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Utility companies say high winds knocked out power for more than 350,000 people. A number of school districts closed. Swollen rivers blocked roads.

Less than two weeks before climate talks in Paris, the U.S., Japan and other wealthy countries have reached agreement on one carbon-cutting issue: limiting financing for coal-burning power plants.

Annual rankings by the World Economic Forum suggest that women still lag men in many measures of economic participation and political power. The U.S. has fallen in the rankings since last year.

Billions of people around the world don't use flush toilets. That's why there are so many signs that explain what to do — and what not to do.

You don't have to leave all the cooking for Thanksgiving Thursday. We offer tips for getting most of the meal ready in advance so you can sleep in a little later on the big day.

At Chicago's Green Mill, one band has owned Saturday's after-hours set for decades. Jazz Night stays up with drunks, devotees and the organ quartet of saxophonists Pat Mallinger and Cameron Pfiffner.

The company says it's losing money on the exchanges, which are an integral part of the Affordable Care Act.

For five days, protesters have been demanding justice for a black man who was shot by police in the head on Sunday. Police tried to disperse protesters on Wednesday using chemical irritants.

The website Iodine has collected data about consumers' experience with prescription drugs that show generics scored highest among people who take medicines in three popular categories.

The GOP-authored bill would temporarily halt all refugee applications from the two nations, and require top security officials to sign off on every individual refugee.