At China's twice-a-decade national party congress, President Xi Jinping proclaimed the future bright but made a rare acknowledgement of the country's economic challenges ahead, saying "The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is no walk in the park"
After butting heads with President Trump and failing to pass a bill repealing Obamacare, Republicans in Congress are worried about the 2018 elections. They think passing a tax cut package could help, but problems loom
A judge in Hawaii has blocked the latest version of the Trump administration travel ban just hours before it was set to take effect. Hawaii's request to temporarily block the federal government from enforcing the policy was granted
Gains by health care companies led U.S. stock indexes mostly higher, pushing the market further into record territory. The Dow Jones industrial average briefly climbed above the 23,000 mark for the first time, settling just below the milestone
American author George Saunders has won the prestigious Man Booker Prize for fiction with "Lincoln in the Bardo," a polyphonic symphony of a novel about restless souls adrift in the afterlife
A key Republican senator said he's reached a deal with his Democratic counterpart on resuming federal payments to health insurers that President Donald Trump has blocked. At the White House, the president spoke favorably about the bipartisan pact
A commander with the U.S.-backed Syrian forces battling ISIS says the city of Raqqa has been liberated from ISIS militants and that combing operations are underway to clear the city of land mines and extremist sleeper cells
White nationalist Richard Spencer is scheduled to speak at the University of Florida on Thursday, and Florida Gov. Rick Scott declared a state of emergency in advance, citing the clashes that have erupted at Spencer's past events on college campuses
Talks to rewrite the North American Free Trade Agreement have stalled over tough American demands, dashing hopes that a deal can be reached this year. A fourth round of negotiations between the U.S., Mexico and Canada ended in mutual exasperation
The hashtag #MeToo went viral earlier this week, giving people a platform to speak out on sexual harassment and assault in the wake of numerous allegations made against Harvey Weinstein. But it wasn't just women who shared experiences
As crews gained on the wildfires in California wine country, new blazes broke out in other parts of the state, including a fire in the mountains above Los Angeles that threatened a historic observatory and more flames in the Santa Cruz mountains
Netflix plans to spend $8 billion on programming in 2018, marking about a third more in spending from 2017, according to a new report. The company will put the money toward a slew of new original movies, ramping up audiences worldwide
Milne's relationship with his son, the real-life Christopher, was a thorny one
