New York State is giving $2 million to a fund for the victims of last week's Bronx fire that killed 17 people, New York Lt. Governor Brian Benjamin announced Sunday.

When the 19-story Twin Parks North West building in the Bronx turned into a deathtrap one week ago, nearly all of the 17 people who perished -- including eight children -- were immigrants from Gambia and other West African...

A Tennessee woman who was wrongfully convicted of murdering her great-niece and spent 27 years in prison, was exonerated this week.

Biden said the mandates have already had their desired effect on reducing the number of unvaccinated adults.

Rochelle Walensky called it “really encouraging” that most COVID-19 deaths among the vaccinated are of people with “at least four comorbidities.”

The federal agency's new guidance reflects warnings from other public health experts throughout the omicron surge.

The chief prosecutor for the city of Baltimore has been indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of perjury and two counts of making false statements on loan applications for the purchase of two vacation homes in Florida,...

Federal prosecutors charged three alleged gang members and one alleged gang associate Thursday in the fatal shooting of off-duty Los Angeles Police Department officer Fernando Arroyos during an attempted robbery.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has denied parole for Sirhan Sirhan, the man convicted of assassinating Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, a news release from the governor's office said.

The reptiles have been linked to a recent salmonella outbreak.

"It's impacting every patient population that we take care of," a hospital director said of shortages that have left some blood centers with less than a day's supply.

“That’ll get that circulation going right," said broadcaster Bart Scott, a former NFL player.

All 17 victims from a fire in a Bronx apartment building on Sunday died of smoke inhalation, according to the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME).

It's a "near certainty" that a Philadelphia duplex fire that claimed 12 lives was started by a lighter igniting a Christmas tree on the second floor of the building, city Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel said Tuesday.

Cancer mortality rates have been dropping for nearly two decades, aided by "major progress" in the early detection and treatment options for lung cancer, according to the American Cancer Society's annual report on cancer...

The Fox News host invoked a hypothetical Black man to stir up racist anger over coronavirus therapeutics, alleging "whites don't qualify" for the drugs.

COVID-19 infections have risen dramatically among incarcerated people in California, from 52 reported cases in early December to over 2,000 this month.

Dr. Anthony Fauci had a few choice words for Sen. Roger Marshall.

Don Maynard, a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, known for helping the New York Jets win Super Bowl III, has died, according to a statement released by the Hall of Fame. He was 86. The cause of death was not disclosed.

A malfunctioning electric space heater in a bedroom was the source of an apartment building fire Sunday in the Bronx that killed 17 people, including 8 children, making it one of the worst fires in the city's history, New...

A photographer who once helped project Rilu's image onto the Empire State Building reminded people to get vaccinated: "It’s more than just human lives that are at stake."

DaVante Williams was just focused on getting his teenage passenger home safely to her parents during the more than five hours they were stuck on Interstate 95 in Virginia along with countless other vehicles.

The New York attorney general's office is investigating an incident in which a man died weeks after catching fire when police tased him while he was covered in hand sanitizer, new videos released on Friday by the attorney...

The findings stress the importance of vaccination and other prevention strategies like masking.

The baseless theory took off after a discussion on Joe Rogan's podcast.