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The Trump administration's plan to allow more imports of foreign beef has particularly roiled the agriculture-rich state of Nebraska.

Although unconfirmed reports suggest pneumonic plague, officials have not publicly identified the infection.

The Democratic Party is working to expand the map by going on offense in Republican-held districts, while President Donald Trump hits the trail in a red-state sprint to boost voter enthusiasm and shore up support from his base.

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On Monday, the first day of the Supreme Court's new term, the justices will hear the Boulder case that could decide the fate of others like it.

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The so-called OPEC+ subgroup — Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria and Oman — will meet again on Nov. 1 to review conditions in the oil market.

The Nobel Prize in medicine will be announced Monday.

Their anxiety is fueling a restlessness with a national political system that they worry is no longer capable of improving their lives or no longer interested in helping.

People may accept bad behavior — even sexual assault — when they overestimate how acceptable their peers think it is.

The Federal Aviation Administration contacted the Coast Guard at 2 a.m.

Around 3.4 million voters were eligible to choose the three members of the country's multi-ethnic presidency, lawmakers for the national parliament and heads of institutions for the country's two entities.

The announcement comes after Trump hosted top executives of AI companies at the White House last week and said they had signed a voluntary accord that would effectively self-police the development of the technology.

With the investigation underway, preliminary details about the incident have highlighted several major security lapses.

Little has been released about Pike's condition since Wednesday night's execution attempt.

Bolsonaro is the son of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro and an ally of U.S.

"My heart aches when I think of what she experienced," Kotlikoff said.

America's multibillion-dollar market for impairing hemp products faces potential elimination after Congress voted to close a loophole in federal law that has allowed it to flourish.

Trump is embarking on what he says will be a 32-day blitz ahead of the Nov. 3 elections, hitting the deep red states of Texas, Oklahoma and Alabama this week before pivoting to Ohio, a battleground state that's home to one of the top-tier Senate races this

The drug is targeted at Bundibugyo virus, which is responsible for the fast-moving outbreak and is without an approved vaccine or treatment.

Kelvin waves are not like tsunamis, and they don't curl over and crash on the beach.

"If Tom Cotton were putting Arkansas first, he would give them an extra hour of daylight and, more importantly, they wouldn't have to run all over their houses, farms, work places, and everywhere else, twice a year, having to change their Clocks, and often

The Heaton Park synagogue was the site of an attack on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, on Oct. 2, 2025, when Jihad Al-Shamie crashed his car into the gates and then began a knife attack.

This year's election is a test for the working-class coalition that lifted Trump into the White House and gave majorities to Republicans in the House and Senate.

While heavily redacted, the records offer a fuller but sometimes conflicting timeline of events and a glimpse at how the men responded to the allegations.

President Donald Trump is hitting the campaign trail to support Republican candidates in toss-up races that will determine which party controls Congress for the final two years of his presidency.

The judge in the Lindsay Clancy murder case on Thursday refused to declare her not guilty, turning down a defense motion that had argued there wasn't enough evidence to prove she was responsible for killing her three children.

Tennessee officials failed to carry out the lethal injection of death row inmate Christa Pike on Wednesday.

Investigators across the Middle East are hunting for answers after a co-pilot stabbed his captain and allegedly attempted to crash a FlyDubai aircraft bound for Israel.

The demonstrations erupted in Paris-region schools last week and have snowballed, with police making hundreds of arrests in clashes with the young protesters.

In our news wrap Thursday, the Supreme Court agreed to review the Trump administration's mandatory detention policy for migrants, UK police arrested a British-Iranian citizen on suspicion of planning a terror attack following a security incident at an air…

There are new revelations about how authorities handled an alleged gang rape at Cornell University in 2024.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he is fundamentally reshaping the culture of the U.S. military.

Efforts to reshape the military include modernizing the technology soldiers will use on the battlefield and the further integration of artificial intelligence.

After 48 years, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon is nearing the end of its mandate.

Karl Rove is known for his hardball politics promoting the GOP.

In a stunning verdict announced Tuesday, the Premier League published a statement confirming Manchester City was guilty of almost all of the 115 charges leveled against the Abu Dhabi-controlled club for alleged breaches of financial rules.

The Trump administration would require U.S. taxpayers to disclose their citizenship and work authorization status to the IRS as part of a proposed change to the annual tax form that nearly all workers file each year.

A medical helicopter transporting a patient crashed off Catalina Island near Los Angeles, killing two people and leaving two hospitalized, authorities said Thursday.

Under New York state law, rape charges generally need to involve force or a clear refusal of sex, unless the victim is physically helpless due to being unconscious, or mentally incapacitated due to being drugged without their consent.

A white Dallas police officer convicted of killing a Black man in his apartment that she mistook for her own was granted parole Thursday after serving seven years of her 10-year sentence.

A failed execution in Tennessee is raising more questions about the state's capital punishment protocols after Christa Gail Pike survived two doses of a lethal injection Wednesday evening.

Four astronauts rocketed into orbit Thursday on a space station mission that will stretch until spring, among them a Canadian whose wife will give birth while he's away.

The nation's highest court will hear arguments in the coming months in its latest case involving religious rights.

The benchmark 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose to 7.28%, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday.

A majority, 65%, of U.S. adults now blame Trump's policies for persistently high costs more than factors outside of his control, signaling growing weariness over his aggressive use of tariffs and continued unhappiness with the war with Iran.

In all, there are roughly two dozen state student loan lenders that offer broad-based assistance to help students fill education funding gaps.

Layoffs remain low and most American workers enjoy job security.

A judge in the nation's capital agreed on Thursday to permanently dismiss a criminal case charging a former Olympian with vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a move that could prevent federal prosecutors from reviving the case under political

High yields slow the economy by making it more expensive for everyone to borrow money, while undercutting prices for stocks and other investments.