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CHICAGO -- The Chicago Police Department is putting an extra 1,400 officers on the streets to try to reduce the number of shootings over the Labor Day weekend. The deployment is part of a strategy the department employs ...

SALISBURY, Conn. -- A man once convicted of kidnapping in Massachusetts has been arrested after police found him hiding on the porch of a girl’s dormitory at the exclusive Hotchkiss School in Connecticut. The Hartford ...

Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been barred from Brazil's October presidential election by the country's electoral court despite easily leading in the polls -- a ruling that …

SANTA FE, N.M. -- The FBI on Friday arrested five former residents of a ramshackle compound in New Mexico on firearms and conspiracy charges as local prosecutors dropped charges in the death of a 3-year-old boy at the pr...

Nearly a year later, they're still numbers.

The bill is sure to set up a fight between broadband providers, like Verizon and AT&T, and consumer groups.

The ugly call features a speaker who pretends to be the black candidate, using an exaggerated dialect, as drums and jungle sounds play in the background.

President Trump signed an executive order that would make it easier for small businesses to band together in associations to provide affordable retirement savings plans.

LONDON -- A supporter of the Islamic State group who plotted to kill British Prime Minister Theresa May received a prison sentence of at least 30 years Friday from a judge who called him “a very dangerous individual.�...

Probe by Saudi-UAE coalition launched after international condemnation over air raid that killed 40 children.

The app lets parents store identifying information in case a child goes missing.

Actress Vanessa Marquez, best known for her role as a nurse on the medical drama ER, was killed by police officers in California Thursday, the South Pasadena Police Department confirmed Friday. The police were performing...

President Donald Trump and U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions both supported a proposal during the 2016 campaign that Trump meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, lawyers for a former campaign adviser said in a cou...

A troop of pallbearers includes a breadth of notable figures, from prominent politicians to Hollywood royalty to business leaders to dear friends of the McCain family.

President Trump maynot have been invited to Sen. John McCain's service at the National Cathedral, but his daughter Ivanka Trump and Jarad Kushner attended.        

WASHINGTON -- Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says she has "no intention of taking any action" regarding any possible use of federal funds to arm teachers or provide them with firearms training. DeVos' comments came Frid...

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says she has "no intention of taking any action" regarding any possible use of federal funds to arm teachers or provide them with firearms training

Rancher John Divine of Rio Grande County, Colorado, told officers that he put out the poison because coyotes were killing his sheep.        

Washington lobbyist W. Samuel Patten pleaded guilty Friday to acting as an unregistered foreign lobbyist, and admitted to lying to the Senate Intelligence Committee and funneling a Ukrainian oligarch's money to Donald Tr...

Some of the priests accused of sexually abusing children in a recent grand jury report have neighbors who are unaware of the allegations.        

DENVER -- The new CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee is calling for another shakeup in the leadership at USA Gymnastics in the wake of the Larry Nassar sex-abuse scandal. Sarah Hirshland sent out a statement shortly after...

He ignores pleas from relatives not to exploit death of 20-year-old college student for politics.