In a spectacular act of cowardice and idiocy, seven Democratic Party senators and one independent voted last night to end the shutdown on Republicans’ terms, squandering their momentum and leverage.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON — In the end, some Democrats just didn’t have the stomach for a drawn-out fight with Donald Trump. They underestimated ...

A new survey of limestone caves in western Cambodia has uncovered a range of species that are new to science, including a turquoise pit viper, a flying snake, several geckos, two micro-snails and two ...

THE WOODLANDS, Texas — A Thanksgiving outing for a family in Montgomery County nearly turned tragic after a 12-year-old girl suddenly became trapped under sand that caved in around her. Just before 5 ...

A pitch-black cave in the Balkans is home to what researchers say is a singular work of cooperation by two usually-hostile species of spider. By Adeel Hassan Even in a pitch-black cave, what appears ...

In 1948, a group of miners finds a gallery full of emeralds in a salt mine in Switzerland, but they are attacked by giant black beetles and only one of them survives. In the present days, the explorer ...

WASHINGTON — In the end, some Democrats just didn’t have the stomach for a drawn-out fight with Donald Trump. They underestimated his apathy and ruthlessness in denying health care and food aid to ...