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The Trump administration has agreed to resume student loan forgiveness for an estimated 2.5 million borrowers who are enrolled in certain in certain federal repayment plans following a lawsuit from the American Federation of Teachers
An executive order from President Donald Trump led a federal agency to drop an investigation into Amazon for allegedly discriminating against female drivers by failing to provide adequate bathroom breaks, according to a new lawsuit
Citi Foundation is donating a half million dollars to each of 50 groups that provide digital literacy skills, technical training and career guidance for low-income youth around the world
Shares in Europe and Asia are mostly higher, with Japan's benchmark creeping closer to the symbolically important 50,000 level as conservative lawmaker Sanae Takaichi became the country's first female prime minister
Scientists have reported an encouraging trend in the population growth of the North Atlantic right whale
Typhoon Halong's remnants hit western Alaska with intense force and even pulled homes from their foundations
President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have signed a critical-minerals deal at the White House
American Airlines says pilots aboard one of its flights mistakenly thought someone was trying to breach the cockpit Monday
A lawsuit in Honolulu challenges the admissions policy of Kamehameha Schools, which gives preference to Native Hawaiian applicants
The mass evacuation by military aircraft of hundreds of residents from Alaska villages ravaged by the remnants of Typhoon Halong is complete
The Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke marijuana can legally own guns, the latest firearm case to come before the court since its 2022 decision expanding gun rights
President Donald Trump says the United States could purchase Argentinian beef in an attempt to bring down prices for American consumers
An Illinois sheriff's deputy goes on trial this week in the death of Sonya Massey
A U.S. man who authorities say faked his death and fled to the United Kingdom to avoid rape charges is scheduled to be sentenced in Utah on Monday
A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments over whether President Donald Trumps former lawyer, Alina Habba, has been unlawfully serving as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey since earlier this year
Police say a girl and a toddler suffered critical injuries in Bladensburg, Md.
A seventh person has died from injuries in a mass shooting earlier this month in Leland, Mississippi
President Donald Trump says he'll slash U.S. funding to Colombia because the countrys leader does nothing to stop drug production
State emergency management officials say they're facing funding challenges from the federal government that threaten the country's ability to respond to crises
It's been more than a decade since the last big ancient Egypt show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The winning numbers in Saturday evenings drawing of the Powerball game were: 03-11-27-40-58, Powerball: 10
Qatar says Afghanistan and Pakistan have agreed to an immediate ceasefire
A plan to fire live artillery shells over a major Southern California highway as part of a military showcase attended by Vice President JD Vance has drawn strong objections from Gov. Gavin Newsom
Officials say a balcony on the third floor of a building near the University of Cincinnati has collapsed, sending 10 people to the hospital
Filipinos set foot on the North American continent for the first time over four centuries ago, and Filipino Americans are still on a quest to make a cultural footprint
The winning numbers in Friday evenings drawing of the Mega Millions game were: 09-21-27-48-56, Mega Ball: 10, Megaplier:
Police say a fourth person has been arrested and charged in connection with a shooting that killed two people and injured 12 others in Alabama's capital city
The White House has joined Bluesky, the social media platform of choice of many in the left-leaning online world
President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who is serving more than seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to fraud and identity theft charges
Dogs dressed up as everything from Elvis Presley to Scooby Doos Mystery Machine went trick-or-treating in Michigan
A South Carolina inmate who killed a man, burned his eyes with cigarettes and then painted catch me if u can on the wall with the victims blood more than 20 years ago has been scheduled to be executed
An Arizona man is scheduled to be executed for the killings of four members of a Phoenix family over 30 years ago
Democrats are calling on President Donald Trump to get more involved with negotiations to end the government shutdown
Legal experts say U.S. strikes against alleged members of Latin American drug cartels are pushing the bounds of international law
Venezuelas ambassador to the U_N_ is condemning a recent U_S_ strike on a small boat in Caribbean waters that killed six people, calling it a new set of extrajudicial executions.
The Department of Homeland Security says the father of a Marine arrested by immigration authorities when visiting his pregnant daughter at Camp Pendleton has a criminal record that includes charges of domestic violence and aggravated assault with a dea...
Republican leaders in North Carolina have proposed a new U.S. House district map that could thwart reelection prospects of a Democratic incumbent in the state's only swing seat
Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares and former Democratic Del
The commander of U.S. military operations in the region where forces have been attacking alleged drug boats says he will retire in December
Investigators suspect that two Californians diagnosed with mpox may be the first U.S. cases resulting from the local spread of a different version of the virus
Ex-Trump national security adviser John Bolton has been charged with illegally storing and transmitting classified information
Republican Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has announced that he is calling lawmakers back to the Capitol to consider changes to next years election schedule, plans and code
CSXs earnings fell 22% in the third quarter as the railroad wrapped up two major construction projects that were limiting traffic
An unprecedented number of states are considering redrawing their congressional district lines mid-decade
New York City schools have sued federal education officials over the U.S. Education Department's decision to discontinue grants worth millions of dollars because of school policies supporting transgender students
A New Hampshire teenager has sued his former high school principal and others, claiming they illegally searched his truck based on his status as a gun owner
Billionaire Gov. JB Pritzker had some extra income in 2024 from a lucky blackjack hand in a Las Vegas casino
A jury has found an Ohio woman guilty in the fatal stabbing of a 3-year-old boy as he sat in a grocery cart outside a supermarket in suburban Cleveland
Former WWE CEO Vince McMahon has been allowed to enter a pretrial program to resolve a reckless driving charge stemming from an accident this summer in Connecticut
Officials say one of the most significant airlifts in Alaskan history is underway following a devastating typhoon