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WASHINGTON - The House on Friday overwhelmingly approved a bill ensuring that a victims compensation fund for the Sept. 11 attacks never runs out of money.The 402-12 vote sends the bill to the Senate,...

CHICAGO - R. Kelly was arrested on federal charges that accuse him and members of his entourage of recruiting women and girls to engage in illegal sexual activity with the singer and paying them to co...

WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is getting support from an unlikely source - the president - in her fight with freshmen Democrats.Republican Donald Trump is defending top Democrat Pelosi and s...

NEW ORLEANS - Building toward hurricane strength, Tropical Storm Barry began hitting Louisiana with wind and rain Friday as it closed in what could be a long, slow - and epic - drenching that could tr...

WASHINGTON - Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta is resigning following criticism of his handling of a plea deal with a wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein, who is accused of sexually abusing dozens of und...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Google said its contractors are able to listen to recordings of what people say to its artificial-intelligence system Google Assistant. The company acknowledged that humans ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Elizabeth Warren released a far-reaching immigration agenda on Thursday that envisions a significant leftward shift in U.S. policy, including the remodeling of immigration enforcemen...

TUCSON, Ariz. - Arizona authorities say a driver escaped injury when his car's windshield was pierced by the trunk of a saguaro cactus during a wreck Wednesday on the outskirts of Tucson. Pima County ...

RICHMOND, Va. - Deep-pocketed interest groups and activists on both sides of the long-running fight over gun laws are gearing up for a major clash in Virginia, now a key election battleground in the i...

WASHINGTON - Chairman Jerome Powell signaled Wednesday that the Federal Reserve will likely cut interest rates late this month for the first time in a decade in light of a weakening global economy and...