German police have completed a security sweep at the Oktoberfest fairgrounds and reopened the famed beer festival after an hourslong closure. It followed a bomb threat by a suspect linked ...

Nine children in Medway have been without education since two secondary schools for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities closed in July, BBC South East has found. Since Cornfield and ...

A shutdown of the federal government officially began this morning after Congress failed to pass a funding bill due to tension over healthcare subsidies provided by the Affordable Care Act. Functional ...

Voting has now started in the Senate on the second last-ditch funding bill of the night, this time the Republicans' proposal to fund the government past midnight and avert a shutdown. You can watch ...