Sandhya Somashekhar

Maria is the strongest hurricane to hit Puerto Rico since 1932.

Puerto Rico gets its first full look at staggering damage left by the strongest storm to hit the island in more than 80 years.

Entire neighborhoods are blanketed in murky water, the waves in some cases reaching near the first-floor windows. Tops of buildings were sliced open, their top-floor rooms visible like dollhouses.

Marilou Danley is considered a critical witness in trying to decipher Stephen Paddock’s motive.

Gun control group says the companies that make and sell “bump stocks” were negligent in making the devices widely available.

Despite requests, two-thirds of U.S. counties still haven’t set up a system for wireless alerts.

A hearing in federal court in Washington on Wednesday could determine whether a 17-year-old who crossed the border illegally can get the procedure.

Major gaps in what the bureau knows about people in the market for firearms can prove deadly.

Administration change allows businesses to claim religious, moral objections to covering birth control in company health plans.

In Asheboro, N.C., a longtime minority resident worries about a growing racial divide.