As floodwaters rose in Texas, camp counselors hoisted children onto rafters, carried them to dry ground and sang with them to keep them calm.

A Utah judge has set an execution date for a man with dementia who has been on death row for 37 years.

A surprise move by the IRS that would allow pastors to back political candidates from the pulpit without losing their organization’s tax-exempt status is drawing praise from conservatives and even some progressive religious groups but concern from other leaders of faith, along with tax and legal experts.

The Supreme Court has refused to allow Florida to enforce an immigration law making it a crime for people who are living in the U.S. illegally to enter the state.

Dartmouth College and the University of Notre Dame say they're ending their participation in a Chinese scholarship program.

X CEO Linda Yaccarino said she’s stepping down after two years running Elon Musk’s social media platform.

Measles cases in the U.S. are at their highest in more than three decades.

Three members of a violent cultlike group will be tried together on charges of trespassing and illegal gun and drug possession in rural western Maryland.

President Donald Trump's administration has sued the California Department of Education for allowing transgender girls to compete on girls sports teams.

The psychological toll of recovering the bodies of flood victims in Texas is drawing increased attention as the death toll rises.

Most U.S. adults who've experienced major flooding in the past five years think climate change was at least a partial cause.

Crews are working to clear twisted metal, broken trees and muddy debris from streets and homes a day after monsoon rains triggered a deadly flash flood in southern New Mexico.

Officials in Texas are facing mounting questions about whether they did enough to get people out of harm’s way before a flash flood swept down the Guadalupe River and killed more than 100 people, including at least 27 children and counselors at an all-girls Christian camp.

The Guadalupe River has a history of terrible, fatal floods.

At least three people are missing in a mountain village that is a popular summer retreat in southern New Mexico after monsoon rains triggered flash flooding so intense an entire house was swept downstream.

A Colorado funeral home owner accused of storing nearly 190 decomposing bodies and defrauding the government is expected to plead guilty.

The U.S. Army’s history is closely tied to its mounted cavalry, those soldiers who rode into battle on horseback.

President Donald Trump has shared his unique takes on past presidents and their portraits while discussing his White House redecorating efforts.

President Donald Trump says he’s “not happy” with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.

President Donald Trump has avoided talk of scrapping the federal disaster response agency after the catastrophic flash flood in Texas that killed more than 100 people, including children at an all-girls camp.

A Minnesota state senator who was shot nine times during an attack in June has been moved to a rehabilitation facility.

The State Department is warning U.S. diplomats of attempts to impersonate Secretary of State Marco Rubio and possibly other officials using AI-driven technology.

A federal judge ruled Monday dismissed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for rescinding nearly $800 million dollars in grants for programs supporting violence reduction and crime victims.

Intense rainstorms are becoming more frequent in most of the U.S. — though experts say where they occur and whether they cause catastrophic flooding is largely a matter of chance.