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Democrats are celebrating an election win in Virginia that could put them slightly ahead in the national redistricting competition that President Donald Trump triggered in an attempt to preserve his partys House majority in this years midterms

A Houston city ordinance that limited police officers cooperation with federal immigration agents has been amended after Texas governor had threatened to take away millions of dollars in public safety grants

Six people have been charged with plotting to steal at least 20 cars from the Washington, D.C., area and sell them to buyers in the United States and Ghana in West Africa

The Gates Foundation confirmed Wednesday that it is reviewing its ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

A man who stole a purse from then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem while she dined at a restaurant under the protection of Secret Service agents has been sentenced to three years in prison for a string of thefts in the nations capital

Wildfires burning across the southeastern U.S. are picking up steam

The Supreme Court is clearing the way for a veteran wounded by a suicide bomb in Afghanistan to sue the government contractor for whom the attacker was working when he built the explosive

Officials say a work vehicle hit a commuter train in downtown Washington, injuring 11 people

Authorities have found the body of one of the six missing crew members from a cargo ship that overturned near the Northern Mariana Islands during a typhoon

President Donald Trumps court fight over the $400 million White House East Wing ballroom casts some light on an underground bunker at the site

Southern Poverty Law Center indicted on federal fraud charges related to past use of paid informants in extremist groups

The Navy is reviewing the design and costs of its Ford-class aircraft carrier, one of its most high-tech and expensive warships

A U.S. appeals court says Texas can require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms

A man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in Oregon for the death of his then-girlfriend in a 1980s cold case that was recently reopened

Authorities say a man charged in a string of shootings near Atlanta that left three people dead has died in jail

A teenager charged with killing his stepsister on a Carnival Cruise ship has filed a not-guilty plea and waived his appearance at a hearing in Miami federal court

Man who set a neighbor on fire after she found him burglarizing her home is executed in Florida

The owner of the gun that was used by a gunman to kill eight children in Louisiana on Sunday says the firearm was stolen from his truck, according to court documents

President Donald Trump's threat of military intervention in Cuba is raising hopes of regime change among Cuban Americans

Two U.S. officials killed in a vehicle crash as they returned from destroying a clandestine drug lab in northern Mexico over the weekend were working for the CIA

The winning numbers in Tuesday evenings drawing of the Mega Millions game were: 01-36-43-56-58, Mega Ball: 7, Megaplier:

Shares are mixed in Asia and oil prices are little changed as markets watch for the latest developments in the war with Iran

Six leading candidates for California governor will meet in a televised debate all of them eager for a breakout moment in a chaotic race that has no clear leader

The Trump business behind Truth Social is replacing a former congressman and big supporter of the U.S. president as leader of the social media platform after a stock collapse in the past year

Ohio State University says its recently resigned president violated school policy by attempting to help a woman with whom he had a close personal relationship get a job at the school, help with her podcast and other access to school resources

Three Georgia State Patrol troopers have been fired after an investigation found they sought payouts from the insurance companies of drivers involved in chases, claiming personal injuries

A judge has thrown out the first-degree murder conviction of a man found guilty in the death of his girlfriends 4-month-old daughter in Denver nearly 30 years ago because of new evidence in the case

A federal appeals court says a Bangladeshi immigrant is rightly serving a life prison sentence for a fizzled 2017 subway bombing attack beneath New York City's Times Square even though it tossed out the top charge against him

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the U.S. military will no longer mandate the flu vaccine for American troops

U.S. military officials are calling for spending tens of billions of dollars in the next budget year on drones, air defense systems and fighter jets that have been a key part of fighting the Iran war

A college student from China has been charged with illegally taking photos of U.S. military planes in Nebraska during a multistate road trip

A high school history teacher in Pennsylvania who helps students look inward to find their strengths and outward to find community has been named the 2026 National Teacher of the Year

President Donald Trump and many of his conservative Christian supporters are participating in a marathon Bible reading event

A judge is expected to sentence OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to forfeit $225 million to the U.S. government

Jurors are set to hear opening statements in Harvey Weinsteins New York rape retrial

Things looked bleak for media in Pittsburgh until a stunning turnaround

The winning numbers in Monday evenings drawing of the Powerball game were: 09-17-36-47-64, Powerball: 26

Virginia voters are deciding on a mid-decade redistricting plan that could help Democrats gain four more U.S. House seats

A Florida man who set his neighbor on fire when she found him burglarizing her home is set to be executed

Across Shreveport, Louisiana, schools were limping through the day, stung by the deadliest mass shooting in the U.S. in more than two years

A trial is underway in Virginia for an alleged Islamic State militant charged in a deadly suicide bombing at a Kabul airport during the American militarys chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021

The pilot of a small plane was injured after crashing his aircraft in the parking lot of auto parts store in Southern California

California's attorney general alleges that Amazon uses its market power to pressure vendors like Levi Strauss and retailers like Walmart to raise prices on their websites

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Two Southwest Airlines planes had to take evasive action to avoid colliding Saturday in Nashville after an air traffic controller directed one pilot to turn into the path of the other plane

Late mob boss John Gotti grandson Carmine Agnello has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for pocketing $1.1 million in loans from a federal program meant to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic

Hundreds of delegates are arriving at the United Nations for the worlds largest gathering of Indigenous peoples

Animal welfare activists converged outside of Wisconsin Gov_ Tony Evers Capitol office on Monday, chanting Free the dogs!

Police say a Louisiana man who fatally shot seven of his children and another child used an an assault-style weapon despite a 2019 felony firearms conviction

A third person has died following a series of Atlanta-area shootings