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As the year draws to an end, the House and Senate agreed to a five-year transportation bill that ends over a decade of short-term punts.

Whether you're looking to splurge or save, here are eight gift ideas to get that special lady in your life for Hannukkah.

Hundreds of U.S. residents have at least flown to Syria or Iraq to try to join the so-called Islamic State terrorist group.

Major U.S. businesses joined the White House this week in voicing support for an aggressive outcome at the United Nations climate change talks in Paris.

Months after immigrant rights advocates complained about the transgender plan, U.S. official abandoned it without explanation.

A bill was taken up in Pennsylvania that would deny funds to cities that don't comply with federal immigration law.

The ISIS-inspired attack thwarted Tuesday was not the first time Pope Francis has been targeted by extremists.

Cybersecurity researchers stopped short of directly linking the Chinese government to the attacks but said Beijing had the means and motive.

Drake's 1.8 billion streams more than doubled the amount accumulated by last year's most popular Spotify artist, Ed Sheeran.

Kelly mentioned her own tussle with Trump as evidence that he's truth-challenged.

Hours before the U.S. announced it would send ground troops to Iraq to fight the Islamic State, Clinton said she was against the move. That was less than two weeks after she previously said she was in favor of it.

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Tuesday that more special ops forces will be on the ground in the Syrian conflict to fight the Islamic State group and free hostages.

Snapchat publishers can now share content on Facebook and Twitter.

U.S. President Barack Obama delivered an optimistic speech Tuesday at the Paris climate talks before leaving France.

"Hey Reb!" replaced a Confederate-uniform-wearing wolf in the 1980s after protests from black student athletes at the university.

By some estimates, Giving Tuesday generated $46 million in donations for thousands of charities in 2014.

Some Republicans vowed not to vote for the bill because they said it did not repeal enough parts of the law.

China, which has pledged to set an example for other countries trying to combat climate change, will launch two satellites to monitor its greenhouse gas emissions in 2016.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called any NATO expansion a "provocation," while the alliance says its latest move is not about that country.

Beats headphones, cell phones and handbags were among the goods used to try to trick customers this year.

Politicians, labor representatives and other leaders were set to gather in Washington Wednesday to demand Congress take action on Puerto Rico's debt crisis.