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For Mr. Jones, the fight over the shutdown, in a state where President Trump is popular and many federal workers live, is a...

Southern California cold case investigators announced this week a breakthrough in identifying a 1987 stabbing victim whose...

The House speaker and other lawmakers had planned to fly commercially to Afghanistan after the president revoked the use of...

A store manager in Massachusetts attempted to fight off three armed robbers who stormed into this gas station Thursday...

The Charles Manson devotee whose claim to infamy is being the first woman ever to try to assassinate a U.S. president is...

As the drug becomes more popular, concerns have been raised that its use can lead to psychotic disorders. Here’s what...

Including a graphic photo, particularly of a dead body, is never an easy decision. Our director of photography and our...

A plethora of Nazi memorabilia including a mug featuring Adolf Hitler wearing a Santa hat and a copy of “Mein Kampf” were...

The teachers’ union is highlighting what it sees as the growing problem of charter schools, saying that they siphon off...

A cold-case Maryland rape appeared to have been solved after authorities investigating the crime used a fingerprint from...

A Minnesota high school is being investigated after fans of the boys’ high school basketball team were spotted holding a...

The vote to enforce sanctions on an oligarch’s companies was an overwhelming show of disapproval of Trump administration...

A Pennsylvania driver accused of involvement in a hit-and-run accident last month claims she thought she struck a pole with...

A Philadelphia jury on Thursday found a defendant guilty on all counts in the death of a Temple University student after...

A nonprofit group is outraged over an Idaho judge’s decision this week to give probation and no prison time to a man who...

A Texas woman pretended to be an autistic woman earlier this month in order to con a caregiver into giving sexual...

An Ohio man turned himself over to police without incident this week after being indicted for helping organize an...

A new memorial honoring a Navy SEAL and Medal of Honor recipient was unveiled at a park in New York on Thursday, months...

A federal agency said last year that 2,737 migrant children had been taken from their parents, but a new report says...

Representative Sean P. Duffy’s proposal, which has alarmed business groups and which is unlikely to pass Congress, would...

A man accused of fatally shooting his estranged wife and critically wounding his estranged daughter outside a Texas church...

The Justice Department investigation stemmed from work that the law firm Skadden Arps did with Paul Manafort, President...

As the shutdown drags on, Trump-like behavior proliferates. The president “does generally force people to play down to his...

In the On Politics newsletter, Nancy Pelosi has been showing her political muscle, provoking the president, penalizing the...

With no pay coming in and no end in sight, growing numbers of federal employees are overcoming their reluctance and filing...

An agreement that would raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2024 would place New Jersey among the most progressive states on a...

The advisory committee voted 8-8 on approving the drug, to be called Zynquista, which would be the first oral medication...

The government has said that about 2,700 migrant children were separated from their families at the border last year. But...

Investigative reports detail increasing pressure felt by Jennifer and Sarah Hart, who had adopted six children. At signs of...

Heidi Zak thought she was going to revolutionize the way women buy bras. But two years after she launched her company,...

The New York Harbor for years has been polluted and depleted of marine life. But one nonprofit is working to clean the...

Mr. Udpa, a top university administrator, is replacing Mr. Engler, who remarked that some victims of Larry Nassar, the...

Michigan State University officially accepted the resignation Thursday of its interim president, following troubling...

President Trump on Thursday sent a letter to Speaker Nancy of Pelosi of California saying, “I am sure you would agree that...

Freshman Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who frequently captures national attention with her social media posts,...

Adrienne Walker, a TSA employee in Atlanta, said her pantry is stocked, even though she has been working without pay during...