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ASan DiegoZooemployee was hospitalized Monday afternoon after being bitten by a venomous snake, according toreports. The incident occurred as the wildlife care specialist was caring for the African bush viper, scientific...

After years of arguing against an extended military presence in Afghanistan, President Biden is doing things his way, with the deadline for withdrawal set for the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks.

Nearly three years after five people at the Capital Gazette newspaper were killed, a Maryland judge has discussed plans for holding the second part of the shooter’s trial under COVID-19 court protocols

This article is based on insights from experts on illicit trade and why eliminating illicit tobacco trade is an important step for public health, revenue as well as for other sustainable development goals. Experts from I...

As the military reckons with racism and extremism in its ranks, one story of the Maryland National Guard highlights the toll of discrimination.      

California is racing to spend more than a half-billion dollars before this year's wildfire season gets going in earnest

Activists march in the Loop on April 13, 2021, to support protesters in Brooklyn Center, Minn., after the fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright. The rally also attracted those hoping to honor Adam Toledo, 13, who was sh...

A Tennessee man killed his wife and her mother before turning the gun on himself Monday. Marie Varsos, 31 and Deborah Sisco, 60, were killed in the attack at Sisco’s house in suburban Nashville, police said in a statem...

The Capitol Police inspector general also reported that the agency's officers were equipped with expired ammunition and riot shields that were improperly stored, making them prone to breakage, CNN reported.

Desiree Linden became the first woman to run under three hours for 50 kilometers, averaging well under six minutes per mile over 31 miles.      

Despite being tipped that "Congress itself is the target" on Jan. 6, Capitol Police were ordered not to use their most powerful crowd-control weapons, according to a scathing new watchdog report.

A Maryland state trooper on Tuesday fatally shot a 16-year-old boy who authorities say was armed with an airsoft gun and a knife, a new report said. Pehton Ham was allegedly pointing the replica gun at the responding tro...

Joel Greenberg, the former tax collector for Seminole County, Florida, has been providing information about the conduct of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to federal investigators since last year, two people with knowledge of t...

Famed chef Nusr-et Gökçe -- better known as “Salt Bae” -- has been hit with a $5 million copyright infringement lawsuit by a Brooklyn artist, who alleges the social media star used his artwork all over the world wi...

Derek Chauvin's lawyer will try to combat earlier witnesses' claims. A protest over Daunte Wright's shooting was shut down. Here's the latest from Minnesota.

His enormous fraud left behind a devastating human toll and paper losses totaling $64.8 billion.

Cases of weapons confusion like the Daunte Wright shooting are rare but avoidable, say experts who blame inadequate training in most instances.      

A suspect is at large after shooting a Texas police officer multiple times at a traffic stop overnight.

Russia on Wednesday turned a cold shoulder to President Biden’s ​proposal to meet with President Putin for an in-person summit as US ships steam to the Black Sea to counter Moscow’s increasing military presence in ...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi claimed the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrectionists would have “had a battle on their hands” if they encountered her — declaring she is a “street fighter.” “That’s what they were setting ...

Just hours after the shot was halted in the US on Tuesday, Fauci said that the six women reporting the potentially deadly clots had them "between six days and 13 days" after getting the one-dose shot.

The alliance's mantra has always been "in together and out together," so with the U.S. leaving, the pullout would not come as a surprise.