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Anthony J. Thompson Jr., 17, a student at Austin-East Magnet High School in Knoxville, Tenn., was fatally shot during a...

The legislation, which would create a panel to consider reparations for slavery, is being considered as President Biden...

Administration officials were determined to draft a response that would impose real costs on Moscow, as many previous...

An advisory committee debated the very few cases of a rare blood disorder and worried about the suspension’s effect on...

President Biden’s decision to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11 is met with relief and anguish,...

The president said the main objective of ensuring that Afghanistan would not be a launching pad for terrorism had been...

A group of protesters in Albany, New York Wednesday evening descended on a police station where they threw bottles at...

Ms. Smart, 19, a California college student who disappeared in 1996, was killed as she was being sexually assaulted, the...

Major items on President Joe Biden's domestic agenda hang in the balance this month, hinging on Republicans' willingness to...

Kimberly Potter, the former Minnesota police officer charged in the shooting death of Daunte Wright was released from jail...

The student killed Monday in an officer-involved shooting at a Knoxville high school has been identified and a bullet that...

The prospects for any bipartisan deal on infrastructures are swiftly narrowing on Capitol Hill, where Republicans view...

South Carolina authorities have charged a White Army drill sergeant with misdemeanor assault after he appeared on video...

Officials said that China’s push for global power posed a threat to the United States, and they dwelled on climate change,...

New Mexico, which has one of the highest poverty rates in the U.S., is a vaccination pacesetter thanks to decisive...

Just like when Donald J. Trump was a candidate in 2016, rival Republicans are trying to avoid becoming the target of his...

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump expressed disbelief Wednesday that a police officer, particularly in Minnesota, could kill...

A school district in Aledo, Texas, said it had meted out “disciplinary consequences” after ninth graders assigned dollar...

The Biden administration is close to completing a review of Trump-era weapons sales to the two Gulf Arab states. Democrats...

The first medical expert called by Derek Chauvin’s defense team said George Floyd died after a combination of factors —...

An Ohio mom accused of killing her 19-year-old son and hiding his body under a pile of clothes in a bedroom for nearly two...

House Republicans are doing their best to steer clear of embattled Rep. Matt Gaetz amid an FBI investigation into whether...

The man who was seen on video gunning down a New Mexico State Police Officer before being fatally wounded during a police...

Critics say the profession of forensic pathology has been slow to acknowledge how big a role bias may play in decisions...

Over half of American adults have now received at least one shot, but resistance to vaccination among Republicans remains...

The federal government can take "immediate possession" of a Texas family's land along the US-Mexico border after a...

The inspector general of the U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) will testify before Congress Thursday to answer questions from...

The risk of exposure on a flight is lowered by 23 to 57 percent if middle seats are kept unoccupied, according to the...

A California gold rush town voted Tuesday to change its logo to remove a noose that stems from its mid-19th century...

Four alleged MS-13 gang members who were under federal investigation were taken into custody on Wednesday after New York...

A former student athletic trainer at the University of Evansville filed a lawsuit against the Indiana school, alleging...

Shop owners hope they don’t experience destruction similar to that of last summer as a verdict draws closer in the Derek...

An ex-day care worker in Delaware pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and several child abuse charges for the suffocation...

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global is set to go public Wednesday at a valuation of a whopping $65 billion, as the...

Defense lawyers have complained that some charges do not apply to what unfolded on Jan. 6, and one argues it will be...

A California-based group is sounding the alarm as the state education department considers implementing a framework that...

The company’s stock market arrival establishes Bitcoin and other digital currencies in the traditional financial landscape....

A hiker who went missing in the mountains of the Angeles National Forest in California was found safe on Tuesday after the...

Federal prosecutors in Washington, DC, will not pursue criminal charges against the US Capitol Police officer involved in...

The defense also presented body camera video from a previous arrest of George Floyd, part of its strategy to shift the...