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The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that members of the wealthy Sackler family cannot be shielded from lawsuits over their role in the opioid crisis as part of a bankruptcy settlement that...

At least one person died climbing Mount Fuji days before the official start of the climbing season, and three bodies were found on the mountain, the police and local media said.Among them...

The candidates are the same. The circumstances are very different.The first presidential debate of 2024 between President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump on Thursday offers both men the rare chance...

Prosecutors in Texas said on Wednesday that they had decided not to continue to pursue a murder case against an Austin police officer that resulted in a hung jury last year.The Travis...

A New Jersey man who the police said had flown to Florida and attacked a fellow gamer with a hammer over an online dispute was charged with attempted second-degree murder on Sunday.The...

President Biden is expected on Wednesday to pardon American veterans who were convicted of engaging in gay sex under a military code that outlawed the behavior for more than 60 years.Mr. Biden’s...

For the last three years, U.S. schools have been in an unusual position: They had lots of money to spend.The federal government invested $190 billion in pandemic aid for schools; the largest...

When eight Tajik men sought asylum at the southwestern U.S. border months ago, federal authorities had no reason to doubt that they were desperate migrants fleeing a poor country in war-torn Central...

As the Nevada caucuses drew to a close in February, Donald J. Trump and several top aides gathered for a quick dinner in a suite atop his hotel in Las Vegas before...

Americans of both parties routinely express deep concern about the state of the country’s democracy. This fall, many voters may have a chance to do something about it, by voting on state...