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“I did not want her to be voiceless and invisible,” she said.John GetreuCredit...Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office, via Associated PressMr. Getreu, who the authorities now refer to as a serial killer, eluded...

SACRAMENTO — The rains eased in California on Wednesday, offering the state a brief reprieve after nearly two weeks of downpours — and a chance to recover and prepare before another round...

WASHINGTON — Jack Smith, the special counsel appointed to investigate former President Donald J. Trump — known to colleagues as a brisk and hard-charging prosecutor — was already working 12-hour days before...

WASHINGTON — The House Oversight Committee took its first significant action under new Republican leadership on Wednesday, pressing the Treasury Department for information about President Biden’s family finances and demanding that Twitter...

In the frantic aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, hundreds of men captured abroad were sent to the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, where they were held without access to...

MEXICO CITY — President Biden on Tuesday defended his handling of the border and thanked his Mexican counterpart for a willingness to accept asylum seekers rejected by the United States during a...

WASHINGTON — The classified documents that were discovered in President Biden’s former office at a Washington think tank included briefing materials on foreign countries from his time as vice president, two people...

The authorities in Albuquerque announced Monday that a suspect in the recent shootings at the homes or offices of a half-dozen Democratic elected officials was in custody on unrelated charges and that...

CARPINTERIA, Calif. — As rain lashed Southern California on Monday night, parts of Los Angeles County experienced flooding — an unusual twist for a typically dry, sunny place where people tend to...

Representative James R. Comer, the Kentucky Republican who is in line to become the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, said on Monday that he would investigate the discovery of the classified...