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NEW HAVEN, CT — As New Haven, Connecticut, Fire Chief John Alston Jr. spoke to reporters about a spate of drug overdoses on Wednesday, he heard shouting coming from behind him.“We’re...

TAMPA — When Marcy Cornell’s toddler son “couldn’t breathe” on the first day of their recent Florida vacation, she took him straight to the emergency room. “Before ...

VANCOUVER, WA — A hiker who was missing for six days on Mount St. Helens survived by eating bees and berries, his mother says. “Bees were after him the whole time, he said, so he killed th...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Jurors in the financial fraud trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort are set to begin their deliberations. After closing arguments wrapped up Wednesday afternoon, U.S....

HELENA, Mont. - Republicans on Wednesday condemned a poster by Pearl Jam that shows the White House in flames and a bald eagle pecking at a skeleton they say is meant to depict President Donald Trump....

SAVANNAH, Ga. - A Georgia woman who mailed a secret U.S. report to a news organization faces the "longest sentence" ever behind bars for a federal crime involving leaks to the news media, prosecutors ...

WASHINGTON - For years, Omarosa Manigault Newman stood at Donald Trump's side, making her deeply unpopular with African-Americans who see her as a sellout for aligning herself with a president who has...

HARRISBURG, Pa. - A sweeping grand jury report into child sexual abuse in Roman Catholic dioceses in Pennsylvania said church officials gave a former priest a positive reference to work at Disney Worl...

ATLANTA - Democratic Party Chairman Tom Perez said Wednesday he's talked to his deputy Keith Ellison about domestic abuse allegations that emerged just days before Ellison won his party's nomination f...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is revoking the security clearance of former Obama administration CIA director John Brennan, a vocal critic of the president, the White House said Wednesday. "Mr. B...