Poet-novelist Anne Michaels has won the Giller Prize for her novel ''Held,'' a multi-generational examination of war and trauma.

Shuntaro Tanikawa, who pioneered modern Japanese poetry, poignant but conversational in its divergence from haiku and other traditions, has died. He was 92.

Paul Skenes of the Pittsburgh Pirates has been selected as the National League Rookie of the Year.

The Associated Press said Monday that it would begin offering buyouts and lay off selected employees, part of a plan to reduce the news outlet's staff by about 8% and accelerate a transition to a ...

The older sister of Daniel Penny, the former U.S. Marine charged with fatally choking a homeless man aboard a Manhattan subway, told jurors Monday that her brother was a ''calm, soft-spirited person'' ...

Damian Lillard returned to action for the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday after missing three games while in concussion protocol.

A Mississippi Gulf Coast restaurant and its co-owner it were sentenced Monday on federal charges of mislabeling inexpensive imported seafood as local premium fish.

The most obvious parallel would be the non-consecutive terms of Cleveland (our 22nd and 24th president) and Donald Trump (our 45th and soon-to-be 47th president). The less obvious parallel is the ...

The Southwestern Athletic Conference has issued one-game suspensions to a total of 16 Jackson State and Alabama State players over a postgame altercation and fined both schools.

Lies, tension and hope swirled as several defendants in the Feeding Our Future federal fraud case tried to secure a not guilty verdict by paying off a juror with a bag of cash.

Numerous children have been injured by a vehicle at a school gate in central China, state media say.

RJ Barrett scored a season-high 39 points, Jakob Poeltl had 30 points and 15 rebounds for his third straight double-double and the Toronto Raptors snapped a seven-game losing streak by beating the ...