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In an effort to address its shrinking population and aging work force, over 15 years, China will raise the retirement age for men to 63, and for women to 55 or 58 years depending on their jobs.

Four weeks of chanting and shouting on the streets were not expressions of anger about politics — but the sound of joy and excitement about the European Championship soccer tournament.

Many of Helene’s effects are individual and heartbreaking, such as the deaths of children, grandparents and others. But the storm's impact is also so outsized that it’s clearly visible from space.

With the election over, attention in Washington has turned to the nation's debt and deficit challenges — most immediately $600 billion worth of expiring tax breaks and automatic spending cuts. Both the president and congressional leaders are signaling a willingness to work together to avoid a fiscal disaster.

Aftershocks are rattling survivors' nerves and making the recovery even more challenging. In one district, 400,000 people were affected by the quake and more than 4,000 homes are now unsafe.

Dr. Kent Brantly and missionary Nancy Writebol have gone through "a rigorous course of treatment and thorough testing," Emory University Hospital's Dr. Bruce Ribner says.

The gap in earnings between young people who have a college degree and those who don't has continued to widen over the past several decades. And while total student loan debt in the U.S. continues to rise, millennials say a college degree is still worth it.

A U.K. judge ruled against the publisher of the Daily Mirror, finding that the paper used phone hacking to gather information unlawfully on the Duke of Sussex.

Faquetaigue Courir de Mardi Gras is all about chickens, mischief and gumbo. Photographer Bryan Tarnowski captured it all.

The death toll in a fire that engulfed an apartment block in the Spanish city of Valencia rose Friday to nine. One person remained missing, according to forensic police.