A former county sheriff has been selected to lead the Los Angeles Police Department, taking charge of the nation's third-largest police force.

The U.S. ambassador to Russia, John Sullivan, ended his tenure as America’s top diplomat in Moscow on Sunday after nearly three years, spanning the Trump and Biden administrations, and will retire from a lengthy career in government service.

The Biden administration and NATO have told Russia there will be no U.S. or allied concessions on Moscow's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine.

Some 75 pets died overnight in a fire at a Georgetown, Texas boarding facility, authorities said.

A Moscow court has rejected an imprisoned American’s appeal against his nine-year sentence for assaulting police officers.

Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin of Russia spent more than three hours discussing issues Wednesday at their summit in Geneva.

The U.S. ambassador to Russia says he will head home for consultations this week to discuss U.S.-Russian relations with colleagues in the Biden administration and to visit his family.