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NEW YORK (AP) — A spokeswoman says New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (dih BLAH'-zee-oh) is committed to reform at the troubled Rikers Island jail com...

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — The parents of a 17-year-old German exchange student who was shot to death by a Montana man say their dreams are broken. Celal ...

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — One of two girls accused of stabbing a classmate in a southeastern Wisconsin park to please a fantasy character known as Slender...

BOSTON (AP) — Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev returned to court Thursday for the first time since he was arraigned in July 2013, and...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Handing environmentalists a breakthrough victory, New York plans to prohibit fracking for natural gas because of what regulators s...

MIDDLE RIVER, Md. (AP) — The Army showed off a blimp-like airship Wednesday that is designed to help the military detect and destroy cruise missiles s...

WASHINGTON (AP) — He may be president now, but Barack Obama says he’s a black man who has been mistaken for the valet and worries his daughters could ...

For the first time in two decades, a new treatment has been shown to limit the damage from a common type of stroke. Researchers in the Netherlands fou...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Jeb Bush answered the biggest question looming over the Republican Party’s next campaign for the White House on Tuesday, all ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The three teenage girls from Colorado swapped Twitter messages about marriage and religion with recruiters for the Islamic State gro...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Michigan boot-maker, potato farmers and more than 1,200 contractors that supply parts for a next-generation fighter plane are amon...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Congress that began with bright hopes for immigration legislation is ending in bitter divisions on the issue even as some Republic...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell declared Tuesday that approving the Keystone XL pipeline will top the Senate agenda in Janu...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will sign legislation imposing new economic sanctions on Russia, the White House said Tuesday, as the U.S. cl...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sign-ups under President Barack Obama’s health care law surged last week, driven by a deadline for getting covered by Jan. 1, offici...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The smell of latkes — fresh potato pancakes — wafted over the National Mall on Tuesday as Vice President Joe Biden marked the first ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s easy for Congress to meddle with the District of Columbia’s decision to legalize recreational use of marijuana, but taking on t...

NEW YORK (AP) — The mother of a 12-year-old Ohio boy fatally shot by police who believed he was carrying a gun said Monday he was never given a chance...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — With tensions running high over the killings of blacks by police, departments around the country are changing policies and proce...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo police are investigating a shooting on the city’s east side that left a 24-year-old man dead. Police say the shooting occ...