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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. - Empty practice fields made for loud and powerful statements at facilities across the NFL.The Arizona Cardinals, Chicago Bears, Denver Broncos, Green Bay Packers, Indianapolis Colt...

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve announced a significant change Thursday in how it manages interest rates by saying it plans to keep rates near zero even after inflation has exceeded its 2% target lev...

LAKE CHARLES, La. - Hurricane Laura pounded the Gulf Coast with ferocious wind and torrential rain and unleashed a wall of seawater that could push 40 miles inland as the Category 4 storm roared ashor...

DELCAMBRE, La. - Laura strengthened Wednesday into a menacing Category 4 hurricane, raising fears of a 20-foot storm surge that forecasters said would be "unsurvivable" and capable of sinking entire c...

RICHMOND, Va. - The Virginia Senate on Wednesday approved legislation that would eliminate a six-month mandatory minimum sentence for assaulting a police officer, despite strenuous objections from Rep...

WASHINGTON - U.S. officials said Wednesday there has been no intelligence to suggest that foreign countries are working to undermine mail-in voting and no signs of any coordinated effort to commit wid...

PORTLAND, Ore. - The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on Wednesday alleging agents sent by President Donald Trump to protect a federal courthouse targeted by Black Lives Matter protester...

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - NBA players made their strongest statement yet against racial injustice Wednesday when the Milwaukee Bucks didn't take the floor for their playoff game against the Orlando Mag...

The Justice Department is seeking data about "orders which may have resulted in the deaths of thousands of elderly nursing home residents," sending letters Wednesday to the governors of New York, New ...

KENOSHA, Wis. - Illinois police arrested a juvenile Wednesday after two people were shot to death in a possible vigilante attack during a protest in Kenosha over the police shooting of a Black man, Ja...