The $4.3-billion observatory will aid the search for "Earth twins" and explore the nature of dark matter and dark energy.

The four-seat gain Democrats need to win control once seemed all but out of reach. Odds are looking up, though the party still faces a tough path, with toss-up races in a half dozen (mostly red) states.

The presidential aide spent much of her early life in Southern California, where she was home-schooled and attended a mega-church on Sundays, her brother said.

As France fights wildfires this summer, it looks to California and its experience with fighting or preventing fires.

From Australia to India, other countries have also been cracking down on the use of social media by teens.

The Roman Space Telescope, equipped with JPL tech, may shed some light on the greatest mysteries of the universe.

Over the six months of war with Iran, President Trump consistently attempted to shape the conflict's narrative through shifting and often contradictory statements. His comments have swung wildly from predicting imminent peace to threatening total obliteration of the Islamic Republic.

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Assembly Bill 2760 seeks to ban the use of "shock gloves" by the Department of Homeland Security and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents.

Satellite images provide new insight into the catastrophic flooding that took place in Nepal. The images show several locations before and after the flood.