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(UPI) -- Vice President Joe Biden told a Davos, Switzerland, audience Friday the democratic world order is risking collapse, citing Russia as a destructive force. In his final address before he is replaced by Vice President-elect Mike Pence, he told the World...

(UPI) -- President Barack Obama on Tuesday commuted the sentences of 209 more U.S. prisoners and pardoned 64 others outright. The additional actions bring the president's total to 1,385, which is more than the previous 12 U.S. presidents combined. More than 5...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- With just three days left in office, the Obama administration has doubled an initial $500 million commitment to a fund that helps developing nations fight climate change and adapt to its consequences. The incoming Trump administration and s...

General Motors is adding 7,000 U.S. jobs and making a $1 billion investment in its factories, according to a company statement. The Detroit automaker is also insourcing, moving its axle work from Mexico back to the U.S. and adding 450 jobs in Michigan. GM di...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights leader who says he doesn't see Donald Trump as a "legitimate president," should be grateful for all that Republican presidents have done for black people, GOP Gov. Paul LePage said Tuesday....

(UPI) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin called reports his nation had compromising intelligence on Donald Trump "total nonsense" and said Tuesday it was the Obama administration's attempt to undermine the president-elect's legitimacy. "What we see is the co...

The marching band of Talladega College, a historically black institution, will participate in President-elect Donald Trump's inaugural parade on Friday, and the decision has the backing of alumnus and Hampton University President William R. Harvey. Talladega'...

FARMINGTON -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it will not pay more than $1.2 billion in claims filed against it in response to the Gold King Mine spill. The EPA says the Federal Tort Claims Act prevents the agency from paying cla...

MIAMI (UPI) -- Police in Miami said they arrested two people for a shooting at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at a park that left eight people injured. The shooting sent six people to the hospital Monday, with one listed in critical condition. Shot...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Slants aren't exactly a household name when it comes to music, but the Asian-American rock band has certainly made its mark in the legal world. The Oregon-based group has spent years locked in a First Amendment battle with the government...