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RALEIGH, N.C. — “People’s lives are in serious danger at the Sigma Nu house. 6 people have been hospitalized.”

This anonymous report was received by NC State University police on Sept. 15. Less than two hours ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio is weighing whether to leave the Trump administration, people familiar with the matter said, as he considers his next moves following Republicans’ midterm elections wipeout ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. lawmakers are looking to impeach embattled Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as soon as next week, an effort that’s gained momentum after the Iran war he championed partly led to Republicans losing ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he met with Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev at the White House but did not visit with Ukrainian representatives.

Speaking to reporters Thursday in the Oval Office, ...Read more

OAKLAND, Calif. — The star witness in the corruption trial against ex-Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao resumed his testimony Thursday in an Oakland federal courtroom, recounting a scheme to bribe another East Bay politician — ...Read more

CHICAGO — Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch announced Thursday evening he would not seek reelection to the powerful post in January, a move prompted by a rebellion led by 26 current and incoming Democratic...Read more

DES MOINES, Iowa — A female postal worker shot two fellow employees at the main post office in Iowa’s capital city Thursday before being captured nearby, authorities said.

A third employee was injured in a fall while ...Read more

Former Republican Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is distancing himself from efforts to rebuild the state’s struggling Republican Party, saying Thursday that he is focused instead on encouraging a new generation of political ...Read more

U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin, who is poised to lead the House Judiciary Committee after Democrats won control of the chamber, clashed with a Republican colleague on CNN Wednesday over President Donald Trump’s impeachments and ...Read more

The National Hurricane Center on Thursday continued to track a low pressure system in the Atlantic with a chance to develop into a more dangerous storm.

As of the NHC’s 1 p.m. EST tropical outlook, the broad area of ...Read more

NEW YORK — Progressive Rep-elect Claire Valdez, D-New York, Thursday said she hasn’t decided whether to support Rep. Hakeem Jeffries for speaker of the House but projected optimism that Democrats will be unified behind...Read more

The measles virus has continued to spread in Minnesota's Todd County because of a lack of widespread vaccination, bringing it to the highest level since at least 1990.

In the past week, 58 confirmed infections in the ...Read more

President Donald Trump on Thursday called on officials to shift votes in the still-uncalled Alaska Senate race to Republican incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan, in order to defeat Democrat Mary Peltola, who holds a narrow lead.

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MINNEAPOLIS — State lawmakers and Gov. Tim Walz joined members of the Hortman family Thursday morning to unveil signs renaming Minnesota Highway 610 in honor of former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark....Read more

The Trump administration on Thursday extended its sanctions on Cuba to the island’s electronics, manufacturing, marine and technology sectors and punished Guillermo Faustino Rodríguez López-Calleja, a shadowy figure ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — One of Gov.-elect Amy Klobuchar’s first jobs in St. Paul in January will be to name her replacement to the U.S. Senate.

The appointed senator will serve until a new special election is called, which ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A Culver City ballot measure that would give 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote in municipal and school board elections was trailing Thursday.

Ballots still were being counted, but Measure YV was ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Rep. Tom McClintock won another term representing California’s 5th Congressional District despite a Democratic-backed redistricting effort that reshaped his sprawling Sierra Nevada and Central ...Read more

Two days after Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was shot to death in his second-floor bedroom in the hills above Port-au-Prince, Tampa businessman Frederick Bergmann called his longtime friend in the Haitian capital and ...Read more

The fears had shadowed Wall Street off and on for months. Then, all at once, everyone rushed for the exits.

The stock-market rout on Thursday, which began soon after the opening bell on the New York Stock Exchange, ...Read more