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CHICAGO (AP) - The Rev. Jesse Jackson was released Tuesday from a Washington, D.C. hospital a day after falling and hitting his head while helping Howard University students who are protesting campus ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginians cast their ballots on Tuesday in the state's tight, bitterly fought race for governor, the first major test of how voters feel about Joe Biden's presidency.The race was...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - Virginia Republicans hoped to ride the coattails of their gubernatorial nominee in Tuesday's down-ballot races, including one local contest whose winner is guaranteed to make ...

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - Opening statements began Tuesday at the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, with a prosecutor detailing the young man's shooting of three people who were out on the streets of Kenos...

NEW YORK (AP) - Mounting trash. Closed firehouses. Fewer police and ambulances on the street.That's the possibility New York City is bracing for come Monday as a COVID-19 vaccine mandate looms and tho...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Ten states filed a lawsuit Friday to stop President Joe Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors, arguing that the requirement violates federal law.Attorneys gener...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal from health care workers in Maine to block a vaccine mandate that went into effect Friday.Three conservative justices noted their d...

FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) - A military jury imposed a sentence of 26 years Friday on a former Maryland man who admitted joining al-Qaida and has been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center. But under ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Barring an unforeseen breakthrough, intelligence agencies won't be able to conclude whether COVID-19 spread by animal-to-human transmission or leaked from a lab, officials said Frida...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration on Friday paved the way for children ages 5 to 11 to get Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine.The FDA cleared kid-size doses - just a third of the amount given ...