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Skewed polls and anonymous betting markets are building up Republicans’ expectations. Donald Trump could use that to challenge the result.

Spending too much time in a chair can unravel your fitness goals and make you feel older. Here’s how to counteract it.

As libraries become public stages for social problems — homelessness, drug use, mental health — the people who work there are burning out.

More than half a million people were killed in 10 disasters that climate change worsened, according to a new report.

Even if you think Harris is flawed on the Middle East, don’t try to punish the Democratic Party and risk a Trump election.

The deluge flooded streets, breached rivers and destroyed crops along the Mediterranean coast. There could be more rain still to come.

As president, Donald Trump fought bitterly with Puerto Rican officials, ridiculed them and resisted sending aid to the territory after devastating hurricanes.

As the billionaire warns of population collapse and the moral obligation to have children, he’s navigating his own complicated family.

The brainy birds carry big chips on their shoulders, scientists say. And some people who become subjects of their ire may be victims of mistaken identity.

An Oscar nominee for her role in “Tootsie,” she was also a favorite guest of David Letterman and Johnny Carson and a three-time host of “Saturday Night Live.”

The trappings of Rudolph W. Giuliani’s New York life are slipping away to pay $148 million to two election workers who sued for defamation.

Some of the city’s most famous pies didn’t make the list, while some unexpected spots delivered superlative examples of the form.

Mr. Bannon, the combative right-wing strategist, said if Trump’s vote totals on Election Day look like 2020, he should once again declare himself the winner.

With business ties to foreign governments and holdings in industries overseen by federal regulators, Donald Trump would likely be the most conflicted president in U.S. history.

Eight years after Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election, foreign influence with American voters has grown more sophisticated. That could have outsize consequences in the 2024 race.

The insults hurled at Ms. Harris are a reminder of how Republican senators tried to shame me when I challenged Clarence Thomas’s fitness.

The former president seemed to delight in fueling speculation about what he is cooking up with House Republicans, prompting Democrats to worry about election fraud. Speaker Mike Johnson refused to explain.

They play an essential role in supporting life on Earth, but many species are in decline, researchers found.

The former first lady shares an emotional appeal about how reproductive rights are on the line in this election.