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WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump met Thursday with the family of a soldier who investigators say was slain on the Texas Army base where she was stationed, saying it is a "terrible story" and that h...

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The NCAA announced Thursday college athletes in all sports will be permitted to wear patches on their uniforms to support social justice issues. The NCAA's playing rules oversight panel adjusted rules...

ATLANTA - Former President Barack Obama used Rep. John Lewis' funeral on Thursday to issue a stark warning that the voting rights and equal opportunity the late civil rights icon championed are threat...

WASHINGTON - Congress has awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, its highest honor, to surviving crew members of the USS Indianapolis, the ship that delivered key components of the first nuclear bomb a...

MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on Thursday issued a statewide mask mandate amid a spike in coronavirus cases, setting up a conflict with Republican legislative leaders who oppose such a req...

ATLANTA - John Lewis was mourned, revered and celebrated as an American hero on Thursday at Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church, a sacred place for many of those who helped to shape civil rights history...

WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court said Thursday it plans to review a decision ordering the dismissal of the Justice Department's case against former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn. T...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The biggest, most sophisticated Mars rover ever built - a car-size vehicle bristling with cameras, microphones, drills and lasers - blasted off for the red planet Thursday as pa...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is for the first time publicly floating a "delay" to the Nov. 3 presidential election, as he makes allegations that increased mail-in voting will result in fraud. T...