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Calls are increasing inside Congress for investigations into the prediction market platform Polymarket

Leaders on the board that oversees the Universities of Wisconsin say that the fired president of the system was slow to address pressing issues like artificial intelligence and feared upsetting policymakers, faculty and staff

A Buffalo-area man has given up his legal battle to reclaim his seized alligator, Albert

A U.S. Army veteran has been charged with sharing classified information about an elite commando unit with a journalist

Oil prices are rising again and world shares are mostly lower on skepticism over a fragile ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran

A Hawaii doctor who was accused of trying to kill his wife on a cliffside hike has been convicted of attempted manslaughter

The miniature art installations at whats known as Mississippis Tiniest Museum have transformed an alley into a major community hub and tourist destination

American woodcocks continue to attract onlookers in a New York City park

A former New York City police officer is set to be sentenced for tossing a picnic cooler full of drinks at a fleeing suspect, who then crashed his motorized scooter and died

The winning numbers in Wednesday evenings drawing of the Powerball game were: 03-16-17-42-52, Powerball: 3

The Democratic Partys most ambitious politicians are courting African American activists in New York this week as the partys unofficial 2028 presidential nomination contest begins to take shape

Protesters are rallying against a planned immigration detention facility in Maryland

An uncertain ceasefire between Iran and the U.S. and Israel may do little to stop cyberattacks from hackers allied with Tehran

A Wisconsin mayor who carted away a drop box intended for absentee ballots ahead of the 2024 elections won't face charges

A Wyoming judge has sentenced a man to 18 months of probation for hitting a wolf with a snowmobile and bringing the hurt animal into a bar before killing it

Jim Whittaker, who in 1963 became the first American to reach the top of Mount Everest, has died

An attorney for a man shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during an arrest in California says his client did not try to run officers over with his car and disputed claims that he has a warrant out for his arrest in El Salvador

Lunar love knows no bounds

Southwest Airlines said Wednesday it is raising its checked baggage fees by $10 less than a year after ending its famous bags fly free policy

The California Supreme Court has ordered a county sheriff who seized more than half a million 2025 election ballots to pause his probe into election fraud allegations while the judges review the legal challenge against it

In 2010, police searching for a missing woman began finding human remains in the scrub along a barrier island parkway near New Yorks Gilgo Beach

The ceasefire reached Wednesday has raised hopes of halting hostilities between Iran, Israel and the United States, but many issues remain unresolved

The Center for Small Town Jewish Life at Colby College is growing as Passover ends this year

Stock markets are surging worldwide, and oil prices are plunging back toward $90 per barrel after President Donald Trump pulled back from his threat to force a whole civilization to die in the war with Iran

One of the world's most famous highways marks its centennial this year

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is expected to meet with President Donald Trump to try to smooth over the presidents anger with the military alliance over the Iran war

Route 66 turns 100 this year, making the legendary road ripe for an American road trip

A Long Island architect accused in a string of long-unsolved slayings known as the Gilgo Beach killings is expected to plead guilty, closing a case that bedeviled investigators, agonized victims relatives and tantalized a true-crime obsessed public fo...

President Donald Trump over the course of a day went from threatening Iran with annihilation to proclaiming that the battered Islamic Republics leadership had presented a workable plan that led him to agree to a two-week ceasefire

A wrongful-death lawsuit filed against the Los Angeles Police Department for an officers fatal shooting of a 14-year-old in a clothing store is set to begin trial

The winning numbers in Tuesday evenings drawing of the Mega Millions game were: 05-15-22-33-37, Mega Ball: 2, Megaplier:

Bahrain sounds its missile alert alarm hours after U.S. and Iran said they agreed on a 2-week ceasefire in the war

In 1989, an up-and-coming rock band from Washington called Nirvana played in Chicago for the first time at a club called Dreamerz

Democratic-backed candidate Chris Taylor has won election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court

A judge has ordered a wounded North Carolina Marine veteran charged with murder to undergo psychiatric treatment

Travelers will soon face restrictions on how many portable chargers they can carry on a flight as airlines continue to try to reduce the risk of another lithium battery fire aboard their jets

Biblical stories like Jonah and the whale would be required reading for Texas public schools students under proposals that are putting the state at the center of another contentious wrangling over the role of religion in classrooms

A Cape Air flight departing from the Massachusetts island of Nantucket returned safely to the airport after part of the main cabin door opened shortly after takeoff

PETAs lawsuit over the health of French bulldogs and some other popular dog breeds has been dismissed

The baseball is a curious object

Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman could lose his job Tuesday night

The parents of a toddler have been charged with endangering the welfare of children after the child squeezed through a fence at a Pennsylvania theme park zoo and made contact with a wolf

U.S. Vice President JD Vance is in Hungary to support Prime Minister Viktor Orbn's campaign ahead of a pivotal election

A U.S. Army staff sergeant is trying to halt his Honduras-born wifes deportation after she was detained inside a military base just days after their wedding

Some Oklahoma City police officers have been placed on administrative leave after a false report was made to dispatchers on April Fools Day that someone had thrown a baby from a moving vehicle

The trial of a Hawaii anesthesiologist accused of trying to kill his wife during a cliff-side hike last year is coming to an end

The winning numbers in Monday evenings drawing of the Powerball game were: 07-24-37-42-57, Powerball: 5

Michigan wins its second national title in men's basketball and first since 1989, beating UConn 69-63

The Education Department says it has terminated agreements that previous administrations reached with five school districts and a college aimed at upholding rights and protections for transgender students

A man who was convicted and then cleared of killing of rap star Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC could be freed within days