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The controversial TV host Dr. Mehmet Oz declared the GOP presidential nominee to be "very healthy" though Donald Trump said he needs to lose weight and didn't apologize for an affinity for fast food.

The first night of the Democratic National Convention was headlined by high profile members of the party from First Lady Michelle Obama, Clinton rival…

The White House nominated Abid Qureshi for a federal judgeship in Washington, D.C. If confirmed, advocates say he would be the first Muslim judge on the federal bench.

The oil giant BP has reached an $18.7 billion settlement with Gulf states and the federal government over the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico — the worst in U.S. history.

Emotions spilled over on the University of North Carolina campus Monday night as protesters took down "Silent Sam" — a large Confederate monument. Critics of the statue say it glorified slavery.

It also recommends at least one monument to be added to the Capitol grounds that highlights the contributions of the state's African-American citizens, and new signage on the existing statues.

Twin brothers killed in Europe during World War II were separated in death. One was buried above Omaha Beach and the other in an cemetery in Belgium. Their remains will soon rest together in Normandy.

The library says that as of Jan. 1, it will only acquire tweets "on a very selective basis." By 2013, the archive had already amassed more than 170 billion tweets.

Roger Wilkins worked at the Justice Department under the Kennedy administration, helped "The Washington Post" win a Pulitzer Prize and taught history and American culture at George Mason University. On Sunday, he died Sunday at the age of 85.

A police chief in Georgia has apologized for a lynching that happened more than 75 years ago. Police never investigated after a white mob snatched a black man from a jail and killed him.