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The 2014-15 school year saw a total of 1,678 firearms and other items confiscated, a report says.

Owen Labrie, now scheduled to begin his sentence, had violated a court-ordered curfew eight times since his conviction, prosecutors argued.

Donald Trump could get a boost in upcoming primary states thanks to an ad buy from a friendly super PAC.

Some television ads have been more effective than others in swaying Republicans and independent voters away from Donald Trump.

Merrick Garland, President Obama's choice for the high court, often reviews legislative history before making decisions, a style that has its critics.

Trump is outpacing his GOP rivals in his home state, but is well behind both Democrats in surveys there.

The Democrat said that as president-elect he would want to make his own — more progressive — choice for the Supreme Court.

The tribe will receive help from the U.S. government to move its community, the first to be hit by sea level rise.

On CBS’ “The Late Show” Thursday, comedian Stephen Colbert mocked the idea of the GOP nominating Paul Ryan in a brokered convention.

The Massachusetts senator said name-calling won't stop her from pursuing Wall Street reform.

From 2014 to 2015, the Fraternal Order of Police saw a 15 percent increase in police officers taking the union's liability insurance policies.

To the American colonists, “the power to tax was the power to destroy,” historian Pauline Maier once told the Public Broadcasting Service.

Young adults make up more than a quarter of the U.S. population, and chains like Olive Garden are working to attract more of them.

The Secret Service, FBI and NYPD are currently investigating the letter containing a white powdered substance, a source told CBS News.

The security agency released a statement Thursday that said Faisal Mohammad, who stabbed four people on Nov. 4, 2015, was probably "self-radicalized."

Anonymous says it did not disclose the Republican candidate's Social Security and phone numbers Thursday, nor did it claim to.

The two senators' voting records seem similar, but they disagree on key issues such as immigration reform. 

Legal papers filed in the name of a Michigan murder suspect turned out to be bogus, authorities said Thursday.

During a hearing Thursday in Washington, members of Congress grilled Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy.

During presidential election years, the side experiencing less infighting was more likely to emerge victorious in November, a study says.

At the city’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade Thursday, gay and lesbian groups were able to march under their own banner for the first time.

The former Ku Klux Klan leader said he thinks comparisons of Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler are not hurting the candidate.

The Republican presidential hopeful's group includes former Bush administration staffers and members of a controversial think tank.

The Bernie Sanders campaign says pledged delegates can switch their allegiance, but experts say that is unlikely to happen.

Population centers in the southern part of the state could see massive damage if the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults were to jointly rupture, a study says.

Ryan said he isn't looking to become the GOP presidential nominee if no candidate can secure the necessary 1,237 delegates before the July nominating convention in Cleveland.

A gender gap could pose a problem for the New York billionaire in his quest for the White House.

Stephen Colbert broke down the GOP's options to stop Donald Trump on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" Wednesday.

Rep. Martin Daniel, R-Knoxville, was defending a bill calling for greater free speech protections for students.