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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The sheriff of the Florida county where a shooter killed 17 people at a high school last week has ordered all deputies who qualify to begin carrying rifles on school grounds. ...

WASHINGTON — Talk-show host Tavis Smiley is suing his former employer, the Public Broadcasting Service, for breach of contract after he was fired over sexual harassment allegations. The Washingt...

So far this year, 14 law enforcement officers across the United States have died after they were shot in the line of duty. Six of them died in just one week, said Craig Floyd with the National Law Enf...

LEONARDTOWN, Md. (AP) – Two Maryland teenagers have been charged with making threats after they talked about bringing guns to school. The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office said it r...

SAN DIEGO — The federal government has started work on a border wall in California to replace a decaying decades-old barrier. The work that began Wednesday in the city of Calexico is the first w...

CROZET, VA.– Witnesses to a collision between a train carrying Republican congressmen and a garbage truck in rural Virginia have told investigators the truck entered the railroad crossing after ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will host a listening session Wednesday with people affected by some of the nation’s highest-profile deadly school shootings, including the 1999 Columbi...

By David Wright CNN WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders will publish a book titled “Where We Go From Here” a week after the 2018 midterm elections, St. Martin’s Press announced We...

DETROIT - The latest variation of an Uber ride will require a short walk.In eight U.S. cities, the ride-hailing company is rolling out a service called "Express Pool," which links riders in the same a...

By CNN Staff CNN MONTREAT, N.C. — Evangelist Billy Graham — a confidant to presidents, a guiding light to generations of American evangelicals and a globe-trotting preacher who converted m...