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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The federal government is asking a court to halt California’s enforcement of a rule requiring prison guards be…

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Days after Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey blamed an after-school fight on…

BOSTON (AP) — A Rwandan man who authorities say took part in the country’s 1994 genocide before making his way to the U.S. has been indicted by a…

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press The collision of three Norfolk Southern trains in Pennsylvania early this month highlights the shortcomings of the…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say convicted killer Alex Murdaugh didn’t tell the truth when FBI…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — NBC News cut ties Tuesday with former Republican National Committee chief Ronna McDaniel less than…

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A former North Dakota Republican state senator has ended his campaign for the state’s only U.S. House seat. Tom Campbell, a…

HOUSTON (AP) — Police in Houston are investigating the death of an 8-year-old girl whose body was found inside a large pipe for a lazy river at a…

By GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark could face sanctions, including disbarment in…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s Republican state senators are making another attempt to impose a conservative stamp on the…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyer said Tuesday that the searches of the…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press The bridge that collapsed into a Maryland river after a ship strike was iconic. It was erected almost five decades…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Federal officials gathered Tuesday in southern New Mexico to mark the 25th…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH and SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two families of transgender minors have filed a constitutional…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal court has dismissed an attempt by conservative Pennsylvania lawmakers to overturn automatic voter registration,…

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa attorney general’s office said it is still working on an audit of its…

By MATTHEW PERRONE, AMANDA SEITZ and CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday did not appear…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Two former officials of a Massachusetts veterans home where at least 76 people died during the…

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A mountain lion killed a man and seriously wounded his brother last weekend in northern…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says a controversial policy that allows service members to be reimbursed for travel if…

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California police department has been handcuffed by Lego after the toy company…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A prominent journalist in Belarus has been designated a political prisoner by the…

BOSTON (AP) — The city of Boston will pay about $4.6 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from the police killing of a mentally ill…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana officials have revoked the liquor license of an Indianapolis bar where one person was killed and five others, including…

By The Associated Press The first three days of the NCAA Tournament attracted record ratings, only to see the momentum stifled due to Sunday’s…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Advocates for adult victims of childhood sexual abuse say they will ask Louisiana’s Supreme…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has picked Nicole Shanahan, a California lawyer and philanthropist…

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — The city of Berkeley, California, has agreed to halt enforcement of a ban on natural gas piping in new homes and buildings…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada judge tentatively set an August trial date for a former Las Vegas-area elected official accused of killing an…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican legislators have approved a bill that would require Kansas abortion providers to ask their patients why they want to…