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Pakistans defense minister says that there is now an 'open war' with Afghanistan after latest strikes

The lawyer for deposed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has asked a judge to toss out the indictment against his client on the grounds that the United States has violated his rights to defend himself by blocking funds to pay his legal costs

A federal judge said that the IRS broke the law by illegally sharing thousands of taxpayers addresses with Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Publisher Ann Godoff, who helped shape modern American book culture and launched many bestsellers, has died at age 76

A ground-dwelling bird known for its elaborate mating dances on the southern Great Plains will no longer be federally protected

A DHS official is promising top state election administrators that immigration agents will not be at polling places during November's midterm election

A toucan seen flying around the Las Vegas desert has been captured by a bird rescue group

A man who randomly punched a woman walking down a Manhattan street nearly two years ago has been convicted of hate crime charges for that assault and several others

A prominent Supreme Court litigator who also published a popular blog about the nations highest court has been convicted of tax evasion and related charges stemming from his secretive lifestyle as an ultra-high-stakes poker player

A car chase involving federal immigration enforcement officers has led to a muti-vehicle crash in Newark, New Jersey

Memorial services for the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. begin in Chicago and stretch across the country to honor his long civil rights legacy

The winning numbers in Wednesday evenings drawing of the Powerball game were: 50-52-54-56-64, Powerball: 23

Officials say a third victim has died from injuries sustained during a deadly shooting at a youth hockey game in Rhode Island

A federal judge in Oregon has ordered narrow changes to hydropower dam operations on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest to help salmon

A new AP-NORC poll finds that as the U.S. and Iran head into their next round of nuclear talks in Geneva, many U.S. adults continue to view Irans nuclear program as a threat

As Iran talks resume, most Americans have low trust in Trump's judgment on military force, new AP-NORC poll finds

The no-parking zone around the home of Today show host Savannah Guthries mother where journalists and social media streamers have stationed themselves over the past three weeks since her disappearance is being widened

Old Apollo rocks are providing a fresh take on the moon's magnetic field

Prosecutors have charged a Wisconsin legislator with disorderly conduct in connection with a feud over a resolutions honoring Hispanics

As a moment of political theater, President Donald Trump set a trap for Democrats while challenging them in his State of the Union address to sit or stand in signifying their belief in the primary role of government

A former Pennsylvania police officer accused of child rape is dead after a shootout with police after officers recognized his car

Newly released police video shows Vince McMahon crashing his Bentley in Connecticut last summer as a state trooper tries to catch up to stop him

The U_N_ Security Council has imposed sanctions on four commanders of Sudans warring paramilitary force suspected of atrocities against civilians that U_N_ experts said showed hallmarks of genocide.

Harvey Weinstein has hired Luigi Mangione and Sean Diddy Combs lawyers to represent him at his third New York rape trial, recasting his legal team after declining to end the matter with a guilty plea

Crews are working to contain a large wildfire in South Florida that has burned more than 25,000 acres in Big Cypress National Park

A federal judge in Texas has ruled that Californias attorney general can face a defamation lawsuit over comments attacking ExxonMobils plastics recycling claims

Lawyers say Chinas government intervened and helped get charges dropped against three Chinese scientists at the University of Michigan

President Donald Trumps pick to lead a new Justice Department division dedicated to rooting out fraud says he would pursue prosecutions without fear or favor, amid growing questions about how the new unit will operate free of political pressure from...

A West Virginia woman has been sentenced to up to life in prison in the death of her teenage daughter

Samsung on Wednesday unveiled its latest Galaxy smartphones, which boast an even bigger toolbox of artificial intelligence technology than the previous two generations and introduce a new privacy shield that blocks snoopy bystanders from sneaking a pee...

Fire officials are investigating a Massachusetts house explosion that injured at least two people

A sinkhole opens under two vehicles at a busy Omaha intersection, and both drivers climb out safely

The FBI is serving search warrants at the Los Angeles Unified School Districts headquarters and the superintendents home

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers will resign from teaching at Harvard University amid a campus review of his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, the university announced Wednesday

Light snow is moving across the Northeast as cities dig out from a massive storm and deal with dangerous ice

Wall Street inched higher in early trading Wednesday as markets turned their attention away from President Donald Trumps State of the Union speech and toward the latest earnings report from AI chipmaker Nvidia

The winning numbers in Tuesday evenings drawing of the Mega Millions game were: 12-39-43-49-55, Mega Ball: 23, Megaplier:

Legal advocates are asking a judge to stop U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents from urging unaccompanied immigrant children to voluntarily deport themselves

Discord is postponing its controversial age verification policy after users of the popular platform for gamers to communicate online expressed strong objections and privacy concerns

Authorities have charged a New Hampshire resident in connection with a shooting that occurred at the states border with Canada

A sanitation worker in Ohio got an unexpected surprise when he opened a trash can and found a man hiding inside

Mystic Seaport Museum workers are digging heavy snow off historic wooden ships, including the Charles W

Law enforcement says a suspect and four other people were dead Tuesday after a sheriffs deputy responded to reports that a man was stabbing people outside a home near Tacoma, Washington

The former Los Angeles fire chief has filed a lawsuit against the city, alleging that her ouster was part of an orchestrated effort to smear her conduct and decision-making so Mayor Karen Bass could avoid accountability for the most destructive wildfir...

A Boise, Idaho, woman is being charged with malicious destruction of federal property by fire after prosecutors say she stole an ambulance, drove it into a building that houses U.S. Department of Homeland Security offices and then poured accelerant inside

Some residents in the Philadelphia suburb of Quakertown are calling for the police chief to resign after a scuffle between police and students protesting ICE policies left several juveniles in custody

The former CEO of a San Francisco homeless services charity will faces nine felony charges after prosecutors said she stole more than $1.2 million in public funds meant to keep people off the streets

The Trump administration is suing New Jersey over a state order that prohibits federal immigration agents from making arrests in nonpublic areas of state property, such as correctional facilities and courthouses

New York City police are investigating after officers were pelted with snowballs while responding to a massive snowball fight at Washington Square Park in Manhattan

The Pentagon says U.S. military forces have boarded a third sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking it from the Caribbean Sea