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A Republican congressman says he had to swim to safety after a plane he was traveling in made an emergency landing in a lake late Saturday
There's a flaw in Georgia’s voting equipment that can allow voters to be matched to their ballots after they’ve been cast
Political strategist Khalil Thompson is on a mission to understand why some Black men leaned Republican in recent elections
Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, has called for a renewed commitment to peace as he marked the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in the U.S. Speaking from St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, he offered prayers for victims and those still affected by the tragedy
Alaska prosecutors are dropping voter misconduct cases against a group of residents born in American Samoa after a state appeals court threw out felony charges against a woman who checked a box saying she was a U.S. citizen
A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration's plan to cut staffing at FEMA by 50% was unlawful
A trespasser was reported at former Vice President Kamala Harris' Malibu, California, home
The CEO of Anthropic says the artificial-intelligence industry should slow its fast-moving development to give safety measures time to catch up
A former CIA official has reached a tentative plea agreement after being charged with theft for inflating his salary
Mississippi police say they were still investigating the death of Tasia Fortune, a Black woman found hanging from a tree last month, a day after a man was arrested in connection with the killing
The Atlantic hurricane season is unusually quiet this year due to a strong El Nino, which disrupts storm formation over that ocean
The U.S. Justice Department has struggled to secure felony convictions against most of the 102 protesters arrested since last year for assaulting federal authorities in four major cities
President Donald Trump wants the Smithsonian Institution to install a colossal statue of George Washington outside the National Museum of American History
Court cases involving Twin Cities churches and immigration enforcement highlight how the acrimonious debate continues to roil faith communities more than six months since the federal surge in Minnesota
New blood tests are helping doctors diagnose whether Alzheimer’s or something else is causing a patient’s memory problems
A federal jury has found rapper Lil Durk not guilty of attempted murder for hire of rival rapper Quando Rondo
A federal court has declared that the Energy Department exceeded its authority by forcing a Michigan coal-fired power plant to remain open past its scheduled retirement date last year
A federal judge who ruled 13 years ago that Hispanics were racially profiled in then-Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s immigration crackdowns has rejected a bid to end the court’s supervision of the sheriff’s office
Mississippi police have arrested a man in the death Tasia Fortune, a Black woman found hanging from a tree last month
The U.S. is commemorating the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that left nearly 3,000 people dead and the nation shaken