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New York City paid more than $117 million last year to settle police misconduct lawsuits in cases ranging from the violent arrests of protesters in 2020 to bad police work that led to wrongful convictions in the 1980s

President Donald Trump has recognized three U.S. Army soldiers with the Medal of Honor at the White House

Some of the United States most important historical documents are beginning a first-of-its kind journey as part of the countrys 250th anniversary commemoration

Police say a shooting at a crowded Cincinnati nightclub and concert venue has wounded nine people

The U.S. Congress is about to launch a war powers debate over President Donald Trumps authority to bomb Iran under largely unusual circumstances the country is, essentially, already at war

The U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran have sent a chill through world markets, with U.S. futures falling more than 1%

Authorities say a gunman wearing clothes with an Iranian flag design and the words Property of Allah killed two people and wounded 14 at a Texas bar

The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. is returning to South Carolina for a final public farewell

Iranian missiles and drones have hit the United Arab Emirates, shaking Dubais image as a safe, tax-free haven for foreigners

It might still be winter in Minnesota, but spring is in the air for people lined up at the Dairy Queen in Moorhead, Minnesota, for its annual opening

Countries that are part of the OPEC+ oil cartel have announced they will boost production of crude oil

California Buddhist temple displays what it calls the 10,000 Buddha Relics.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed in a major attack on Iran launched by Israel and the United States, throwing the future of the Islamic Republic into doubt and raising the risk of regional instability

U_S_ President Donald Trump warned Iran not to escalate its attacks, writing online that America will strike back WITH A FORCE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE!

The winning numbers in Saturday evenings drawing of the Powerball game were: 06-20-35-54-65, Powerball: 10

World leaders have been responding cautiously amid U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, reports of its supreme leader's death and fears of a wider war

New Medicaid work requirements signed into law by President Donald Trump are meant to save money

Viola Davis has used her NAACP Image Awards moment to urge people to face hard truths and heal together

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead, Iranian state media reports

When ICE officers in Minneapolis detained a 5-year-old boy and his father last month and sent them to a Texas detention center, many Americans were alarmed

Top officials with Cubas Ministry of the Interior have unveiled for the first time the items they said were aboard a Florida-flagged speedboat that opened fire against troops in waters off the islands north coast this week, with soldiers responding a...

Former President Joe Biden returned to South Carolina on Friday for a warm homecoming from the Democrats who resurrected his 2020 presidential campaign

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Daniel Serafini has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the 2021 shooting of his wife's parents

Federal immigration agents arrested a Columbia student after allegedly gaining access to her apartment by posing as police in search of a missing child

A New York businesswoman has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison over a financial scheme that prosecutors say ripped off more than $30 million from foreign investors and funneled some of the stolen funds to U.S. political campaigns, includin...

A prominent Hong Kong activist in exile in the U.S. says a court ruling back in Hong Kong to imprison her father for eight months has only made her more determined to fight for the territory and its people

Two transgender men are suing Kansas over a new law that invalidated their drivers licenses and about 1,700 others for reflecting people's gender identities and not their sex assigned at birth

Officials in Florida say an injured mother manatee and her calf have been rescued from a river and taken to SeaWorld Orlando for rehabilitation

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Scouting America will alter several policies to maintain its support from the U.S. military

The Justice Department has filed a complaint to legally take ownership of a sanctioned tanker and nearly 2 million barrels of petroleum seized off the coast of Venezuela in December

Federal health data shows Black women are more than three times likely than white women to die around the time of childbirth

A public showdown between the Trump administration and Anthropic is hitting an impasse as military officials demand the artificial intelligence company bend its ethical policies by Friday or risk damaging its business

Pakistans defense minister says that there is now an 'open war' with Afghanistan after latest strikes

The lawyer for deposed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has asked a judge to toss out the indictment against his client on the grounds that the United States has violated his rights to defend himself by blocking funds to pay his legal costs

A federal judge said that the IRS broke the law by illegally sharing thousands of taxpayers addresses with Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Publisher Ann Godoff, who helped shape modern American book culture and launched many bestsellers, has died at age 76

A ground-dwelling bird known for its elaborate mating dances on the southern Great Plains will no longer be federally protected

A DHS official is promising top state election administrators that immigration agents will not be at polling places during November's midterm election

A toucan seen flying around the Las Vegas desert has been captured by a bird rescue group

A man who randomly punched a woman walking down a Manhattan street nearly two years ago has been convicted of hate crime charges for that assault and several others

A prominent Supreme Court litigator who also published a popular blog about the nations highest court has been convicted of tax evasion and related charges stemming from his secretive lifestyle as an ultra-high-stakes poker player

A car chase involving federal immigration enforcement officers has led to a muti-vehicle crash in Newark, New Jersey

Memorial services for the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. begin in Chicago and stretch across the country to honor his long civil rights legacy

The winning numbers in Wednesday evenings drawing of the Powerball game were: 50-52-54-56-64, Powerball: 23

Officials say a third victim has died from injuries sustained during a deadly shooting at a youth hockey game in Rhode Island

A federal judge in Oregon has ordered narrow changes to hydropower dam operations on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest to help salmon

A new AP-NORC poll finds that as the U.S. and Iran head into their next round of nuclear talks in Geneva, many U.S. adults continue to view Irans nuclear program as a threat

As Iran talks resume, most Americans have low trust in Trump's judgment on military force, new AP-NORC poll finds

The no-parking zone around the home of Today show host Savannah Guthries mother where journalists and social media streamers have stationed themselves over the past three weeks since her disappearance is being widened

Old Apollo rocks are providing a fresh take on the moon's magnetic field