voters who don’t consider themselves members of his “Make America Great Again” movement.

Israeli forces fatally shot three Palestinian militants who opened fire on troops in the occupied West Bank.

When Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina became Pope Francis, much of his home country celebrated as if it had just won a soccer World Cup championship.