Bill Chappell

Aretha Franklin, America's Queen of Soul, is being laid to rest in Detroit on Friday, and Queen Elizabeth's Buckingham Palace paid tribute.

Each member nation would be able to decide "whether to go for permanent summer or wintertime."

"It's really important to my sanity that I can get work done on the train," a working mother told researchers, discussing her commuting routine.

Two-thirds of the district's buildings in an early test had problematic levels of lead or copper. The supplier says the water isn't the problem — it's the schools' old plumbing.

Workers in Japan who want to leave their jobs — but don't want to face the stress of quitting in person — are turning to a company called Exit.

Most of the money — more than $3.6 billion — will go to soybean farmers. Last year, China bought nearly a third of all soybeans grown in the U.S.

A cache of automatic rifles that were kept at a police station were found to have been replaced by replicas made of plastic and wood.

On the Big Island, Mountain View recorded 51.53 inches of rain from Wednesday to Sunday — the third-highest total ever measured from a U.S. storm.

Afghan officials declared success after American forces targeted Abu Sayeed Orakzai. The U.S. military says the strike took place near the border with Pakistan.

The procession through Washington, D.C., requested by President Trump and set for November, has been delayed. Reports estimated its cost at $92 million, although the defense secretary scoffs at that.

The operators told the FCC they didn't recognize its right to regulate them. They were hit with a $15,000 penalty "for willful and repeated violation" of laws. Now the FCC has brought in the DOJ.

A section of the Ponte Morandi Bridge in Genoa collapsed on Tuesday, sending cars and trucks that had been driving on the A10 motorway crashing down below.

A man was arrested on "suspicion of terrorist offenses," police say, after his vehicle crossed through a pedestrian area Tuesday morning.

Chief Justice Margaret Workman and Justices Allen Loughry and Elizabeth Walker face impeachment trials in the state Senate. The fourth justice, Robin Davis, announced her retirement Tuesday.

Afghanistan's military was launching a counteroffensive aimed at flushing militants out of the strategically vital city of Ghazni, which was attacked on Friday.

"For peace and prosperity of the world as well as those of the Korean peninsula," read a short statement issued by South Korea's Blue House on Monday

Witnesses told a local news site that the collapse occurred shortly after the concert headliner tried to pump up the crowd by telling people to jump.

In recent weeks, dozens of military recruits had their enlistment contracts canceled. They had joined the military as part of a program to recruit foreign nationals with critically needed skills.

Tribune CEO Peter Kern said Thursday that the deal unraveled because Sinclair chose to follow a strategy that was only in its own self-interest.

The articles of impeachment recommend the entire bench, including its chief justice, be impeached "for maladministration, corruption, incompetency, neglect of duty, and certain high crimes."