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A woman in Florida who was accused of fatally shooting her neighbor after a dispute involving the victim’s children was arrested on Tuesday, the authorities said.The woman, Susan Louise Lorincz, 58, was...

Mike Pence is the most conservative candidate competing for the presidency. The former vice president wants abortion banned from the point of conception. He’s the only major candidate calling for cuts to...

Two people were fatally shot and several more were injured in a shooting that took place outside a high school graduation ceremony in Richmond, Va., on Tuesday evening, the authorities said.A 19-year-old...

Hundreds of wildfires continued to burn across Canada on Tuesday, sending smoke into portions of the United States as air quality alerts were issued from Minnesota to Massachusetts.In Ontario, a layer of...

The Atlanta City Council voted overwhelmingly early Tuesday to approve $31 million in funding for the construction of a sprawling $90 million police and fire training complex, backing a project that has...

Robert P. Hanssen, a former F.B.I. agent who spied for Moscow off and on for more than two decades during and after the Cold War in one of the most damaging espionage...

A group of Latin American migrants aboard a chartered private plane landed at a small airport in Sacramento on Monday, the second such planeload in three days to arrive in California’s capital...

The nation’s first religious charter school was approved in Oklahoma on Monday, handing a victory to Christian conservatives, but opening the door to a constitutional battle over whether taxpayer dollars can directly...

It felt as if he had always been there, a steady sight on a busy corner in a college town.Hovering above 6 feet tall with hazel eyes and hair streaked with gray,...

The growing field of Republicans running for president is set to expand by three this week, with the entry of former Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, former Vice President Mike Pence...