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The first aid convoy in weeks reached the besieged neighborhood on Monday — but had to turn back early. A U.N. official says the plight of besieged civilians is one of the worst crises he's ever seen.

The relentless bombing of a rebel-controlled area near Damascus has created a desperate situation for civilians. After two weeks under siege, people in Ghouta, Syria share what they're living through.

For months investigators have been surfacing graphic details about Swedish reporter Kim Wall's death aboard Peter Madsen's private sub. Now, the man is defending his account in a Copenhagen courtroom.

California's attorney general has charged former and current employees with illegally burying drums filled with toxic chemicals and using public money for personal items.

The virus is spread primarily by rats during dry season. The current outbreak in Nigeria has public health officials worried — and eager to find out what's behind it.

Thanks to new technology, archaeologists in the British Museum have just discovered what they say are the earliest-known body art displaying figures.

In 1886, sailors on a German barque called Paula tossed a gin bottle containing a message into waters hundreds of miles off the coast of Australia. It's been uncovered on Australia's Wedge Island.

Former Wall Street executive Gary Cohn is leaving his White House job. Cohn led the successful White House push for tax cuts last year, but he lost an internal battle over steel and aluminum tariffs.

The brains of birds and mice continue to produce new nerve cells in the hippocampus throughout life. But research now suggests the human brain stops doing this around adolescence.

When you get a tattoo, your body mounts a battle against the ink. So how do ankle flowers and bicep hearts stick around so long? Researchers took a look at specialized cells that gobble up the ink.