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A wildfire in northeastern Minnesota more than doubled in size Tuesday, growing to more than 19,000 acres, after it produced pyrocumulous clouds that generated lightning and...
A tourist from Indiana was attacked and injured by a grizzly bear at Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska on Monday night, park officials said....
House Democrats on Tuesday passed a sweeping voting rights bill named after Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., the late civil rights icon. The John Lewis Voting Rights...
A leading Republican Pennsylvania state senator rebooted an Arizona-style investigation of last fall’s vote tally nearly 10 months after President Joe Biden won the state by...
Unruly passengers aboard commercial flights are making the skies anything but friendly, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. In its effort to curb what it has...
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is dispatching more agents to Louisville, Kentucky, in an effort to crack down on gangs and violent crime. The additional federal...
A federal judge in California declared a mistrial Tuesday in lawyer Michael Avenatti’s embezzlement case, in which he was accused of stealing nearly $10 million in...
Charlie Watts, the unflappable Rolling Stones drummer who anchored rock’s ageless wonders, died in a London hospital Tuesday, just weeks after bowing out of the group’s...
The 7-month-old twins who died in catastrophic flooding in Tennessee over the weekend were “swept away” with all of their parents’ belongings, a relative said Monday....
An explosive California wildfire that has forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes and devastated a mountain community last week is “knocking on the door”...
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Igor Vovkovinskiy, the tallest man in the United States, has died in Minnesota. He was 38. His family said he died of heart...
Valerie Cobbertt noticed differences in her older brother, Gulia Dale, every time he returned from an active-duty tour in Iraq. “We didn’t know the spectrum of...
Kathy Hochul was sworn in Tuesday as New York’s first female governor shortly after the clock struck midnight as the state prepares to move on from...
A former associate of Rudy Giuliani is expected to plead guilty to federal campaign finance charges, court documents show. The man, Igor Fruman, a Ukrainian-born businessman,...
Slow-moving tropical depression Henri lingered over the Northeast on Monday, dumping heavy rain across the region and causing tornadoes, flooding and heartache for some waterlogged residents....
A deadly firefight brought renewed chaos on Monday to the Kabul airport, where thousands of Afghans were waiting to flee the country as the Taliban faced...
LES CAYES, Haiti — Haitians resumed services at damaged churches Sunday, some of them for the first time since the devastating 7.2-magnitude earthquake on Aug. 14,...
The Rev. Jesse Jackson and his wife, Jacqueline, are “responding positively” to medical treatment after having been hospitalized with Covid-19, their family said Sunday. Doctors at...
At least 21 people were dead and 20 others were missing after heavy rain and torrential floods overwhelmed parts of Tennessee, damaging homes, toppling trees and...
Don Everly, star of the rock ’n’ roll duo the Everly Brothers, died Saturday. He was 84. Everly died Saturday at home in Nashville, Tennessee, his...
Former President Donald Trump was booed at a rally Saturday in Alabama after he told supporters they should get vaccinated. “And you know what? I believe...
The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson and his wife, Jacqueline, were being treated at a Chicago hospital Saturday after being diagnosed with Covid-19, their representatives said in...
China will allow married couples to legally have up to three children amid concerns that the number of working-age people in the world’s most populous country...
LONDON — Strolling down London’s famous Oxford Street and fancy a watermelon Jolly Rancher, a chewy Mike and Ike or the cool refreshing taste of a...
The residents’ lawsuit, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, contends that the sewage system has long been failing;...
LOS ANGELES — A judge Friday struck down a California ballot measure that exempted Uber and other app-based ride-hailing and delivery services from a state law...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tom T. Hall, the singer-songwriter who composed “Harper Valley P.T.A.” and sang about life’s simple joys as country music’s consummate blue-collar bard, has...
General Motors on Friday announced the voluntary recall of all 2019 and newer Chevrolet Bolts, extending its recall of the electric vehicle back to its first...
Five websites operated by the Taliban went offline Friday, as many tech companies move to limit the group’s digital reach following their takeover of Kabul, Afghanistan,...
The Capitol Police officer who fatally shot Ashli Babbitt outside a door of the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot has been formally exonerated after...
A rare hurricane landfall on Long Island or southern New England is looking much more likely. Henri is forecast to be a hurricane as it approaches...
Mike Richards, the executive producer of “Jeopardy!” who was tapped to succeed Alex Trebek as host of the venerable game show franchise, announced Friday he is...
RALEIGH, N.C. — Authorities combing areas of North Carolina flooded by the remnants of Tropical Storm Fred said Thursday that two people have been found dead...
OnlyFans, a pioneering website that allows models and performers to charge fans for nude imagery, said Thursday it was phasing out “sexually explicit” content to appease...
The Texas House of Representatives got back to work Thursday evening after three members returned to the House floor — ending the boycott that paralyzed the...
A Washington man has pleaded guilty to federal insider trading allegations after prosecutors said he made $1.6 million in illegal profits gained from proprietary subscriber information...
LOS ANGELES — A housekeeper for Britney Spears has accused the pop icon of striking her during a dispute Monday morning at the star’s Southern California...
WASHINGTON — A man who told law enforcement he had an explosive device in his truck surrendered Thursday after an hourslong standoff near the U.S. Capitol,...
Newly named “Jeopardy!” host Mike Richards apologized Wednesday evening for sexist comments he made years ago on a podcast. Richards, who hosted “The Randumb Show” podcast...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A federal judge on Wednesday threw out Trump administration approvals for a large planned oil project on Alaska’s North Slope, saying the federal...
RALEIGH, N.C. — More than 30 people were unaccounted for Wednesday in North Carolina after Tropical Depression Fred unleashed heavy rains and dangerous conditions. Allison Richmond...
A New York state prosecutor has charged a former close associate of Jared Kushner with cyberstalking less than a year after President Donald Trump gave him...
In the new movie “The Protégé,” Margaret Quigley, known professionally as Maggie Q, plays an assassin who travels the world with the man who raised her...
The Caldor Fire, which ignited Saturday evening in the Omo Ranch area, about 60 miles east of Sacramento, exploded Tuesday morning from 6,500 acres to 53,772...
The Texas Supreme Court ruled Tuesday evening that the state’s constitution allows the state House of Representatives to arrest absent members to force them to return...
Ryan Fischer, who was shot while working as Lady Gaga’s dog walker, is appealing for financial help online, saying he has no vehicle or apartment and...
The death toll from Haiti’s devastating 7.2-magnitude earthquake has climbed to 1,941, the country’s civil protection agency said Tuesday. More than 9,900 people were injured in...
Tennessee’s former top vaccination official, Dr. Michelle Fiscus, told state investigators in July that she received a dog muzzle in the mail, which she deemed to...
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory announced a key achievement in fusion research Tuesday. Fusion, the lesser-known opposite reaction to nuclear fission, is when two atoms slam together to form...
A rapidly expanding wildfire in Northern California seriously injured two people and prompted mandatory evacuation orders for thousands of residents and tourists in El Dorado County...