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Indigenous leaders say that federal contractors are desecrating sacred Native American places and cultural sites at an unprecedented pace in the rush to build more walls on the U.S.-Mexico border
The year was 1965 and Black Americans had come to Montgomery, Alabama, to demonstrate peacefully voting rights
A Michigan community college student will be the first female welder to represent the United States at a worldwide competition described as the Olympics of the skilled trades
A drone strike has targeted the Barakah nuclear power plant in the UAE, setting an electrical generator ablaze
The Trump administration has run the names of at least 67 million voters through government databases as it looks for noncitizens and people who've died
The artificial intelligence boom is leading to fights in some states over growing utility profits
Hawaii's recent catastrophic flooding has devastated local farms, leaving many farmers struggling
The winning numbers in Saturday evenings drawing of the Powerball game were: 08-37-40-44-65, Powerball: 18
A proposal to fund $1 billion in security additions for the White House campus and the presidents new ballroom fails to meet procedural rules
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The Food and Drug Administration's top drug official is leaving in the latest shake-up at the powerful health agency
The winning numbers in Friday evenings drawing of the Mega Millions game were: 17-23-25-52-61, Mega Ball: 3, Megaplier:
President Donald Trump said U.S. and Nigerian forces carried out a mission Friday night to kill a leader of the Islamic State group
Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana is fighting for his political life in Saturday's primary against a challenger who has been endorsed by President Donald Trump
With Los Angeles hosting the 2028 Olympics, the U.S. womens handball team will be able to play in the Games for the first time since 1996
The former secretary of public security for Mexicos Sinaloa state has appeared in a U.S. court days after his arrest in Arizona on charges he and other officials took bribes to help the Sinaloa Cartel smuggle vast quantities of drugs into the U.S. Ger...
The U.S. is turning its attention to Guyana's bauxite for business opportunities
A preliminary federal investigation report has found that the small plane that crashed while carrying five people to a pickleball tournament near Austin, Texas, last month broke apart midair
A great horned owl found stuck in a concrete mixer in Utah is now flying free after recovering at an animal sanctuary
President Donald Trump plans to build an exhibit of statues featuring prominent Americans along the Potomac River
The FBI is offering a $200,000 reward for information leading to the capture of a former U.S. Air Force counterintelligence specialist who defected to Iran in 2013
Republican U.S. Rep. Max Miller of Ohio has filed a defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife and her legal team
The House Ethics Committee is investigating Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards of North Carolina over allegations that he created a hostile work environment and engaged in sexual harassment
Kentuckys Republican Senate primary to replace Sen. Mitch McConnell is becoming a test of the Republican Partys transformation under President Donald Trump
The Tall Tour is a traveling meetup drawing thousands of unusually tall people to cities across the United States, offering a rare experience: blending in
A New York-area train system with 250,000 daily commuters is facing a shutdown if it cannot reach a deal with unionized workers to avert a strike
Fire officials say two people were found dead in a plane after it crashed into a house in Ohio and exploded into flames
A bungled message from a South Texas housing authority prompted mass flight
New U.S. House districts in Florida are facing their first test in court
The U.S. government has agreed to settle a lawsuit against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani
Hawaii's Democratic governor has signed a bill to curb corporate and dark money influence in politics
Texas man who experts said was intellectually disabled is executed for retired professor's killing
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas urged Americans to mark the nations 250th anniversary by defending deeply held beliefs and protecting free speech rather than relying on patriotic slogans or celebrations
A Texas man deemed intellectually disabled by experts for both prosecutors and defense attorneys is facing a scheduled evening execution for the death of a retired college professor decades ago
A police officer in the Salt Lake City area is charged with manslaughter for allegedly using unreasonable force when he shot an unarmed man
An Oklahoma man who has narrowly avoided execution three separate times could walk free from a county jail after a judge agreed to grant him bond while awaiting retrial
The Supreme Court is allowing a man to sue a major logistics company after he lost part of his leg in a semi tractor-trailer crash, a decision that could have ripple effects across the trucking industry
The leader of an Eastern European neo-Nazi group has been sentenced in New York to 15 years in prison for trying to recruit others to commit violent acts against Jews and racial minorities
The former mayor of Coldwater, Kansas, is in the custody of federal immigration authorities, a possible step toward deportation
Eleven people who survived a plane crash about 50 miles off the Florida coast were on a life raft for hours and had no idea anyone was coming to save them when rescue crews from the U.S. military arrived
Allegiant Air says it has completed its purchase of Sun Country Airlines, bringing together two low-cost carriers and creating a larger budget airline for travelers
U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed interest in making Venezuela the 51st U.S. state
British military says a ship anchored off the UAE has been seized and is heading toward Iran
An Oklahoma man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend and her 7-month-old daughter after setting their home on fire nearly 20 years ago is facing execution
Federal agents have arrested a tourist for allegedly harassing an endangered Hawaiian monk seal on Maui
A man accused of running a secret Chinese spy outpost in New York City has been convicted of acting as an illegal foreign agent and destroying text messages from a Chinese government handler
A former New York City judge who resigned last year while under investigation for professional misconduct has been charged with abusing his position to swindle real estate investors out of at least $5 million and then using some of the loot to pay his ...
An oncologist traveling on a cruise ship amid a hantavirus outbreak says he's the lone American isolated at a special biocontainment unit in Nebraska
Safety experts recommended Wednesday that airlines develop realistic training to prepare their pilots to deal with smoke filling the cockpit like what happened on a Southwest Airlines plane after a bird strike in 2023
A museum in Illinois is wondering how it got a speeding ticket for its replica of the car in the TV show Knight Rider that hasn't moved from its display in years

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