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US military strike on alleged drug boat kills 2 in eastern Pacific
The U.S. military says it launched another strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the eastern Pacific O...
Mississippi middle school students stop bus from crashing after driver blacks out
Quick-thinking middle school students in Mississippi have kept their school bus from crashing after their driv...
Mississippi will reexamine judicial redistricts after US Supreme Court rules in voting rights case
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves is announcing a special session for judicial redistricting following an upcoming...
California to weigh tighter restrictions on voter registration amid US debate on election security
A proposal that would require California to verify proof of citizenship when a person registers to vote — and...
Jury convicts New York man for 1993 killing following third trial in the case
A jury has convicted Brian Scott Lorenz in the 1993 murder of Deborah Meindl near Buffalo
Podcast helps Louisiana State Police arrest 4 suspects in decades-old murder of teenage girl
Louisiana police say a podcast helped them solve the decades-old rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl
DOJ to allow firing squads for executions in move to ramp up capital punishment
The Justice Department will adopt firing squad as a permitted method of execution as the Trump administration...
What to know about the fight over whether New York should lose $74M for not revoking immigrant CDLs
New York filed a lawsuit Friday to challenge the federal Transportation Department’s decision to withhold near...
VCU to create memorial for people, most of African descent, whose remains were dumped
A Virginia university has approved funding for a memorial for dozens of people, most of African descent, whose...
US Army major in Virginia is charged with plotting to assist separatist fighters in Cameroon
A U.S. Army major employed as a nurse on a military base near Washington, D.C., has been charged with conspiri...
Jack Thornell, AP photographer who captured assassination attempt on James Meredith, dies at 86
Jack Thornell, the Associated Press photographer whose picture from an assassination attempt on James Meredith...
Head-on bus crash near Pentagon stop injures 23, including Defense Department workers
Two buses have crashed head-on near a Pentagon bus stop, injuring 23 people, including Defense Department pers...
Appeals court says Trump's asylum ban at the border is illegal, agreeing with lower court
An appeals court has blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order suspending asylum access, a key pillar o...
Melania Trump is growing the White House honey program with a new beehive
Melania Trump is growing the White House honey program
Congress keeps holding all-nighters, creating dysfunction after dark
Late-night votes are an age-old pressure tactic for congressional leaders in both major political parties
Meet the baby koala hiding in its mom’s pouch at a Florida zoo’s new Outback habitat
The Palm Beach Zoo in Florida has two reasons to celebrate
Top Iran diplomat set to travel to Pakistan as US takes new step to ease flows of oil and gas
Iran’s top diplomat is expected to travel to Pakistan by this weekend for talks, two Pakistani officials told...
Tornado barrels through Oklahoma, damaging homes and shutting down roads
Officials say a powerful tornado that barreled through Oklahoma damaged homes and sent emergency crews door-to...