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The president appeared for a year-end news conference shortly before traveling to San Bernardino, California, and Hawaii.

Negotiations on Capitol Hill were mostly free of the acrimony that has blighted similar talks for the past five years.

Rahm Emanuel and an Illinois state's attorney have been under fire over a long delay in charging a white police officer in the death of a black teen.

Deaths from opioids such as prescription pain killers and heroin accounted for 61 percent of overdose deaths and increased 14 percent in 2014, the CDC said.

Beginning Friday, if you get caught with small amounts of weed in the state, you only will be fined.

The Democratic National Committee's punishment of Bernie Sanders' campaign for a data breach against Hillary Clinton has angered his supporters.

During his final 2015 press conference Friday, Obama said that he wants to continue to work with Congress on criminal justice reform.

In Sireen Hashem's lawsuit, she said an administrator told her she "could not teach current events in the same manner as her non-Arab, non-Palestinian and non-Muslim colleagues."

A Middletown, New Jersey, man was arrested after the second recent evacuation of a cineplex in Freehold, New Jersey.

The Clinton campaign responded after the Vermont senator's team threatened legal action against the Democratic Party in a dispute over access to voter data.

Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine evaluated institutions' graduation rates, academic support and more.

Billionaire Republican Sheldon Adelson said he might let Donald Trump try to win some primary states before he gets involved.

The number of Christians who say LGBT relationships should be accepted and not discouraged has soared since 2007.

Still haven't finished Christmas shopping? You're in luck! Toys "R" Us stores nationwide are offering extended holiday shopping hours through Christmas Eve.

Jason Van Dyke's attorney may ask for a change of venue after his client was formally indicted earlier this week in the fatal shooting of teenager Laquan McDonald.

Pentagon chief Ash Carter has been caught in an email scandal after admitting he used his personal email for work purposes.

President Barack Obama is scheduled to conduct his end of the year press conference Friday after a busy year.

Here are some great gift ideas for soccer fans.

Armaan Singh Sarai, 12, has been compared to Ahmed Mohamed — who was accused of making a terrorist threat when he brought his homemade clock into school.

In a "Morning Joe" interview, Republican front-runner Donald Trump seemed unconcerned with allegations that Russian President Vladimir Putin kills political opponents.

Organizers of an annual Christmas parade complained that Confederate battle flag supporters and opponents hijacked the festive event.

The measure, which is expected to be signed by U.S. President Barack Obama, provides for spending increases and $620 billion in tax breaks.

In a country plagued by real-life bloodshed, more businesses and parents are opting to ban play weapons, or at least make sure they look fake.

Lockheed Martin said it has filed a lawsuit over the government's decision to award a $6.75 billion deal to replace the U.S. Army’s Humvee combat vehicle to Oshkosh Corp.

After the revelation late Thursday, Sanders' access to the party's master voter file was suspended, and his campaign fired its national data director.

Members of the U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution Thursday to disrupt ISIS revenue from oil and antiquities sales, ransom payments, and other criminal activities.

In the wake of a California massacre, officials told a House panel Thursday that since 2001 some 9,500 foreigners have had visas revoked over terror concerns.

Chair Janet Yellen will likely nudge interest rates upward while keeping policy loose enough to encourage borrowing and spending -- until 2019, Fed officials say.

A backlash erupted in a Virginia school district after students were asked to practice Arabic calligraphy and write a Muslim statement of faith.