In the global power game of the U.N. General Assembly, small island states are often on the sidelines, offering moral advice to mightier nations which isn’t always heard

China’s vice president has unfurled the nation’s familiar list of global talking points at the U.N. He emphasized development, issued mild statements about the U.S. war with Iran, artificial intelligence and protectionism and made no direct mention of self-ruled Taiwan

A police detective says Tasia Fortune was apparently killed in a drug dispute before her body was hung in a tree in a “staged” lynching behind an abandoned home in the Mississippi capital this summer

Medical experts are discussing whether one dose of the HPV vaccine may be enough to protect preteens instead of the current two

Thousands are without power on the U.S. Northeast, while roads are flooding in some coastal New Jersey communities

A suicide bomber has attacked a police post in northwestern Pakistan, killing 11, authorities say

At least six states will require documentation that individuals are too sick to meet Medicaid work requirements kicking in next year

Residents on Hawaii’s Big Island are bracing for potentially life-threatening and catastrophic flooding from Hurricane Nolo

Yuki Kurihara of Japan has won a gold medal in esports at the Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan