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WASHINGTON (AP) – The House intelligence committee has released its final report on Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential campaign. The GOP-authored report marks the close of its...

NEW YORK — The US economy grew at a rate of 2.3% in the first quarter, according to the Commerce Department’s preliminary report on Friday. That’s slower than the 2.9% growth rate in...

NEW YORK — Another big NBC News name is facing sexual harassment allegations — this time dating back to the 1990s.Former NBC News correspondent Linda Vester has accused former “NBC N...

PANMUNJOM, DMZ, KOREA — The end of the Korean War will be announced later this year, following an historic summit between the leaders of the two Koreas.South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his...

UNDATED (AP) – Federal officials lost track of nearly 1,500 migrant children last year after a government agency placed the minors in the homes of adult sponsors in communities across the countr...

WASHINGTON — One in 59 US children has autism, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The new estimate is a prevalence rate of 1.7%, up from one in ever...

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) -Bill Cosby has been convicted of drugging and molesting a woman in the first big celebrity trial of the #MeToo era. A jury outside Philadelphia convicted the "Cosby Show" star of...

WASHINGTON (AP) -The Senate has narrowly confirmed Mike Pompeo to be secretary of state. The outgoing CIA director secured support from 57 senators, with 42 voting no and one senator absent. It's one ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Avicii's family has released a second statement about their late son this week, saying the famed DJ "could not go on any longer" and that "he wanted to find peace." The Grammy-nominate...

NEW YORK — Hedge fund manager Kyle Bass thinks demand for oil is about to go up. “Crude is going to go from a glut to a shortage in the next two years,” Bass, the founder and chief i...