Hamas returns bodies of 4 Israeli hostages said to include a mother and her 2 young children The Associated Press

Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services Department have begun receiving notices of dismissal in an overhaul ultimately expected to lay off up to 10,000 people. The notices…

Prosecutors say federal agents found one of the largest stockpiles of homemade explosives they’ve ever seized when they arrested a Virginia man on a firearms charge last month. Prosecutors said…

The Kumamoto prefectural government says the powerful earthquake that hit southwestern Japan earlier this week has now killed at least 23 people. The magnitude 7.1 earthquake on Tuesday set off…