Authorities say a Wisconsin woman who admitted to nearly stabbing a classmate to death in 2014 to please the horror character Slender Man is missing after she cut off an electronic monitoring device and left a group home

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is standing by his past criticisms that President Donald Trump acted like a despot and a fascist

The federal agency that oversees the security of election systems was largely absent from planning before elections this month in several states

Christmas went on the auction block this week in Pennsylvania farm country in the form of a giant Christmas tree sale

President Donald Trumps administration is promoting efforts to work with Nigerias government to counter violence against Christians

Storms that battered Alaskas western coast this fall have brought renewed attention to low-lying Indigenous villages left increasingly vulnerable by climate change

There was a time when presidential hopefuls were coy about their ambitions

In the mid-20th century, comic books groups grew in popularity

Australia has won the first Ashes cricket test against England by 8 wickets with three days to spare

Officials say dozens of firefighters are battling a blaze on a container ship docked at a Los Angeles port

Trump has signed legislation compelling the Justice Department to release the files on Jeffrey Epstein

A United Nations human rights official is urging the United States to lift its sanctions on Cuba, saying they are impacting the islands entire population, hitting sectors including health care, nutrition and education

Two senators who lead a bipartisan antisemitism task force say they want more information from the U.S. Coast Guard about its policy regarding displays of swastikas, nooses or other hate symbols

The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas 2026 congressional redistricting plan pushed by President Donald Trump likely discriminates on the basis of race

Nevada gaming regulators have fined Caesars Palace $7.8 million for failing to comply with anti-money laundering rules

The Kennedy Center is receiving $7.4 million ahead of the World Cup draw next month

Federal prosecutors say two Texas men were making plans to take over a Haitian island, kill all of the men and then use the women and children for sex

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says it has lowered the minimum age for women serving as missionaries from 19 to 18

NCAA athletes and athletic department staff will not be allowed to bet on professional sports

The Federal Aviation Administration has warned all pilots to exercise caution when flying in the airspace over Venezuela due to the worsening security situation and heightened military activity.

Four prison guards involved in the death of an incarcerated Black man whose brutal beating at an upstate New York prison last year was captured on bodycam videos were each Friday to prison

Democratic Gov. Josh Green of Hawaii predicts Americans will want a peacemaking leader by 2028

Barbara Lee has been Oaklands mayor for half a year

A motorist in western North Carolina escaped injury when a cat carcass crashed into her windshield

A group of public school students parents and taxpayers has filed a lawsuit challenging Tennessees new statewide school voucher program

Three former sheriff's deputies have been found not guilty of murder and manslaughter in the death of a Black man they stopped while he was walking through a small Georgia town

A special election in Tennessee has gained national attention in a heavily Republican district

Officials say a man has been shot and killed after wielding a knife at St. Louis airport

The Supreme Court is meeting in private with a key issue on its agenda President Donald Trumps birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens

The Trump administration is steaming forward on its plan to dismantle the Education Department

The Justice Department is examining the handling of the mortgage fraud investigation into Sen. Adam Schiff

Frame by frame, six photos released by federal investigators capture horrifying images of ill-fated Flight 2976 as it turned into a fireball along a Kentucky airport runway

A federal jury in New York awarded $80 million to the estate of a man who spent nearly a quarter century in prison after being wrongfully convicted in a 1976 murder

A seven-day special session wrapped in Nevada's capital with a major proposal to offer tax credits to film studios failing, and the governor's sweeping crime legislation passing

New Hampshire Supreme Court justices are considering a disputed verdict in a landmark lawsuit over abuse at the states youth detention center

The Trump administration is proposing new oil drilling off the California and Florida coasts for the first time in decades, as President Donald Trump seeks to expand U.S. oil production that is already leading the world

Former U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Robert Stirm, a POW during the Vietnam War known for the iconic Burst of Joy photo reuniting him with his family, has died in California

The family of enslaved potter David Drake known as Dave the Potter has reclaimed two rare stoneware jars he created in South Carolina before the Civil War in what experts call the first major U.S. art restitution case involving works made by an e...

A new Texas law says every public school classroom must display a poster listing the Ten Commandments

The winning numbers in Wednesday evenings drawing of the Powerball game were: 10-31-49-51-68, Powerball: 19

Walmart delivered another standout quarter, posting strong sales and profits that blew past Wall Street expectations as it wins over more cash-strapped Americans who have grown increasing anxious about the economy

Childrens and consumer advocacy groups are urging parents not to buy AI-powered toys during the holiday season

Centuries of church schisms show that if theres a doctrine to be fought over, theres a good chance Christians will fight about it

Sometimes our immune system runs amok and attacks the organ that makes us us the brain

New Orleans is warily awaiting a monthslong federal crackdown to arrest thousands of immigrants

For nearly two months, federal agents have been carrying out surprise raids in Chicago in pursuit of the Trump administrations immigration agenda, emerging from unmarked vehicles in neighborhoods throughout the city to confront and detain stunned memb...

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