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A veteran FBI employee is claiming in a lawsuit that he was fired last month after displaying an LGBTQ+ flag at his workspace
The Labor Department said Wednesday that it will not be releasing a full jobs report for October because the 43-day federal government shutdown meant it couldnt calculate the unemployment rate and some other key numbers
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani says the citys current police commissioner will remain in the post
The U.S. trade deficit fell by nearly 24% in August as President Donald Trumps sweeping global tariffs pushed imports lower
Melania Trump and Usha Vance are set to travel together for the first time
Internal Pentagon figures show the number of major accidents involving military aircraft spiked in 2024
Medicaid cuts are being blamed for the closure of a community health center in New Hampshires White Mountains
Medicaid cuts are being blamed for the closure of a community health center in New Hampshire's White Mountains
The nation's immigration courts have undergone a fundamental change under the administration of President Donald Trump
Closing arguments are scheduled for Wednesday in the murder trial of an Ohio officer charged in the shooting death of Ta'Kiya Young, a pregnant Black mother killed in a supermarket parking lot after being accused of shoplifting
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is calling on El Salvador to protect the rights of three Salvadoran men deported by the United States
A man convicted of fatally shooting a man and woman during home invasion robbery and later confessing to three other killings is scheduled to be put to death in December
A historic ocean liner will become the worlds largest artificial reef after its sunk off Floridas Gulf Coast early next year
Pope Leo XIV has strongly backed U.S. bishops who condemned the Trump administrations immigration crackdown
New York City's chief fiscal officer, Brad Lander, has decided to go to trial on a misdemeanor obstruction charge
National Public Radio will receive approximately $36 million in government funding to operate the nations public radio interconnection system under the terms of a court settlement
The commission that oversees Alabama Public Television voted to continue paying its contract with PBS
A New Jersey man whose prison sentence was commuted by President Donald Trump in 2021 is headed back to federal prison for another fraud conviction
Authorities say a man doused a woman with a fluid and set her on fire on a Chicago L train, leaving her in critical condition
A bankruptcy court judge has approved the settlement of thousands of lawsuits against Purdue Pharma, maker of the powerful prescription painkiller OxyContin
The National Transportation Safety Board is set to vote on its findings into what caused a massive container ship to crash last year into Baltimores Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed and killed six construction workers
President Donald Trump is facing criticism for not condemning antisemitism within the conservative movement
Prosecutors have filed a voluntary manslaughter charge against an Indiana homeowner accused of killing a house cleaner after she showed up at a house by mistake
Federal immigration authorities will expand their enforcement action in North Carolina to Raleigh as soon as Tuesday
President Donald Trump is set to fete Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
President Donald Trump isn't ruling out military action against Venezuela despite bringing up potential diplomatic talks with its leader, Nicols Maduro
A 27-year-old man has been charged with murder in the shooting death of former Oakland football coach John Beam
The Trump administration has a name for its immigration sweep in North Carolinas largest city
O.J. Simpsons estate has accepted a $58 million claim from the father of Ron Goldman, decades after a jury said the football star was liable for the mans fatal stabbing
Tribal citizens are among communities navigating the impacts of massive cuts in federal spending and the effects of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history
The nonprofit organization planning celebrations for America's 250th birthday in 2026 has unveiled a special commemorative ornament featuring the Declaration of Independence
A house explosion in a Southern California neighborhood has injured eight people and damaged two nearby homes
A Tennessee man charged with killing four members of the same family and kidnapping a baby before eluding authorities for a week is scheduled to make his first court appearance since he was formally indicted
Polish prime minister says weekend rail line explosion near Warsaw was act of 'sabotage'
A new report finds that foreign students enrolled at U.S. colleges in strong numbers this fall despite fears that a Trump administration crackdown would trigger a nosedive
A former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to cut the engines of a passenger flight in 2023 is set to appear for sentencing in federal court in Portland, Oregon
Many Republican leaders insist there's no problem with the GOP's policies, the party's message or President Donald Trumps leadership, despite big losses in this month's elections
Trump says talks with Venezuela a possibility as US ramps up military pressure in the Caribbean
President Donald Trump says the U.S. may be having some discussions with Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro
A powerful atmospheric river had mostly moved through California after causing at least six deaths and dousing much of the state, but lingering thunderstorms brought the risk of mudslides in areas of Los Angeles County that were recently ravaged by wil...
Residents report encounters with federal agents near churches, apartments.
John Fetterman says hes back home with his family in Pennsylvania after being hospitalized
Five students at U.S. military academies and three each from Yale University, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are among the 32 U.S. winners named Sunday as 2026 Rhodes scholars
As an unprecedented immigration crackdown enters a third month, a growing number of Chicago residents are fighting back against what they deem a racist and aggressive overreach of the federal government
A program in New Mexico highlights the contributions of women through historical markers
A group of South Carolina senators plans to consider a proposal that could introduce the strictest abortion prohibitions and punishments in the nation
No. 5 Georgia strengthens its postseason hopes, routing No. 10 Texas 35-10 for its sixth straight victory
Deputies and troopers were responding to a domestic violence incident.
The FBI had offered a reward of up to $25,000 for his arrest.
President Donald Trump has pardoned a Jan. 6 defendant who had remained behind bars despite the sweeping grant of clemency for U.S. Capitol rioters because of a separate conviction for illegally possessing firearms

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