Tsuneo Watanabe, the powerful head of Japan's largest newspaper who had close ties with the country's powerful conservative leaders, has died, his company said Thursday. He was 98.

U.S. life expectancy jumped last year, and preliminary data suggests there may be another — much smaller — improvement this year.

At least 9 people killed in Israeli attacks on Yemen, Houthi-controlled satellite channel reports.

Wisconsin scores 69.9 points, 15.8 more per game than the 54.1 Albany gives up. Albany averages 7.7 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.2 more made shots on average than the 5 ...

Prairie View A&M hits the road against Minnesota looking to break its five-game road losing streak. The Golden Gophers have gone 7-0 in home games. Minnesota is 9-1 when it turns the ball over less ...

''Whole areas in the health sector would fall away if all the Syrians who work here now were to leave our country,'' Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said last week. ''For us it is important that we ...

South Korea's acting leader said Thursday he would veto a spate of contentious bills sponsored by the main opposition party, deepening political strife in the wake of parliament's impeachment of ...

Kam Jones scored 23 points and No. 9 Marquette committed just two turnovers in an 80-70 victory over Butler on Wednesday night in the Big East opener for both teams.