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A California man who told police that the coronavirus pandemic left him afraid to fly has been arrested on charges that he hid in a secured area at Chicagos OHare International Airport for three months
The U.N. chief says nine African nations and Iran are in arrears on paying their dues to the United Nations operating budget and should lose their voting rights as required under the U.N. Charter
A former Florida Department of Health who was fired for insubordination after repeatedly violating the agencys policy about communicating with the media has turned herself in to sheriffs officials
Vermont is facing at least its second lawsuit in four months over a voucher program that allows students in communities that dont have schools or are not part of supervisory unions to attend schools of their choice
South Koreas president has urged the incoming Biden administration to build upon the achievements and learn from the failures of President Donald Trumps diplomatic engagement with North Korea
Vice President Mike Pence and his wife made their final official appearance together with a visit to Fort Drum, where they thanked the 10th Mountain Division and their families for their service
Starbucks closed some New York City stores on Sunday out of an abundance of caution as cities across the U.S. braced for protests and potential unrest ahead of President-Elect Joe Bidens inauguration
A 61-year-old woman is the fourth person to die from the shootings this month.
A day before the nation celebrates the life of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Sen.-elect Raphael Warnock of Georgia has returned to his pulpit at the church that was King's spiritual home
People throughout the San Francisco Bay area on Saturday night reported feeling a magnitude 4.2 earthquake that hit the region
Lottery players' second chance to win really big this weekend comes with Saturdays drawing for a $640 million Powerball top prize
Chain-link fencing surrounds state capitols and police and National Guard troops are on patrol or standby in advance of possible violence leading up to the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden
A storm thats lashing parts of New England with heavy rain, snow and wind is causing sporadic power outages
The driver of a New York City bus that plunged off a bridge has been suspended after refusing a drug and alcohol test
A new U.N. report estimates that the COVID-19 pandemic reduced the number of international migrants by 2 million by the middle of 2020 because of border closings and a halt to travel worldwide
A Dallas-area real estate agent is facing charges for allegedly being part of the pro-President Donald Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol last week
The National Rifle Association has filed for bankruptcy protection and will seek to incorporate in Texas instead of New York
A Massachusetts company has just won government approval to make fully automated commercial drone flights without a human operator around
Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager was remembered at a West Virginia memorial service as a hero, legend and friend who would go out of his way to help others
A Mississippi coroner says one person has been killed and another injured in a shooting at a county courthouse
An Arkansas man photographed sitting at a desk in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office during the riot at the U.S. Capitol last week has been put under House arrest as he awaits trial
A special prosecutor says Virginia's attorney general has authorized an investigation into efforts by Richmond officials to take down the citys Confederate monuments last year
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has given the green light to long-debated flood control project in Mississippi
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints condemned lawless behavior and the violence of rioters who broke into the U.S. Capitol in a statement Friday
New Jersey made millions of people eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine, including smokers, a move that prompted gripes about them skipping to the front of the inoculation line
Kansas City and the state of Illinois are suing the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for granting a license to an arms manufacturer that had gone bankrupt after being sued last year
CORRECTS: National Rifle Association files for bankruptcy, gun-rights group will legally move from New York to Texas
New York prosecutors conducted an hours-long interview Thursday of Michael Cohen, President Donald Trumps former attorney
The U.N. General Assembly and Security Council are expected to take the first step toward electing the next head of the global organization this month
Prosecutors say the manslaughter case against a former Boston College student accused of encouraging her boyfriend to take his own life will head toward trial
A North Carolina woman recognized as the oldest living U.S. Marine has died at age 107
The prosecution of former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and others in the Flint water crisis is igniting a debate over whether public officials are being punished for judgment calls
A white military veteran shot and wounded a 15-year-old Black girl during a tense confrontation at a rally in support of President Donald Trump in Iowa last month
A judge has dismissed nine felony counts filed against a Black Lives Matter leader in Iowa charged with shining a laser pointer in the eyes of police officers during an August protest
A judge has dismissed charges against a Philadelphia police officer accused of striking a student in the head with a metal baton during a summer racial injustice protest
The Environmental Protection Agency has found toxins leached from packaging into a pesticide commonly used to kill mosquitoes
It could be a profitable weekend for lucky lottery players as two of the largest jackpots in U.S. history will be on the line
The U.S. Forest Service is set to release an environmental impact statement that would pave the way to create one of the largest copper mines in the United States
Police and firefighters in Omaha, Nebraska, evacuated a Creighton University dormitory after a student told emergency room staff that she had tried to make the poison ricin in her dorm room in an attempt to harm herself
Family members of a Black man fatally shot by a Killeen, Texas, police officer who was responding to a mental health call are calling for the officer to be arrested and charged for the shooting
Authorities say a man who stole a womans cellphone at a Cleveland convenience store fatally shot her when she chased after him
French oil giant Total has decided to withdraw from energy association American Petroleum Institute because it disagrees on climate-related policies
Prosecutors say a 16-year-old boy has admitted fatally shooting his newborn daughter and leaving her body inside a fallen tree in the woods in southern Wisconsin
US industrial production jumps 1.6% in December, remains below pre-pandemic levels
Wholesale prices rose 0.3% in December as energy prices jumped by the largest amount since June
U.S. retail sales fell 0.7% in December as shoppers kept away from stores as virus cases rose
Animal rights advocates say breeders in North Carolina shipped more than 1,000 live roosters to Guam for the island's cockfighting trade
Police in New York City say a bus careened off a road and was left dangling from an overpass in a crash late Thursday
The U.S. government has executed a drug trafficker for a series of slayings in Virginia in 1992, despite his recent COVID-19 infection
US government executes drug trafficker for Virginia gang killings, despite his COVID-19 infection last month