WASHINGTON (AP) - The one-two punch of the coronavirus pandemic that shuttered the Capitol’s doors in the spring of 2020 and the deadly January riot by Donald Trump's supporters has left the icon of American democracy closed to all but…
WASHINGTON (AP) - A ransomware attack has paralyzed the networks of at least 200 U.S. companies. That's according to a cybersecurity researcher whose company was responding to the incident. John Hammond of the security firm Huntress Labs says a major…
The Boy Scouts of America have reached an $850 million agreement with attorneys representing some 60,000 victims of child sex abuse.
America’s employers added 850,000 jobs in June, well above the average of the previous three months.
The Trump Organization and its longtime finance chief were charged Thursday in what a prosecutor called a “sweeping and audacious” tax fraud scheme.
Republican Rep. Liz Cheney and seven Democrats have been selected to a new select committee to investigate the violent Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.
Rescue efforts at the site of a partially collapsed condominium building in Florida have been halted out of concern about the stability of the remaining structure.
Pennsylvania’s highest court has overturned comedian Bill Cosby’s sex assault conviction.
A Chattanooga family is on the first cruise ship to set sail from the U.S. following the COVID-19 pandemic. "We already had three cruises cancelled due to COVID from the last year and a half, I guess.…
Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava says another body was recovered overnight from the site of a collapsed building, bringing the death toll to 10.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - The first cruise ship to leave a U.S. port since the coronavirus pandemic brought the industry to a 15-month standstill has sailed away. Celebrity Edge departed from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Saturday with the number of…
WASHINGTON (AP) - A half-dozen scientists and engineers who specialize in disastrous structure failures are headed to south Florida to collect firsthand information on the cause of the catastrophic collapse of Champlain Towers South. Their initial work will be used…
The Justice Department is suing Georgia over the state’s new election law and alleging that Republican state lawmakers rushed through a sweeping overhaul with an intent to deny Black voters equal access to the ballot.
Officials say there are still 159 people unaccounted for after the partial collapse of a beachside building in Florida.
An appeals court has suspended Rudy Giuliani from practicing law in New York because he made false statements while trying to get courts to overturn Donald Trump’s loss in the presidential race.
The Biden administration has extended the nationwide ban on evictions for a month to help tenants who are unable to make rent payments.
A wing of a 12-story beachfront apartment building has collapsed in a town outside Miami, killing at least one person.
The Supreme Court has ruled that a Pennsylvania public school wrongly suspended a cheerleader over a vulgar social media post.
A radar-confirmed tornado swept through communities in heavily populated suburban Chicago, damaging more than 100 homes, toppling trees, knocking out power and causing multiple injuries.
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - President Joe Biden says that Champ, the older of the family's two dogs, has died “peacefully at home.” The German Shepherd was 13. The president and first lady Jill Biden got Champ from a breeder after…
The Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge to the Obama era health care law, preserving insurance coverage for millions of Americans.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Fully vaccinated members of Congress and staffers will no longer have to wear masks on the House floor and in committee rooms. The news is delighting some GOP lawmakers who have been chafing at the mask-wearing requirements.…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The price to rocket into space next month with Jeff Bezos and his brother is a cool $28 million. That was the winning bid during Saturday's live online auction. The Amazon founder's rocket company, Blue…
CHICAGO (AP) - Authorities say two people were killed and at least 30 others wounded in mass shootings overnight in three states. The shootings Friday night and early Saturday further stoked concerns a spike in U.S. gun violence during the…