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Britain has put its plan to transfer the Chagos Islands to Mauritius on hold after the U.S. administration withdrew support for the deal

Gas prices are still rising due to the Iran war but drivers are saving by fueling up at tribally owned gas stations

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A U.S. delegation led by Vice President JD Vance has arrived in Pakistan for high-level talks with Iranian representatives

A U.S. delegation led by Vice President JD Vance arrived in Pakistan for talks with Iranian officials aimed at shoring up a shaky ceasefire and paving the way for a permanent end to the fighting

Prominent supporters of California Rep. Eric Swalwell's bid for governor are withdrawing their support in a stunning political reversal

The gap between rich and poor nations is growing even wider as actions agreed to by many countries last year, including overhauling the major global financial institutions, remain unfulfilled promises

California Rep. Eric Swalwell is denying allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman twice, including once when she worked for him

Former New York City Mayor Eric Adams has become a citizen of Albania

As climate change outpaces the ability of ecosystems to adapt, scientists are turning to conservation genomics to guide restoration

In his first 100 days in office, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has governed with a star power unusual in politics

The attorney for a man shot by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during an arrest in central California says his client is recovering after three surgeries for multiple gunshot wounds and that he denies being a gang member

A New York City man has been charged in the deaths of four people, including a toddler, who died after a fire broke out in a residential building last month

Inflation probably rose to 3.4% in March compared with a year ago, economists estimate, which would be a sharp increase from Februarys 2.4% increase

Venezuelan lawmakers have approved a bill to regulate mining as the country seeks to attract leery foreign investors to a once-private industry that has long been exploited by criminal groups with ties to the government

Prediction markets let people wager on anything from a basketball game to the outcome of a presidential election and recently, even the fate of the U.S. and Israels war against Iran

A man shot and killed a central California sheriffs deputy while authorities were serving an eviction notice

California officials say they uncovered a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud the state for hospice services paid for with a government insurance program

A New Orleans man exonerated after serving nearly 30 years in prison has a new fight on his hands

A federal judge in Phoenix has rejected a plea agreement that would have allowed a man who acknowledged beating a Navajo elder and leaving her for dead to avoid more prison time

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has signed a bill into law that legalizes online sports betting, making it the 33rd state to allow the practice

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

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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