In a pivotal biblical story — retold each Rosh Hashana, marking the Jewish new year — God orders Abraham to sacrifice Isaac. Abraham agrees, binds Isaac to an altar and is stopped before killing his ...

The key lesson of the work of Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt — the three winners of the Nobel Memorial Prize in ...

With a population of just over 350,000, Iceland became the smallest country to reach the World Cup when it qualified for the tournament in Russia in 2018. That was two years after the team famously ...

Today: Israel announced that all 20 surviving hostages held by Hamas were now home. Hundreds of Palestinian detainees and ...

As the partial government shutdown rolls into its third week, some Republicans are floating the idea of getting rid of the ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) reaffirms on Monday that Republicans don’t want an Obamacare deal as part of the funding package.

Run defense. The Browns are giving up an average of 102 yards on the ground in the past three games after having the league’s ...

The 26-year-old son of seven-time Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher spent Monday taking laps on Indianapolis Motor ...

U.S. stocks rallied and recovered more than half of their sell-off from Friday. The S&P 500 jumped 1.6% Monday for its best day since May. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 587 points, and the ...

Mali’s Foreign Affairs Ministry has announced it will require U.S. visa applicants to post a bond of up to $10,000 ...

Diplomats say the U.N. nuclear watchdog is pushing Ukraine and Russia to agree to local ceasefires so that external power can ...

Officials say a North Carolina government initiative is eliminating over $6.5 billion in medical debt for more than 2.5 million residents ...