The North Carolina Supreme Court has issued favorable rulings for bars seeking compensation for COVID-19 restrictions

In Cedar Rapids, Grant Wood painted American Gothic, the iconic portrait of a man and a woman standing in front of a white frame house

A Milwaukee judge charged with obstructing a federal agency and concealing a wanted person who was in the country illegally told police days after the incident in her courtroom that I didnt do anything that theyre saying.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has dropped an investigation into a buy now, pay later company linked to President Donald Trump's son Donald Trump Jr. The agency says the investigation was politically motivated against firearms companies and T...

A federal appeals court in New York has rejected challenges to a ban on assault weapons that Connecticut put in place after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting

The former Trump national security adviser whose home and office are being searched by federal agents has been a vocal critic of the Republican president

Federal safety investigators and some members of Congress want to expand special safety rules that apply to trains carrying flammable material to many more trains, saying the risk to many U.S. communities is far greater than currently known

Hundreds of low-income parents in Georgia are billed for child support after their kids were placed in foster care

Millions of Americans are facing record heat with temperatures frequently over 90 degrees Fahrenheit

Strong winds and waves from Hurricane Erin have battered Nantucket and Marthas Vineyard as dangerous rip currents continue to threaten from the Carolinas to New England

The Alaska State Medical Board will be considering language that says medical professionals provide gender-affirming care for children could risk having their work considered unprofessional conduct

Two years after piles of decaying bodies were found in a rural Colorado building, a funeral home owner is set to be sentenced for 191 counts of corpse abuse

Florida conservative Joe Gruters has been a Donald Trump cheerleader dating back to the presidents days as a reality TV star

A World War II veteran from Nebraska believed to be Americas last surviving ace pilot because he shot down five enemy planes has died

New York City officials have discovered a sixth death linked to a Legionnaires disease outbreak in Central Harlem, where more than 100 people have been diagnosed with the ailment

Police are responding to a report of an active shooter on Villanova Universitys campus

The Trump administration says its reviewing more than 55 million foreigners who have valid U.S. visas for any violations that could lead to deportation

Colorado authorities say they are investigating a funeral home operated by a county coroner where inspectors found several decomposing bodies

A medical museum in Philadelphia is redrawing its policies about collecting and displaying human remains

A South Florida gymnastics coach accused of sexually assaulting at least three underage girls who were his students has been sentenced to 12 years in prison as part of a plea deal

Authorities say six people have died at a dairy on the Colorado plains, but the circumstances of their deaths were not immediately disclosed

The United Nations says a drone attack on a U.N. convoy set fire to all 16 trucks carrying desperately needed food to Sudans famine-hit North Darfur region and destroyed all the vehicles

Police in Florida are still investigating the death last month of professional wrestling icon Hulk Hogan from what the medical examiner concluded was a heart attack

Orlando officials have denounced the removal of a rainbow-colored crosswalk outside the Pulse nightclub by Florida transportation workers

James Dobson, who founded the conservative ministry Focus on the Family and was long a campaigner against abortion and gay rights, has died

As students start school this year, 17 states and the District of Columbia are imposing new cellphone restrictions

Hurricane Erin has battered North Carolinas Outer Banks with strong winds and waves that flooded part of the main highway and surged under beachfront homes

A New York City reporter says a former aide to Mayor Eric Adams gave her a potato chip bag filled with cash following a campaign event

Former Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley has filed a legal claim against the city, alleging that her dismissal by Mayor Karen Bass was followed by a smear campaign

A jury has begun deliberating in the trial of a man charged with organizing the daytime ambush killing of rapper Young Dolph at a Memphis bakery in November 2021

An Oregon man has pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree manslaughter following a fatal crash with a community college softball team

Parents of the 27 campers and counselors killed when floodwaters rushed through a girl's summer camp in the Texas Hill Country pleaded with lawmakers to pass a bill that would boost camp safety

The Menendez brothers are set to make their cases for parole this week

A federal appeals court is allowing the Trump administration to end temporary protections for 60,000 migrants from Central America and Nepal

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence says it will dramatically reduce its workforce and cut its budget by more than $700 million annually

At least 600 employees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are receiving permanent termination notices

A man accused of fatally shooting an American Idol music supervisor and her husband in Los Angeles will undergo a mental evaluation to determine if he's fit to stand trial

Federal prosecutors in the nations capital will no longer bring felony charges against people for possessing rifles or shotguns in the District of Columbia

Two homes on North Carolina's Outer Banks sit precariously in high waves generated by Hurricane Erin with their days seemingly numbered

Most Federal Reserve officials said last month that the threat of higher inflation was a greater concern than the potential for job losses, leading the central bank to keep its key rate unchanged

A Rhode Island prosecutor is under review after police body camera footage recorded her warning officers that they would regret arresting her

A federal judge has temporarily blocked Texas from enforcing a new law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in every public school classroom

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has posthumously awarded five notable Floridians with the Governors Medal of Freedom, one of the states highest honors

Texas' Republican-led legislature is expected to approve new congressional maps that add five new House seats that the GOP could win

An attorney who helped design the 9/11 victims compensation fund says New Hampshire lawmakers have undermined the fairness of a settlement program for abuse victims at the states youth detention center

It's the time of year for Cape Verde hurricanes

President Donald Trump is offering his assurances that U.S. troops won't be sent to help defend Ukraine against Russia

The Oregon city at the heart of a major U.S. Supreme Court homelessness ruling has agreed to ensure camping spaces for at least 150 people as part of a settlement with an advocacy group

All the Russians asked in return was to take his picture and interview him.

A veterinary hospital under construction exploded after a car hit the gas line that fed into the building in Wilmington