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A very special document will be auctioned off later this year — a rare copy of the U.S. Constitution

All of the lions and tigers at the National Zoo are being treated for COVID-19 after positive test results, zookeepers said.

Pennsylvania’s state-run liquor system will begin rationing sales of a few dozen products on Friday in response to what it describes as supply shortages beyond its control.

The top U.S. military officer says calls he made to his Chinese counterpart in the final stormy months of Donald Trump’s presidency were “perfectly within the duties and responsibilities” of his job

United Airlines says “technical system issues” were behind an outage that impacted flights across the U.S. Friday morning.

The architect of a Washington protest planned for Saturday that aims to rewrite history about the violent January assault on the U.S. Capitol is hardly a household name.

A Justice Department official tells The Associated Press that the department is reviewing its policies on housing transgender inmates in the federal prison system.

The White House is warning state and local governments about severe cuts to disaster relief, Medicaid, infrastructure grants

As the search for Gabby Petito, a 22-year-old woman originally from Long Island, intensifies, officials are finding out more about what happened between her and her fiancé Brian Laundrie in the days before and after her disappearance.

Hispanic Heritage Month is often peppered with debates around what terms Latinos should use to identify themselves.

Faith Hedgepeth, a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was 19 years old when she was discovered dead in her apartment.

They’re all Democrats. Yet each side is taking vastly different approaches to guiding the massive $3.5 trillion spending bill through Congress.

With flames advancing toward the signature grove of ancient massive trees in Sequoia National Park, firefighters Thursday fought fire with fire.

Prior to the Taliban takeover, 80% of the Afghan government’s budget was funded by the U.S. and other Western donors.

One of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump for his role in inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol says he will not seek reelection next year

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is criticizing some in the judiciary for veering into the role of legislators and politicians

Officials in Washington state are upset that the Biden administration is challenging a state law making it easier for workers who become ill at a former nuclear weapons production site to be compensated.

A new study ties the COVID-19 pandemic to an “alarming” increase in obesity in U.S. children and teenagers.

The Federal Reserve is reviewing the ethics policies that cover the financial holdings of its senior officials in the wake of disclosures that two regional Fed presidents engaged in extensive trading last year.

A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. government must stop using a Trump-era public health order to quickly expel migrants with children who are apprehended along the U.S.-Mexico border

With a wildfire no longer threatening Lake Tahoe, residents, tourists and scientists drawn to its clean alpine air, clear blue waters and fragrant pine trees now wonder about the long-term effects that remain.

President Joe Biden’s “build back better” agenda is poised to be the most far-reaching federal investment since FDR’s New Deal or LBJ’s Great Society

Tyreek Hill, Raheem Mostert and Melvin Gordon are some of the NFLs quickest ball carriers. Which player takes the title for fastest in the league?

Congressional Democrats are calling top executives at ExxonMobil and other oil giants to testify about what lawmakers say is a long-running, industry-wide campaign to spread disinformation about the role of fossil fuels in causing global warming.

A 69-year-old man was arrested for allegedly stabbing to death a National City convenience store clerk nearly half a century ago, police said Thursday.

A Colorado company is hoping to usher in a new and more environmentally friendly era of mortuary science that includes the natural organic reduction of human remains

Hundreds of birds migrating through New York City this week died after crashing into the city’s glass towers, a mass casualty event spotlighted by an NYC Audubon volunteer’s tweets showing the World Trade Center littered with bird carcasses. This week’s avian death toll was particularly high, but bird strikes on Manhatta...

“We unfortunately wasted so much time yesterday running down this false claim,” Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said Wednesday, adding “there is absolutely no reported such side effect or adverse event” in Trinidad or anywhere.

The United States Women’s National Team Players Association called out the U.S. Soccer Federation’s offer for identical contracts for men’s and women’s players on Wednesday as a “PR stunt.” The USSF announced its proposal on Tuesday with the hopes of getting USMNT and USWNT players under the same collective bargaining agreement.  The USS...

The father of a 7-year-old Michigan girl whose hair was cut by a teacher without her parents’ permission has filed a $1 million lawsuit against the school district, a librarian and a teacher’s assistant.

