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Brenda Fitzgerald, director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, resigned on Wednesday because of financial conflicts of interest. The chief public health official bought stocks in tobacco and health care companies after she started working at the agency.

Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen presided over her last policy meeting this week. After a two-day meeting, the Fed kept its target for a key interest rate unchanged, as analysts had expected.

It is a rare distinction bestowed on only a handful of civilians. For two days Americans will be welcome to pay their respects to the beloved Evangelical pastor. He will be buried in North Carolina.

The country has 29 medals, including 11 gold, despite less-than-gold performances from their usual powerhouses.

According to a draft report seen by several news organizations, U.N. investigators found that the sanctions-busting shipments date back a decade.

For the last six months, a red-tailed hawk has made its home in the ramparts of the Washington National Cathedral. And now, it officially has a name: Millennium Falcon.

"It is impossible to lead a happy life when long hours and overexertion become routine," President Moon Jae-in said recently. The country has one of the world's lowest birth rates.

Almost one year after President Trump took office, an international watchdog has found that Americans are much more cynical about corruption in the White House and government.

The secretary of state said Tuesday the U.S. would be willing to open negotiations without requiring North Korea to agree beforehand to give up its nuclear weapons program.

Apparently people are showing up in the ER with nerve injuries from improperly cutting the pit out of an avocado. So now there's a cute new seedless variety.