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The presumptive Republican nominee had told the New York Times that the new mayor, Sadiq Khan, could be an exception to his proposed ban on Muslims entering the U.S.

The executive order, issued Monday, comes as the state reels under a drought for the fifth consecutive year.

Gov. Pat McCrory accused the U.S. Justice Department of “baseless and blatant overreach” regarding transgender rights.

A judge ruled the state’s new death penalty sentencing process unconstitutional because it does not require a unanimous jury.

There will be 37 delegates up for grabs in the West Virginia Democratic primary on Tuesday.

Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee in the Nov. 8 presidential election, said on Monday that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will oversee an extensive team.

The vessel crashed in Baltimore while docking. A gangway fell onto three parked vehicles, but no one was hurt.

Julián and Joaquín Castro are second-generation Mexican-Americans whose names have come up as potential vice presidential picks for Hillary Clinton.

While the smaller number of active soldiers may be surprising to some, it was actually part of a larger plan proposed by the Pentagon in 2014.

An Iraqi planning ministry official said that between 2004 and 2016 as much as $31.4 billion in damages had been sustained.

Most cases involved accidental exposure to liquid nicotine, leading to severe complications, including comas and seizures.

North Carolina officials said they will respond by Monday to the U.S. government’s challenge to a controversial law on public restroom access for transgender people.

Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump also appeared to walk back his earlier opposition to a higher minimum wage.

Mother’s Day wasn’t always about greeting cards and fancy brunches. The holiday had a somber past before it became the commercial occasion we know today.

Harriet Beecher Stowe once said, “Most mothers are instinctive philosophers.”

It was the highest jackpot for any U.S. lottery since three tickets split a record $1.6 billion in January.

It was the largest jackpot for any U.S. lottery since January, when three Powerball tickets split a record $1.6 billion.

The president spoke Saturday to about 2,300 graduates of the historically black university in Washington, D.C.

Although Clinton won Saturday's Democratic caucus in Guam, Sanders picked up 49 delegates at Washington state's convention.

Make a sugar scrub, buy her a cold brew coffee pitcher or set her up with some shades this Sunday.

U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan had told CNN he was “not ready” to endorse the New York real estate mogul for president.

Roy Moore, the state’s top judge, was charged with violating judicial ethics laws, an allegation that could potentially remove him from office.

The physician sent his son to Minnesota to deliver an opioid-addiction treatment to the music star, who was found dead on April 21.

As many as six co-workers of former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky saw him commit sex crimes, sources told NBC News.

Suspect Eulalio Sevilla Tordil, 62, a police officer with the U.S. Federal Protective Service, killed his wife and two strangers, police said.

The Democratic presidential candidate expects to win in West Virginia and Oregon this month, which could give him momentum heading into the California primary election.

Since 2007, the balance for 401(k) and similar plans held by African-American households dropped by at least $14,700 — from $31,100 to $16,400 in 2013.

Progressive groups are backing President Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland for the Supreme Court — but are not all that happy about it.

Students now owe an average of about $37,000 — an increase of roughly $2,000 from last year.