UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United Nations began campaigning to end violence against women decades ago, but its effort gained little traction - until the outpouring of allegations of sexual misconduct against powerful men in Hollywood, the U.S. Congre...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A transgender candidate defeated an incumbent Virginia lawmaker who sponsored a bill that would have restricted which bathrooms she could use. Democrat Danica Roem, a former journalist, is set to make history as the first openly...

MANASSAS, Va. (AP) - The transgender woman who unseated one of Virginia's longest-serving and most socially conservative lawmakers for a spot in history is a former journalist with a reputation for producing hard-hitting but fair stories. Danica Roe...

Antioch Township Supervisor Steve Smouse, a longtime public servant and devoted family man, died Sunday, his family said. Smouse, 65, served as supervisor since 1999 and was re-elected to the post this past spring. His civic involvement extended bey...

President Donald Trump boasted Friday of his social media influence after his personal Twitter account was briefly deactivated by a departing company employee, raising serious questions about the security of tweets the president wields to set major ...

PRAGUE (AP) - Allegations of corruption and doping were on the minds of national Olympic leaders at their annual gathering on Thursday. The Association of National Olympic Committees assembly was presided over by Sheikh Ahmad of Kuwait in a rare pub...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Colombia's demobilized guerilla movement nominated Rodrigo Londono on Wednesday to run for president in the South American nation's election next year, keeping the former top commander at the helm of the rebels' nascent polit...

Five women have come forward with allegations that Mark Halperin, one of the country's most prominent political journalists, sexually harassed them during his time at ABC News, according to a CNN report. Halperin, who has been a high-profile analyst...