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Orlando, FL — (CNN) Gustavo Falcon, the brother of one of Miami’s most notorious 1980s drug traffickers, Augusto “Willie” Falcon, was arrested Wednesday night after evading aut...

New York City — (CNN) Sheila Abdus-Salaam, the first African-American woman appointed to the New York Court of Appeals, was found dead in the Hudson River. She was 65. Police responded to a 911 ...

WASHINGTON — (AP) The Department of Veterans Affairs is unveiling a first-of-its-kind website aimed at providing information on the quality of care at VA medical centers.The agency says it will ...

TUCSON, ARIZ. — (AP) A conservation group and an Arizona congressman have filed what they say is the first federal lawsuit against the proposed border wall.The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in Tuc...

.MOSCOW — (AP) U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says relations between Moscow and Washington are “at a low point” and marked by serious distrust.Tillerson says he aims to clear ...

NEW YORK (AP) – Charlie Murphy, older brother of Eddie Murphy and a comedy stand-up and performer in his own right, has died.Murphy died Wednesday in New York of leukemia, according to his repre...

ST. LOUIS — (AP) The city of St. Louis and that region’s sports authority are suing the National Football League over the Rams’ relocation to Los Angeles.The lawsuit filed Wednesday ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A tough Texas bill cracking down on local police who refuse to help enforce federal immigration law is poised to clear a key legislative hurdle toward becoming law.A House c...

NEW YORK — (CNN) The UK ambassador to the UN said Wednesday his country has evidence that Syria used sarin gas on its own people last week. Ambassador Matthew Rycroft told the UN Security Counci...

NEW YORK — (AP) The sculptor of Wall Street’s “Charging Bull” says New York City is violating his legal rights by forcing his bronze beast to face off against the “Fearle...