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KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - A juror in Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial was dismissed Thursday after a court security officer reported that the man told a joke about the police shooting of Jacob Bla...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - Virginia Republicans hoped to ride the coattails of their gubernatorial nominee in Tuesday's down-ballot races, including one local contest whose winner is guaranteed to make ...

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - Opening statements began Tuesday at the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, with a prosecutor detailing the young man's shooting of three people who were out on the streets of Kenos...

NEW YORK (AP) - Mounting trash. Closed firehouses. Fewer police and ambulances on the street.That's the possibility New York City is bracing for come Monday as a COVID-19 vaccine mandate looms and tho...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Ten states filed a lawsuit Friday to stop President Joe Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors, arguing that the requirement violates federal law.Attorneys gener...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal from health care workers in Maine to block a vaccine mandate that went into effect Friday.Three conservative justices noted their d...

FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) - A military jury imposed a sentence of 26 years Friday on a former Maryland man who admitted joining al-Qaida and has been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center. But under ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Barring an unforeseen breakthrough, intelligence agencies won't be able to conclude whether COVID-19 spread by animal-to-human transmission or leaked from a lab, officials said Frida...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration on Friday paved the way for children ages 5 to 11 to get Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine.The FDA cleared kid-size doses - just a third of the amount given ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday endorsed Herschel Walker for the Senate in Georgia, lending the clout of the highest-ranking elected GOP official in the country t...