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Some analysts say any involvement by President-elect Trump in a project, even if just his name, can create a conflict of interest, complicating national security, foreign policy or economic concerns.

The 2018 Paralympic mascot is the Asiatic black bear, a symbol of Korean folklore. But behind the caricature, South Korea has a troubled relationship with the bears, farming them for their bile.

For nearly a century, a subway line along Second Avenue on the east side, had eluded New Yorkers, but on New Year's Day three new stations opened to the public.

A new study suggests a handful of earthquakes in the 1920s and 1930s were associated with increasingly deep and frequent drilling for oil near Los Angeles. Since then, drilling practices have changed.

Georgia State says it has saved students $12 million in tuition because they're graduating faster, thanks to its new high-tech advising system.

Since our blog is called Goats and Soda, we believe it is our duty to bring you global goat news.

Republicans suspended committee rules this morning to advance the nominations for Health and Human Services and Treasury. Democrats staged another boycott over Trump's pick for the EPA.

Firefighters say children are among a handful of survivors located in what remains of the Hotel Rigopiano ski resort in Italy. Rescue crews have been extricating the trapped people from the ruins.

Democrats held a rally outside the Supreme Court Monday night to protest President Trump's executive order on immigration. This was after many lawmakers joined protests at major airports this weekend.

The home state of Vice President Mike Pence has asked the federal government to approve an extension of its carrot-and-stick approach to Medicaid that was made possible by the Affordable Care Act.

Venezuelans are going to Colombia to buy essentials unavailable at home like bread, sugar and medicines. But life on the border is going through its own economic downturn.

Despite progress against the disease, roughly 2 million people are infected with the virus every year.

A U.N. commission accuses Russian-backed Syrian forces and rebel factions of war crimes in Aleppo. Civilians "were increasingly left vulnerable to repeated violations by all sides," the report says.

There's hype surrounding Nintendo's first home-to-handheld hybrid console, Switch. Wall Street Journal technology reporter Nathan Olivarez-Giles says this could be a make or break moment for Nintendo.

The outline released Thursday by the White House reduces funding for public housing, Meals on Wheels, community grants and more. Trump's lead budget official says such programs aren't proven to work.

The U.S. has one kind of gap. The developing world has another, as a new report points out.

NPR's Lakshmi Singh talks to Associated Press reporter Danica Coto about how Puerto Ricans are responding to austerity measures meant to address the island's billion-dollar debt.

At a dedication for two memorials, President Trump told gathered NATO leaders that it was "not fair" to U.S. taxpayers for NATO countries to spend less than they pledged on their own national defense.

Counterterrorism police have released preliminary details about two of the three men who were killed by police Saturday. The London attack killed at least seven people and wounded dozens.

States have long argued that they are losing millions of dollars in uncollected taxes from online sales. Massachusetts is now trying a very Internet answer to this Internet problem.