DALLAS – A 92-year-old Dallas woman has adopted her 76-year-old cousin to formalize the loving relationship that the two women have had for decades. Family court Judge Kim Cooks this week approved Muriel Clayton’s adoption of Mary Smith. Clayton had raised Smith since childhood, following the death of Smith’s father …

MEXICO CITY – Mexican authorities say federal police have destroyed a marijuana plantation containing more than 72 metric tons of plants. The National Security Commission says in a statement that the plantation covered a little over 3 acres (about 13,500 square meters). It was located in the town of Ixtlan …

At least 20 Afghan police officers were killed after militants ambushed checkpoints in the country’s volatile southern Helmand province, an official said Saturday. Mohammad Ismail Hotak, the head of the province’s joint coordination of police and military operations, said the ambushes late Friday night hit checkpoints in the Musa Qala …

Editor’s note: The following column is excerpted from Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson’s new book, “Getting Real” (Viking, June 16, 2015). I like to joke that when I joined Fox News I hit the “bimbo trifecta”: Former Miss America. Blonde. Fox News host. I say that with tongue in cheek, …

Over the past few years, there has been much discussion about the problem of rape on college campuses. Media outlets have covered the crisis, Rolling Stone magazine published a piece meant to expose the problem (but instead exposed their inadequacies and bias) and the White House created a Task Force …

On the morning a friend had a speech due to President George W. Bush, his first daughter was born. My former colleague said he was trying to figure out a way to get the edits the president wanted back by the deadline when the phone rang – it was President …

In an eerie replay of a scandal that enveloped the United Nations Development Program, an internal audit by the U.N.’s World Food Program shows significant “lapses,” “anomalies,” and unexplained variations last year in the way the relief agency reported its financial and commodity management in North Korea. The holes in …

A group of researchers working at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have confirmed the existence of the superheavy element 114, furthering research in the field of nuclear science. The team, headed by Berkeley Lab scientists Heino Nitsche — who is also a UC-Berkeley professor of chemistry — and Ken Gregorich, …

It’s hot. Really, really hot. Temperatures hit triple digits all over the country this month, which could turn out to be the hottest July ever. So . . . what’s causing the heat? June was the warmest month ever around the world, with temperatures averaging 1.22 degrees Fahrenheit above average, …

Laser guns. Self-tinting sunglasses. The incredible railgun. The military relies on science and tech innovations like these to stay ahead. And if students lose an interest in math and science, it could spell disaster for the U.S. Navy, with more than half of its science and tech professionals eligible for …