More than 35,000 union-represented Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers voted this weekend to authorize a strike following months of negotiations on contracts expiring Sept. 30. | Weekend votes added more than 35,

Israel has frequently targeted what it calls Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon despite a U.S.-brokered truce that took effect in November after more than a year of conflict.

Republican lawmakers see a president abusing his powers, and they’re eager to make it easier for him to engage in even more abuses.

Worried about whether your holiday could suffer? The Metro Travel team has rounded up all the strikes set to take place from now until the end of the month.

A 4.3 earthquake struck in the San Francisco Bay Area on Monday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 2:56 a.m. Pacific time about 1 mile southeast of Berkeley, Calif., data from the agency shows. U.S.G.S. data earlier reported that the magnitude was 4.6.