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Alaska radio and television were blanketed at 10 a.m. Wednesday with the nation's first test of the Emergency Action Notification system, designed to alert citizens across the country in case of a national emergency. The test was of a national public warning system that would allow the president to address the country.

Jacinda Ardern stepped down as New Zealand's prime minister earlier this year. Tuesday, she bid farewell to parliament — and politics — completely.

Hundreds of corporate employees are set to lose their jobs as McDonald's closes its U.S. offices this week. Journalist and author Adam Chandler offers his perspective on the causes of the layoffs.

Sister Megan Rice's case gained attention after supporters said the 85-year-old nuclear activist was being held in unfair conditions.

After the author came to the United States from the Dominican Republic, he says, he became obsessed with his home country. Diaz eventually adjusted and learned about the new culture by reading.

The finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee are Thursday: the day when adults feel bad because they can't spell some of the words that kids can.

Nobody wants to hear a baby cry. Researchers say the same techniques that soothe a colicky infant can help relieve the pain of vaccinations.

The war in Ukraine has forced farmers to abandon millions of acres of the nation's most fertile farmland.

Musician Jack Tatum talks about becoming a father, and the new album Hold from his band Wild Nothing.

There are concerns about food and water shortages.