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Stone, a Grammy-nominated R&B singer who rose to fame in the late 1970s, was known for hits like "No More Rain" and "Wish I Didn't Miss You. She was killed in a road collision in Alabama on Saturday.

The Academy Awards are underway. Zoe Saldaña won best supporting actress and Kieran Culkin won best supporting actor. Flow and No Other Land won best animated feature film and best documentary.

The 2025 Oscars start at 7 p.m. EST, 4 p.m. PST Sunday on ABC and Hulu. Conan O'Brien is hosting the show.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged more military aid, as well as the possibility of weapons and boots on the ground, to secure peace in Ukraine.

Britain, France and Ukraine have agreed to work on a ceasefire plan to present to the U.S., British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Sunday as he prepared to host a summit of European leaders.

Delivered the day before he was acquitted in his first impeachment case, and as COVID began to spread, President Trump's 2020 address was part reality TV, part gameshow and part WWE smackdown.

A commercial spacecraft carrying NASA experiments successfully touched down on the moon's surface early Sunday morning, ushering in a new phase of private space exploration.

Israel says it is stopping the delivery of aid to Gaza until Hamas accepts a U.S. proposal for an extension of the ceasefire deal.

A U.S. District judge sided with Hampton Dellinger, who leads the Office of Special Counsel, in a legal battle over the president's authority to oust the head of the independent agency.

The lawsuit says there is no legitimate reason to send migrants to Guantánamo because the U.S. has ample detention facility.