Breanna Stewart joined the New York Liberty two years ago with one goal in mind: to bring the long-suffering franchise it's first championship.

Vietnam elected Luong Cuong, a military general, as its new president on Monday, the fourth official to fill the role in 18 months.

Cities’ willingness to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on pleasure palaces for sports franchises helps prop up the value of sports franchises,” said Michael Leeds, a ...

Former U.S. national team captain Becky Sauerbrunn and Netherlands forward Vivianne Miedema are among more than 100 women's soccer players who have signed an open letter protesting FIFA's sponsorship ...

People with private health insurance would be able to pick up over-the-counter methods like condoms, the ''morning after'' pill and birth control pills for free under a new rule the White House ...

Lebanese were surveying the damage on Monday after overnight Israeli strikes hit nearly a dozen branches of a Hezbollah-run financial institution that Israel says is used to fund attacks but where ...

A Japanese police chief on Monday apologized in person to Iwao Hakamada for his decades-long suffering that started from an overbearing investigation and wrongful conviction that had kept him on death ...

Fethullah Gülen, a reclusive U.S.-based Islamic cleric who inspired a global social movement while facing accusations he masterminded a failed 2016 coup in his native Turkey, has died.

Polio cases are rising ahead of a new vaccination campaign in Pakistan, where violence targeting health workers and the police protecting them has hampered years of efforts toward making the country ...

A Texas man whose execution was halted after a last-ditch maneuver by lawmakers who believe Robert Roberson did not kill his 2-year-old daughter was expected to testify before a state House panel on ...

BOTTOM LINE: The Los Angeles Lakers host the Minnesota Timberwolves in the season opener. Los Angeles finished 47-35 overall, 27-25 in Western Conference action and 28-14 at home during the 2023-24 ...