A piece of conceptual art consisting of a banana duct-taped to a wall has sold for $6.2 million at an auction in New York

A federal judge has signed off on a settlement agreement Wednesday in a class action lawsuit alleging that an algorithm designed to score rental applicants discriminated on the basis of race and income

Comcast is spinning off into a new company many of its cable television networks that were once at the heart of the entertainment giant, as consumers increasingly swap out their cable TV subscriptions for streaming platforms

A Florida man has been charged with plotting to bomb the New York Stock Exchange this week, FBI says

A Philadelphia jury has awarded $11 million to a man whose holstered Sig Sauer pistol went off by itself while he was going down the stairs

The cross-examination of a man who says he was raped as a teenager by New Hampshire youth center workers turned acrimonious, with the witness at one point calling an opposing lawyer a sick man.

A push by New York City jail officials to block people detained at Rikers Island from receiving physical mail was based on faulty fentanyl test strips that overstated the influx of contraband sent through the mail

The leader of Canadas most populous province says all of the countrys provincial and territorial premiers want Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's federal government to negotiate a bilateral trade deal with the United States that excludes Mexico

Tennessee will count the provisional ballots cast by six people convicted of felonies who had their voting rights recently restored under judges rulings

A man arrested in August after a 15-hour police standoff in Chicago is being returned to Mississippi

Workers hired for an electric vehicle battery production complex in Kentucky have launched a campaign to join the United Auto Workers

A judge has ruled that Virginia cant withdraw from a multistate initiative designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions unless the Legislature agrees to it

Philadelphias mass transit system has reached a tentative contract deal with its largest workers union

Two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against Rudy Giuliani have asked a judge to penalize him even more

Avid coin collectors jumped at the chance to get their hands on a rare double eagle gold coin at a Southern California auction house

Trump chooses Matt Whitaker, a former acting attorney general, as NATO ambassador

Comcast will spin off its cable networks, once star performers at the entertainment giant

Biden administration will allow Ukraine to use antipersonnel land mines in war with Russia, US defense secretary says

A major storm was sweeping across the northwest U.S., battering the region with strong winds and rain and causing widespread power outages and downed trees that killed at least one person

The winning numbers in Tuesday evenings drawing of the Mega Millions game were: 05-35-50-51-59, Mega Ball: 8, Megaplier: 4

Susan Smith will ask a parole board in South Carolina for her freedom for the first time on Wednesday

Asian stocks are mostly lower, despite gains on Wall Street, as worries mount over escalations in the Russia-Ukraine war

California voters have rejected a measure on the November ballot that would have raised the minimum wage for most workers to $18 an hour

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is urging Libya and other nations to help arrest six men allegedly linked to a brutal militia blamed for multiple killings and other crimes in a strategically important western town where mass graves w...

California voters reject ballot measure that would have raised state's minimum wage to a national high of $18 per hour

San Francisco Mayor London Breed has lost her reelection race to Levi Strauss heir Daniel Lurie

Federal wildlife officials say they're reviewing the removal of a bald eagle nest at the site of a planned subdivision in the east Alabama city of Auburn, following an outcry

Police say a woman and a baby were shot to death while inside a car in Hartford, Connecticut, after another vehicle pulled up alongside them and began firing

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he wont make a clemency decision on the murder convictions of Erik and Lyle Menendez until newly elected Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman reviews the case

The narrowly trailing Republican candidate in the race for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat has formally requested a statewide recount

The Los Angeles City Council has voted to enact an ordinance to prohibit city resources from being used for immigration enforcement in anticipation of potential mass deportations under President-elect Donald Trump

Images that depict the faces of girls with nude bodies have led to the departure of leaders from a private school in Pennsylvania, prompted a student protest and triggered a criminal investigation

House Speaker Mike Johnson signaled support for a Republican effort to ban Democrat Sarah McBride the first transgender person to be elected to Congress from using womens restrooms in the Capitol once shes sworn into office next year

The Texas State Board of Education has given initial approval to a Bible-infused curriculum that would be optional for public schools to adopt for lessons from kindergarten through fifth grade

Kansas has promised to provide more hospital beds for mentally ill criminal defendants

The Associated Press has found numerous instances of completed mail ballots from around the country being sent to election offices in the wrong state

An endangered fin whale that washed up near a coastal trail in Alaskas largest city has attracted curious onlookers while biologists seek answers as to what caused the animals death

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is opening a company conference in Chicago with remarks that could set the stage for where its taking its artificial intelligence business

A man wanted in West Virginia on a federal weapons charge was shot and killed at an Ohio motel during a standoff with police that also left one officer wounded

A Knott's Berry Farm spokesperson says more than 20 riders were suspended in midair for hours after a Southern California theme park ride malfunctioned

45 activists sentenced in Hong Kong national security case. The longest term is 10 years

Numerous children have been injured by a vehicle at a school gate in central China, state media say

Judge strikes down Wyoming's abortion bans, including an explicit prohibition on pills to end pregnancy

A Georgia appeals court has canceled oral arguments that were scheduled for next month on the appeal of a lower court ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue to prosecute the election interference case she brought agains...

New York Yankees pitcher Luis Gil has been voted the American League Rookie of the Year

A Louisiana-based rapper pleaded guilty Monday to his role in a large-scale prescription drug fraud ring that operated out of his multimillion-dollar Utah home

A Northern California city has agreed to pay nearly $1 million to settle an excessive force lawsuit brought on behalf of a woman after a K-9 police dog bit into her scalp during an arrest

Gov. Ron DeSantis says Floridians will likely know who their next U.S. senator will be by the beginning of January

President Joe Biden inadvertently was a missing man in the traditional photo of world leaders at the final Group of 20 summit of his presidency

The second-oldest person in the United States has died at age 113