Could Trump Actually Invade Canada? The United States could invade and occupy Canada easily enough, but it would have little to gain by doing so. President-elect Donald Trump has essentially ...

Rats are consuming drugs that were seized and stored by Houston police and hundreds of cases could be vulnerable to the rodent infestation, officials said. It's an issue that has prompted the ...

Hoping for a January thaw? Dream on. Wasn't this supposed to be a milder-than-average winter for the East and the South? Toasty isn't exactly how you will describe the bone-numbing coming days.

Archaeologists in Yangquan, China discovered a tomb which dates back 700 years to when the descendants of Genghis Khan ruled over China. While no skeletons were found within the tomb, researchers ...

Rats are consuming drugs that were seized and stored by Houston police and hundreds of cases could be vulnerable to the rodent infestation, officials said. It's an issue that has prompted the ...

The governor of Puerto Rico pleaded for President-elect Trump to intervene after Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro threatened to invade the U.S. island territory. In a letter addressed to Trump ...

One of the most notable and widespread Arctic outbreaks that we have seen across North America since 2014 is on the way. An Arctic air mass from Siberia will plunge south across the Prairies and ...

Now, satellite photos have revealed the construction of a new fleet of D-Day-style landing barges needed to surge troops and tanks over a beach. Naval analyst H I Sutton has published a report in ...

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It depends on how much each has to gain and lose, says our correspondent David Blevins. Elon Musk has been appointed head of a government department that to some extent has a say on his own ...

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden argued in a farewell foreign policy address that he made the country stronger and more secure by revitalizing America’s global relationships in the face of ...

Thanks to correspondents Mark Stone and David Blevins in Washington for answering so many questions - and sorry if we didn't get to yours. We'll have full coverage of the inauguration live ...