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A Democrat who is hoping to challenge Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for his Kentucky seat said Wednesday that she would have likely voted to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh — but then later retra...

New Orleans was already hit by a storm that left its streets swamped. Now, meteorologists say a hurricane could be on its way       

Epstein's lawyers argued that home confinement and electronic monitoring would be enough to ensure that he does not flee Disgraced American financier Jeffrey Epstein has asked a federal judge to let him out of jail and a...

Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein got approval from a New York judge to hire a new legal team two months before his scheduled rape trial.

Theweather disturbance in the Gulf is expected to strengthen into Tropical Storm Barry by nightfall and hit as a hurricane Saturday.       

California prosecutors are reviewing video from the Toontown throw-down that happened at Disneyland over the weekend to see whether criminal charges should be filed. "Police believe there is the possibility of felony con...

Paula Reid, Zeke Miller, Kim Wehle and Nancy Cordes join CBSN's "Red & Blue" to discuss Labor Secretary Alex Acosta's news conference Wednesday where he dismissed criticism of his handling of a controversial plea deal in...

The former vice president's pledge came during a meeting with Hispanic lawmakers in Washington on Wednesday

Tensions between the UK and Iran escalated in the Persian Gulf on Wednesday when five Iranian ships apparently attempted to seize a British oil tanker. The UK-flagged tanker British Heritage was crossing into the Strait ...

Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman should be sentenced to life behind bars — plus 30 years, according to prosecutors. Guzman, 62, already faces a mandatory minimum of life behind bars at sentencing followi...

After a nonprofit involved bailed on the tournament at Trump National Doral sponsored by a Miami-area strip club, the event was canceled.       

A Catholic bishop in Colombia is going to new heights in efforts to perform an exorcism - as he plans to spray holy water over an entire city from a helicopter, according to reports. Monsignor Rubén Dario Jaramillo Mont...

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Unaccompanied Syrian fell into despair after waiting more than six months for response to application A Syrian teenager left suicidal after the Home Office failed to respond to his application to join his family in Brita...

Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday warned progressive members of Congress to stop tweeting insults at their moderate colleagues -- as one of the apparent objects of her ire, Bronx/Queens Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, said the Ho...

The lawmaker from New York was seen wiping away tears during the young mother's gripping testimony Wednesday on Capitol Hill

R. Alexander Acosta, the labor secretary, defended his handling of a sex crimes case against the financier Jeffrey Epstein over a decade ago.

Trump is expected announce executive actions Thursday toallowa citizenship question on the 2020 census, twoadministration officials said.       

UN ambassadors from 22 states join together in rare show of unity to write letter calling on Beijing to allow freedom of movement for Muslim minority More than 20 countries have written to top United Nations human rights...

Unmanned craft - about the size of a large refrigerator - plans to collect ground samples, some 300 million kilometres from Earth Japan's Hayabusa2 probe has successfully landed on a distant asteroid where it hopes to co...

Slate's parenting podcast on bonding with a new sort-of stepson and dealing with calorie-counting kids.

Automaker acknowledges that problems took longer than expected to address, but is confident the cars "were and remain safe."