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Two 12-year-old girls from Indiana are facing criminal charges after torturing another girl during a sleepover.

Donald Trump will turn over some documents to New York's attorney general for her civil probe into his business practices, but need not answer questions under oath while he appeals a judge's order that he testify.

Former President Donald Trump appears unlikely to face federal criminal charges for his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss despite a U.S.

Alabama lawmakers believe that allowing children to be prescribed gender changing hormones could be considered "abuse."

A Kentucky jury on Thursday acquitted a white former detective of endangering neighbors of Breonna Taylor during a botched nighttime raid that killed the Black woman in her home, clearing law enforcement of all criminal liability in a case that rocked the United States in 2020.

A Kentucky jury on Thursday acquitted a white former detective of endangering neighbors of Breonna Taylor during a botched raid that killed the Black woman in her home, clearing law enforcement of all criminal liability in a case that rocked the United States in 2020.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis faces backlash and bullying accusations after telling high school students to take off their masks.

All the main candidates are now on the starting line for France's April presidential election, after Emmanuel Macron confirmed on Thursday that he was running for a second term.

The U.S. Embassy in Havana announced on Thursday it would ramp up staffing and resume some visa processing several years after the Trump administration slashed personnel at the facility following a spate of unexplained health incidents.

Former House Speaker Michael J. Madigan has not been charged with any crimes yet, but the indictment alleges that he used his position of power to solicit benefits unlawfully for himself and his friends' and allies' financial gains.

More than a half dozen U.S. Secret Service officers on Thursday took two men into custody from a car in Washington's Georgetown neighborhood and removed what seemed to be an assault-style rifle from the vehicle, a Reuters witness said.

The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.

The Sackler family owners of Purdue Pharma LP reached a deal with a group of attorneys general to pay up to $6 billion in cash to resolve widespread litigation alleging that they fueled the U.S.

The Sackler family owners of Purdue Pharma LP reached a deal with nine state attorneys general to pay up to $6 billion in cash to resolve widespread litigation alleging that they fueled the U.S.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that two former CIA contractors cannot be questioned in a criminal investigation in Poland over their role in interrogating Abu Zubaydah, a suspected high-ranking al Qaeda figure who was repeatedly subjected to waterboarding.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that due to national security concerns two former CIA contractors cannot be questioned in a Polish investigation into the treatment of Abu Zubaydah, a suspected high-ranking al Qaeda figure who was repeatedly subjected to a type of torture called waterboarding.

Democratic U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan, who was hospitalized after suffering a stroke, appeared at a U.S. Senate hearing Thursday after an absence of about a month.

By Andrew ChungThe U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday let Kentucky's Republican attorney general seek to restore a restrictive abortion law after the state's Democratic governor dropped defense of the statute when lower courts struck it down.

By Andrew ChungThe U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Kentucky's Republican attorney general to take over the defense of a restrictive abortion law after the state's Democratic governor dropped the case when lower courts struck down the statute.

By Andrew ChungThe U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Kentucky's Republican attorney general to take over the defense of a restrictive abortion law after the state's Democratic governor dropped the case when lower courts struck down the statute.

Saudi Arabia's crown prince says he simply doesn't care whether Joe Biden misunderstands him.

The stock of enriched uranium amassed by Iran in breach of its 2015 nuclear deal is growing to the point that its most highly-enriched material is most of the way to a common bomb yardstick, a report by the U.N.

French authorities have seized four cargo vessels and one luxury yacht linked to Russian oligarchs as governments around the world on Thursday ramped up pressure on Russia's super-rich over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

Top U.S. senators from both parties on Thursday grilled Democratic energy regulators who recently approved guidelines for approving new natural gas projects that allow consideration of environmental justice, landowner and climate issues.

The Biden administration on Thursday unveiled a $32.5 billion emergency plan to help Ukraine respond to Russia's military invasion and provide more money to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, sparking a new partisan battle in Congress amid a March 11 deadline for settling budget matters.

President Joe Biden's administration is seeking $32.5 billion in additional funding from Congress to bolster the U.S.

Wall Street ended lower on Thursday, with growth stocks including Tesla and Amazon denting the Nasdaq, as the Ukraine crisis kept investors on edge.

The number represented 0.05% of the 5,284,177 fully vaccinated people in the state, according to health officials.

The pilot denied drinking alcohol on the morning of his flight but claimed he had been heavily drinking the night before.