The woman, who was using oxygen, tried to light a cigarette and triggered the explosion, investigators say.

Five houses collapsed on the Outer Banks as Hurricane Humberto and Hurricane Imelda brought strong surf to the southeast coast.

All administrations get some leeway to choose which services to freeze and which to maintain in a shutdown, so many…

Yom Kippur is a somber holiday, so you shouldn’t tell someone “Happy Yom Kippur.”

Police say a man fled two traffic stops at a high rate of speed Tuesday night before fatally crashing his…

During a government shutdown, lawmakers will continue to be paid even if other federal employees miss out on their checks.