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WASHINGTON (AP) - Powered by consumers and fueled by government aid, the U.S. economy is achieving a remarkably fast recovery from the recession that ripped through the nation last year on the heels o...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A wary Supreme Court on Wednesday weighed whether public schools can discipline students for things they say off campus, worrying about overly restricting speech on the one hand and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration is considering a near wholesale rollback of some of the most stringent Trump-era sanctions imposed on Iran in a bid to get the Islamic Republic to return to ...

Connecticut will no longer allow a religious exemption from childhood immunization requirements for schools, colleges and daycare facilities, becoming the sixth state to end that policy. The legislati...

BALTIMORE (AP) - The Maryland State Board of Education is calling for all schools to reopen for in-person instruction five days a week this fall, according to a resolution approved Tuesday.The Baltimo...

When U.S. Catholic bishops hold their next national meeting in June, they'll be deciding whether to send a tougher-than-ever message to President Joe Biden and other Catholic politicians: Don't receiv...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - An American warship fired warning shots when vessels of Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard came too close to a patrol in the Persian Gulf, the U.S. Navy said We...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden will call for free preschool for all three- and four-year-old children, a $200 billion investment to be rolled out as part of his sweeping American Families Plan ...

RENO, Nev. (AP) - Burning Man organizers announced Tuesday they are canceling this summer's annual counter-culture festival in the Nevada desert for the second year in a row because of the COVID-19 pa...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Sentencing for former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in George Floyd's death has been pushed back to June 25, according to online court records. Chauvin's June 16 hearing ...