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Climate change has become a less prominent election-year issue for Democrats as voters say concerns such as affordability are more pressing
Mayor Robert Morris of Cave Creek, Arizona, is worried about more water shortages from the severely depleted Colorado River
Two cities have found a relatively novel way to reduce high-speed crashes by rewarding law-abiding drivers rather than just punishing the lead-footed ones
Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder case must decide whether the former labor and delivery nurse is criminally responsible for killing her three children at her Massachusetts home in 2023
Rapper Tupac Shakur has been dead for nearly 30 years, but fans say they see signs that his spirit wants justice as the trial is coming to a close for Duane Keffe D Davis, who is accused of orchestrating the shooting of the rapper in Las Vegas
The United States Southern Command says that Colombian security forces captured a suspected senior leader of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua
Canadas public broadcaster is making an exception to its policy of not labeling specific attacks as terrorism for the 9/11 attacks after coming under fire over a memo restating it
Dolly Parton never embraced the feminist label, but her actions and lyrics spoke volumes
E-cigarette maker Juul Labs has received U.S. permission to sell an updated version of its vaping device
A Virginia family with four relatives missing in the flash floods along the Nepal-China border is calling for more resources to help with rescue efforts
A Kentucky woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that she intentionally damaged the World War II Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Melissa Farris is scheduled to be arraigned next week on two felony counts
An inspection contractor found a chemical tank at a Washington state paper mill was unfit for service 10 months before its fatal failure in May
Mohan Bhagwat, head of the Hindu nationalist group RSS, is set to speak in New York City on Saturday
President Donald Trump marks an awkward moment in his second White House term as the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran reaches the six-month mark
Federal immigration authorities have arrested dozens of people in the city of Danbury, Connecticut, this week, despite intense opposition from elected officials and protesters
A Florida grand jury found that Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis administration misappropriated $10 million in taxpayer money it diverted to a charity run by his wife and was later used for political purposes
The Tohono Oodham Nation says armed federal agents accompanied contractors who trespassed on tribal land this week as they began construction of an Arizona section of a border wall
The former mayor of a small town in Alaska, who was an experienced pilot, was among those killed when a small plane crashed in shallow waters near a remote Alaskan town
Tropical Storms Karina and Lowell have formed in the Pacific Ocean
Fire crews with water-dropping aircraft have attacked a small wildfire that prompted new evacuations along Californias remote Big Sur coast
A federal judge is once again blocking President Donald Trumps executive order that seeks to limit mail voting in the midterm elections
U.S. officials report about 90 U.S. citizens remain unaccounted for after catastrophic flash floods hit a border area of China and Nepal
Investigators say air traffic controllers in Washington and the pilots of President Donald Trumps helicopter met to discuss communication issues one week before a jet and the chopper were allowed to take off at the same time
Documents released a year after the deadly shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic church and school detail a swift response by authorities but reveal little about the motive for the attack
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer charged with shooting a man and lying about it during the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis has been released from a Texas jail after a judge refused to order his return to Minnesota
Investigators are sifting through the charred remnants of a Montana home where four generations of a family were killed as they gathered for Sunday dinner
A U.S. military judge has set a summer 2028 trial date for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and three others accused of plotting the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks
An investigation is underway after police shot and killed a 22-year-old college student in Pennsylvania
Some of the best tennis players in the world will play doubles specialists in the revamped 16-team U.S. Open mixed doubles tournament. A $1 million prize was added last year to attract top singles players to the competition.
The U.S. Army has announced plans to add nuclear microreactors at five military bases from New York to Texas as a reliable energy source independent of the commercial electric grid
A man who is serving time in a federal prison in New York has advanced from the primary for Alaskas lone House seat
A settlement announced Wednesday between Meta and dozens of states resolves one of its biggest legal fights, but the social media giant is still facing litigation elsewhere over its products effects on young peoples mental health
The cousin of a 10-year-old Wisconsin girl killed in 2022 has pleaded guilty to first-degree intentional homicide and received a life prison sentence
The invasive European green crab has long been seen as a nuisance in New England, hurting local fisheries and damaging ecosystems
An ICE agent charged in Minnesota with firing his gun through a house door, striking a man in his leg, and then lying to justify the shooting, could walk out of a South Texas jail if a federal judge does not intervene
The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln is set to make a temporary stop in Thailand after its deployment in the Middle East
Robert Gilman is the latest in a succession of high-profile prisoners freed by Russia going back years, but his release hardly cleared the decks of Americans behind bars there
A prominent Sikh separatist says that the FBI and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have warned him that he faces a new credible threat to his life
A California couple in an escalating fight with their surrogate over a newborn with a life-threatening heart defect have testified in a Texas court
Polygamous sect leader sentenced to 24 additional years in prison for hauling girls in unventilated trailer in Arizona
A man who killed eight of his relatives, including four children, as they gathered for Sunday dinner at a home in Montana had been asked to move out of the residence weeks earlier
Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested nearly 50,000 people in July
The U.S. Secret Service has confirmed it is aware that Iranian state media has aired a video that appears to threaten the life of Barron Trump, President Donald Trumps youngest son
A polygamous sect leader already serving a 50-year federal prison sentence for orchestrating sex involving children is scheduled to be sentenced on separate state convictions
Forecasters say Tropical Storm Julio has formed in the Pacific Ocean and isnt threatening land
Judge postpones US trial for Libyan man charged in 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, citing new evidence
The United States is urging beefed up U.N. sanctions against the warring parties in Sudan to build pressure on them to negotiate an end to fighting
A majority Black community in Indiana is frustrated by persistent power outages caused by storms nearly two weeks ago
Californians are spotting swarms of dragonflies in parks and farms, likely due to warm spring rains
The FBI has established a minimum reward of $25,000 for help in solving some cold cases where people went missing or were killed in Indian Country

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