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American and Nigerien defense officials say U.S. troops ordered out of Niger by its ruling junta will complete their withdrawal from the West African country by the middle of September
Biden tells Morehouse graduates he hears their voices of protest and that scenes from the war in Gaza break his heart
Iranian state TV says rescuers trying to reach site of helicopter involved in 'incident' while traveling with president
Testimony in the hush money trial of Donald Trump is set to conclude in the coming days
Police say 2 people are dead and 5 are missing in Hungary after a boat collision on the Danube River
A lawsuit over a Virginia prison inmate's death has raised broader questions about conditions at the lockup and newly obtained records are providing further insights
Two Democratic primaries for U.S. House seats in Oregon could help reveal whether the partys voters are leaning more toward progressive or establishment factions
Botanists and citizen scientists armed with the iNaturalist app on their smartphones are recording the biodiversity along the U.S.-Mexico border
A Florida man will soon learn whether he will be sentenced to death or life in prison for fatally shooting five women in a bank in 2019
President Joe Biden is delivering the commencement address at Morehouse College, the historically Black, male-only institution in Atlanta
The World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest has crowned a grand prize winner after hundreds of dedicated pitmasters sweated through smoke to be named the best in pork
Dallas Mavericks beat the Oklahoma City Thunder in six games to advance to the Western Conference finals
Arizonas attorney general says former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been served an indictment in the states fake elector case alongside 17 other defendants for his role in an attempt to overturn former President Donald Trumps loss to Joe Biden in...
Oleksandr Usyk defeats Tyson Fury by split decision, becoming the 1st undisputed heavyweight boxing champion in 24 years
Cologne relegated from Bundesliga after defeat at Heidenheim
German soccer champion Bayer Leverkusen becomes the first team to finish a Bundesliga season unbeaten
As the Houston area works to clean up and restore power to thousands after deadly storms, it will do so Saturday under a smog warning and as all of southern Texas starts to feel the heat
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Honolulu's former top prosecutor has been found not guilty in a bribery case that alleged employees of an engineering and architectural firm bribed him with campaign donations in exchange for his prosecution of a former company employee
U.N. experts say South Sudan is close to securing a $13 billion loan from a company in the United Arab Emirates, despite the oil-rich countrys difficulties in managing debts backed by its oil reserves
When an upside-down U.S. flag flew over the home of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in January 2021, it was largely seen in connection with the false claim by then-President Donald Trumps supporters that the 2020 election had been marred by fraud
Security footage posted online raises questions about the Anchorage Police Departments account of what happened when officers fatally shot a man armed with a long gun earlier this week
A witness at Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial says the cost of certifying that meat sent to Egypt follows Islamic dietary requirements skyrocketed after a single U.S. company was given a monopoly in a cozy deal prosecutors say Menendez arranged
World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler has teed off at the PGA Championship hours after being arrested
South Korea says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile off the Norths east coast, Yonhap news agency reports
Amy Kremer is a conservative activist who helped organize the Jan. 6, 2021 rally that led to a mob storming the U.S. Capitol
The United Auto Workers union faces the latest test of its ambitious plan to unionize auto plants in the historically nonunion South when a vote ends at two Mercedes-Benz factories near Tuscaloosa, Alabama
At least 4 killed as powerful storms move through Houston, mayor's office says
A suburban Seattle police officer ignored his training and unnecessarily resorted to deadly force when he shot and killed a man outside a convenience store in 2019, prosecutors said as the officers murder trial opened Thursday
A lawyer for the family of Roger Fortson says the bodycam footage of the Florida sheriffs deputy who killed the Black U.S. Air Force airman and police radio traffic reinforce their assertion that the deputy was directed to the wrong apartment while re...
A federal judge is rejecting a lawsuit by a former Democratic congressman running for Georgia state Supreme Court who claims a state agency is unconstitutionally trying to block him from talking about abortion
The Arkansas Supreme Court has upheld four voting restrictions passed by Republican lawmakers in 2021 that were struck down by a state judge as unconstitutional
US Coast Guard says early estimates show barge collision in Galveston may have spilled up to 2,000 gallons of oil
House votes to force US delivery of bombs to Israel, rebuking President Biden with bill that is likely doomed in Senate
New federal estimates show Philadelphia remains the nations sixth-most-populous city, despite a decline in population throughout the pandemic
Police records show that officers responded nearly 1,000 times in the past three years to an Iowa juvenile treatment center where a staff member was killed
Ethiopia lodged a complaint over statements by the U.S. ambassador after he said the release of political prisoners could help the country engage in a productive dialogue and that detaining critics wont resolve the countrys issues
The Justice Department has formally moved to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a historic shift in generations of U.S. drug policy
The bridge connecting Galveston, Texas, to Pelican Island remains closed after a barge crashed into a pillar supporting the span, causing it to partially collapse
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Martin Gruenberg is sitting for a second day of grilling on Capitol Hill, this time at the Senate Banking Committee, after a damning report about the agencys toxic workplace culture was released last week
Florida congressman Matt Gaetz has evoked language adopted by the far-right Proud Boys extremist group as he supports Donald Trump at his New York hush money trial
The chancellor of the California State University system has suspended the president of its Sonoma campus for announcing an agreement with pro-Palestinian activists to pursue an academic boycott of Israeli institutions and divestment strategies
Attorney General Merrick Garland says releasing audio of a special counsels interview with President Joe Biden over his handling of classified documents could jeopardize future sensitive and high-profile investigations
Police have dismantled a pro-Palestinian encampment early Thursday at DePaul University in Chicago, hours after the schools president told students to leave the area or face arrest
An autopsy of a Massachusetts teen who died after participating in a spicy tortilla chip challengesays he died from ingesting a high concentration of a chili pepper extract
Dow Jones Industrial Average crosses 40,000 points for the first time
Medical examiner links spicy tortilla chips to death of Massachusetts teen who took part in social media challenge
Republican Rep. Thomas Massie has made a habit of antagonizing Washingtons most powerful leaders in his party
The head of the association representing athletic directors of Football Bowl Subdivision schools is stepping down this fall after more than eight years as president and CEO
Supreme Court upholds consumer protection agency's funding structure, rejecting a conservative attack