Sundar Pichai, the current CEO of Google and a longtime executive at the company, will take over as CEO of Alphabet in addition to his current role.
They also maintain voting control over the business, all but guaranteeing their ability to influence the direction of Alphabet with or without their executive titles.
Regulators and politicians in the US and Europe have questioned the company's size, data privacy practices and potential impact on society.
Under his leadership, Google's business has continued to grow and expand more into hardware and cloud computing, though the vast majority of its revenue still comes from advertising.
A man pulled out a shotgun at a Texas church service and fired on about 240 worshippers Sunday, killing two before congregants fired back and killed him.
A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit that former Trump national security official Charles Kupperman had filed challenging a House sub
Police later said the woman was traveling with a man who had a history of abusing her, and he had threatened her with a firearm.
Eliza Johnson, frail from tuberculosis, kept watch over her husband during his impeachment while sitting in a room across from his White House office.
The officer drove her police cruiser on the sidewalk to get a better view of students boarding the bus when she struck the girl.