A prominent cybersecurity lawyer has been charged in the special counsel’s probe of the U.S. government’s investigation into Russian election interference The lawyer is accused of making false statements to the FBI

Scientists say the Southern Hemisphere ozone hole is larger than usual and already surpasses the size of Antarctica.

In another ominous sign about the spread of the delta variant, Idaho public health leaders expanded health care rationing statewide and individual hospital systems in Alaska and Montana have enacted similar crisis standards

The retired Olympic gymnast is calling for an independent investigation into the mishandling of abuse claims against Larry Nassar.

In some Massachusetts communities, you could see bus drivers wearing fatigues on Thursday. That’s because members of the National Guard are already practicing bus routes in several cities and towns across the state. The guard started learning routes and bus stops in Chelsea, Lowell and Lynn on Thursday. Guard members went through training on ...

North Korea said it successfully launched ballistic missiles from a train for the first time and was continuing to bolster its defenses, after the two Koreas test-fired missiles hours apart in dueling displays of military might

Publishing company Lil’ Libros has sold more than 1.5 million copies of its board books for kids.

FDA advisers will debate Friday if there’s enough proof that a booster dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective — the first step toward deciding which Americans need one and when.

Cabbage Patch Kids touched off the first big holiday toy craze nearly 40 years ago

Tall, black fences reinforced with concrete barriers are encircling the U.S. Capitol, a key security measure before a rally that has law enforcement on high alert. The Justice for J6 rally is planned for Saturday outside the Capitol. The rally is in support of the rioters who violently stormed the building on Jan. 6. Trucks carrying concrete barrie...

According to Macron’s office, al-Sahrawi personally ordered the killing of six French aid workers and their Nigerien colleagues last year, and his group was behind a 2017 attack that killed U.S. and Niger military personnel.

Some states, like New Mexico, ban Tesla from offering sales or repairs without going through a dealership.

The videos, which began popping up last month, show students taking items, such as wet floor signs, microscopes and clocks, and then describing them as their “devious licks.”

Australia’s prime minister says it has canceled a contract with France for conventional submarines and instead will build nuclear-powered submarines using U.S. technology because of changing strategic conditions in the Asia-Pacific region

In a post on Instagram, the fallen marine’s sister, Cheyenne, shared the happy news of the baby’s arrival alongside photos revealing the emotional tribute to the infant’s late dad.

Gabby Petito vanished during a cross-country road trip with her fiance Brian Laundrie. Investigators say he is not cooperating with them.

The lobsters fetched 28 cents a pound on the docks when she first starting trapping them 90 years ago; today, the price is 15 times that.

A prominent South Carolina lawyer who found the bodies of his wife and son three months ago surrendered to authorities Thursday to face charges in a plot to arrange his own death that ended with the shooter only grazing him in the head.

The former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder in George Floyd’s death has pleaded not guilty to violating a teenager’s civil rights in a separate case that involved a restraint similar to the one used on Floyd

Cuba has released the draft of a new family code that would allow same-sex couples to marry and adopt as well as give children greater participation in decisions that affect them.

The list of issues at Rikers is long and jaw-dropping — violence, trash piled up, human waste coating the floors, and at the top of the list: staffing

Haiti’s government is starting to crumble as Prime Minister Ariel Henry faces increased scrutiny from authorities investigating the president’s slaying.

The Minnesota Supreme Court has reversed the third-degree murder conviction of a former Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot a woman who had called 911 to report a possible rape behind her home

Social media is all about sharing, but it’s what Facebook has not been sharing with the public about its photo-sharing app Instagram that is getting the attention of lawmakers. The Wall Street Journal reports that the social media giant has been tracking Instagram’s impact on its teen users and it’s not good. The newspaper says Instagram is hurting...

The Biden administration has begun notifying governors and state refugee coordinators about how many Afghan evacuees from the first group of nearly 37,000 arrivals are slated to be resettled in their states.

The Biden administration says federal protections may need to be restored for gray wolves in the western U.S. after Republican-led states made it much easier to kill the predators

A member of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 pleaded guilty Wednesday and will cooperate with investigators against his fellow extremists

President Joe Biden’s “build back better” agenda is poised to be the most far-reaching federal investment since FDR’s New Deal or LBJ’s Great Society

The 2021 WNBA playoffs are right around the corner. Here’s what you need to know about the postseason format, TV schedule and team standings.

