U.S. & World

A baby mammoth that lay almost perfectly preserved for 50,000 years in the now-melting permafrost of eastern Siberia has been unveiled by a team of scientists.

The jackpot has been growing for more than three months.

Defense lawyers say the former longtime CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch may have dementia, and a competency hearing is necessary to determine if he can face sex charges.

Officials have identified the person who died after a boat explosion Monday in Fort Lauderdale that also injured seriously several people.

The former president was admitted Monday to MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington after developing a fever.

Two stranded NASA astronauts have followers scratching their heads over a festive new photo that shows the space travelers getting into the holiday spirit lightyears away from Earth.

Now in its 69th year, the holiday tradition lets children watch or call in to get updates on Santa Claus as he makes his way around the globe.

Giving and asking for cash for the holidays can feel gauche. But it’s within the bounds of good manners when done correctly, etiquette pros say.

The Christmas movie “Home Alone” often prompts questions about the McCallister family’s finances. What advisors say it takes to maintain their level of wealth.

After this season’s peak shopping days, retailers expect their return rate to be 17% higher, on average, than usual.

The U.S. helped engineer Panama’s independence from Colombia to build the canal, which opened in 1914. But it ceded control to Panama in 1999.

The company grounded all flights for a little over an hour on one of the busiest travel days of the year.

Church officials painted over the angels in 1912 with thick coats of white paint, part of an austere renovation that restorationists are trying to reverse.