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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A group of prison firefighters said their feet burned and their socks melded to their feet during a gruesome fire clean-up assignment that left several unable to walk, stand......

NEW YORK (AP) — Markquis Nowell walked the ball up the floor with the score tied in the final minute of overtime and exchanged animated hand signals with his coach, Jerome Tang. Standing on the March......

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Rory McIlroy had every reason to love the long ball Thursday. Taken to the 18th hole in the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, McIlroy unleashed the shot of the tournament. He......

CHICAGO (AP) — The image of gunmen in a row firing in unison into the chest of a condemned prisoner may conjure up a bygone, less enlightened era. But the idea of using firing squads is making a......

BEIJING (AP) — China's scandal-plagued football association has been rocked by new corruption probes into its chiefs of discipline and competition. The sports ministry on Friday said Wang Xiaoping,......

Afroman is facing a lawsuit filed by seven Ohio police officers who raided his home last year after the rapper used the footage from the botched raid in his music videos....

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Joe Biden's order that federal employees get vaccinated against COVID-19 was blocked Thursday by a federal appeals court. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New......

A one-time supporter of former President Donald Trump has demanded that Tucker Carlson recant comments supporting a conspiracy theory that he instigated the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol....

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Four families challenging Florida's prohibition against puberty-blocking hormones and gender-affirming surgeries for minors filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against state......

A coin minted by the Roman politician Brutus after the assassination of Julius Caesar has been returned to Greece after an investigation by Homeland Security agents and the Manhattan District Attorney's Office....

The United States and Canada reached an agreement Thursday to make changes to a longstanding deal that would allow the countries to divert asylum seekers from their borders to stem surging migration, reports said....

The parents of Ethan Crumbley, who pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a 2021 mass shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan, must stand trial for involuntary manslaughter for the deaths caused by their son....

House Republicans on Thursday failed to override President Joe Biden's veto of a bill that would have prevented retirement fund managers from considering social factors when making investments....

NEW YORK (AP) — Ling Ma's sharp and surreal "Bliss Montage" and Beverly Gage's sweeping biography of the late FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, "G-Man," were among the winners Thursday night of the......

Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah signed legislation Thursday, requiring parents or guardians to give consent for users under the age of 18 to use social media accounts....

An off-duty pilot is being credited with helping a Southwest Airlines flight land safely on Wednesday, springing into action when a sudden illness incapacitated one of the two flying pilots....

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Children and teens in Utah would lose access to social media apps such as TikTok if they don't have parental consent and face other restrictions under a first-in-the-nation law......

In a letter Thursday, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office said it will not heed the request of House Republicans to testify about the ongoing porn-star hush money investigation into former President Donald Trump....

As the House Energy and Commerce Committee grilled TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew Thursday, a Stanford graduate student and his partners announced the creation of a social media platform that could replace TikTok....

As the House Energy and Commerce Committee grilled TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew Thursday, a Stanford graduate student and his partners announced the creation of a social media platform that could replace TikTok....

President Joe Biden celebrated the 13th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act on Thursday, lauding the progress the law has made in helping Americans attain healthcare....

A law enforcement operation that spanned multiple days ended with the shooting of one suspect and the arrest of another following a hostage standoff in Houston on Thursday morning....

Grindr, the popular gay dating application, has sent an alert to all of its users in Egypt warning that police arrested dozens of its users over the weekend....

A Virginia police officer who fatally shot an alleged shoplifter at a mall in Fairfax County was fired Thursday as officials released body camera footage of the encounter....

Classic rocker Jackson Browne announced dates for his summer tour Thursday, with tickets going on sale Friday....

More American children have autism than previously thought, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports....

A former adviser at investment bank Morgan Stanley was one of four people arrested Thursday in two separate schemes that reportedly defrauded several current and former NBA players, according to the Justice Department....

The father of a 17-year-old Parkland shooting victim was arrested Thursday on Capitol Hill after shouting at a Republican lawmaker during a hearing on gun regulations....

A piglet on the loose for multiple days in a New Hampshire town was captured by a local animal lover -- and the rescue was caught on video....

Animal rescuers in Ohio said a reported carbon monoxide leak at a family's home turned out to have an unusual cause -- an owl stuck in the chimney....