Hours after California Gov. Gavin Newsom beat back a recall election that could have removed him, his fellow Democrats in the state Legislature said they will seek changes to make it more difficult to challenge a sitting governor.

The new trilateral security partnership seeks to strengthen stability in the Indo-Pacific region as China expands its military might and influence.

The chairman of Prince Charles’ charitable foundation has resigned after reports the organization was offered a donation of more than 500,000 pounds ($692,000) from a Russian banker seeking British citizenship

A House committee has dealt an ominous if tentative blow to President Joe Biden’s social and environment package

.SpaceX’s first private flight has streaked into orbit with two contest winners, a health care worker and their rich sponsor. It was the first time a spacecraft circled Earth with an all-amateur crew and no professional astronauts. SpaceX’s recycled rocket soared Wednesday night from the same Kennedy Space Center pad used by the company’s three pre...

The U.S. drugmaker shared a new analysis that showed the incidence of breakthrough Covid cases was less frequent in people who were more recently vaccinated.

The swift growth of U.S. Latinos is reshaping big states and small towns. Meet the faces of a new era.

The top U.S. military officer is defending his phone calls to his Chinese counterpart during the final months of Donald Trump’s presidency as an effort to avoid misunderstandings and conflict

Religious objections were once used only sparingly around the country to get exempted from various required vaccines

Colorado’s attorney general says a civil rights investigation that began amid outrage over the death of Elijah McClain has found that a suburban Denver police department has a pattern of racially biased policing

A former Georgetown University tennis coach accused of accepting more than $2 million in bribes to help kids get into the school will plead guilty in the sweeping college admissions scandal.

Amazon’s upcoming event is part of an effort to make the site a go-to destination for beauty and personal care items.

Mack is best known for her role as a young Superman’s close friend on the series “Smallville.”

A South Bay man’s pro wrestling school went through hard times during the pandemic, but was saved by the passion and tradition of lucha libre.

Winners of big jackpots face a few important decisions that should be handled before heading to lottery headquarters to claim their windfall.

The key defendant in the 2015 Paris attacks trial said that the coordinated killings were part of the Islamic State network’s war against France.

The FDA staff declined to take a stance on backing booster shots of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine, saying U.S. regulators haven’t verified all the available data.

Jordan Cheyenne and her 8-year-old had just found out their dog had a potentially deadly illness; then she turned the camera on.

Speaking through tears, Biles described feeling failed by the FBI and told lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee that she and other survivors of Nassar’s abuse want to see the federal law enforcement officials involved in the botched investigation “prosecuted to the fullest extent because they need to be held accountable.”...

Police in North Port, Florida, announced that the fiancé of a Long Island woman who went missing while traveling through Wyoming is a person of interest in this case — raising suspicion after it became known that he was in Florida 10 days prior to her being reported missing and due to the fact that he refuses to speak to authorities.

Commissioners in Surfside, Florida, have rejected a proposal to trade public land to the eventual buyer of the condominium collapse site.

Bands of heavy rain have been pummeling parts of the Alabama Gulf Coast and the Florida Panhandle

The attorney for South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh says Murdaugh was under the influence of opioids and suffering depression when he hired a man to kill him so his son could collect a $10 million insurance policy

The powerful sister of North Korea’s leader has criticized South Korean President Moon Jae-in and threatened a “complete destruction” of relations hours after Moon said South Korea’s growing missile capabilities will serve as a “sure deterrence” against North Korean provocations

The supply of homes for sale is near a record low, and the gap between supply and demand is widening as homebuilders struggle to keep up.

The NFL is off and running in the 2021 season. After the NFL Kickoff game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Dallas Cowboys came down to the final seconds, football fans got to enjoy 14 more games on Sunday and the first Monday Night Football contest of the season in Week 1. Some teams, like the Kansas City Chiefs, Pittsburgh…

The leader of an Illinois anti-government militia group who authorities say masterminded the 2017 bombing of a Minnesota mosque has been sentenced to 53 years in prison for civil rights and hate crimes

The coronavirus pandemic may have threatened small businesses across America, but these companies are rising up despite the challenges. In “Rebound,” we go behind the scenes of three Black- and AAPI-owned businesses as they fight to overcome pandemic shutdowns, staffing challenges and the delta variant. As the nation continues to battle...