The contested region is where Russia’s war in Ukraine began a decade ago. Scores of Ukrainian soldiers have died defending it. Would Ukraine give it up now?

After spending years in behind-the-scenes roles on Broadway, he enjoyed a late career transformation to become an actor in films and on television.

The crash of the tour bus, which was headed from Niagara Falls to New York City on Friday, left five dead. Their names were released by the authorities on Saturday.

Talks of a cease-fire in Ukraine have centered on the Donbas, a valued region for both sides and where most of the fighting is taking place. Michael Schwirtz, a global intelligence correspondent, and Anatoly Kurmanaev, a foreign correspondent covering Russia, break down who the Donbas is important to and why.

The guitarist and frontman chat about their fraught partnership, earliest goals and (possibly) final shows on the road.

The agency said a proposal to get rid of 350 navigational buoys from Maine to New Jersey made sense after decades of advancement in electronic navigation tools.

Calabasas residents thought it would be easy to keep wildfire ash from being trucked to their local landfill. They were wrong.

In its campaign of “uprooting the foot soldiers,” the Trump Justice Department has fired or demoted more than two dozen Jan. 6 prosecutors, even as those they sent to prison walk free.

An enormous whitetail deer had become a local legend in rural New York. Then a picture of his carcass appeared on social media.

Mario Cuomo’s failed mayoral campaign was a training ground for his son Andrew, who would mount his own bid decades later.

Washington’s increasing focus on Beijing is straining the decades-old alliance between South Korea and the United States.

Heat waves are increasingly dangerous for those without water, shade and air-conditioning.