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ATLANTA — A multistate outbreak of salmonella has been linked to pet guinea pigs, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nine people have been infected in eight states, ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed Senate Bill 7026 into law Friday, the first gun control legislation enacted in the state after the Parkland school massacre on February 14. The...

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - The man accused of tackling U.S. Sen. Rand Paul in the Kentucky lawmaker's yard has pleaded guilty to the attack that broke the senator's ribs. Rene Boucher's lawyer says his clie...

YOUNTVILLE, Calif. - A gunman slipped into an employee going-away party at the largest veterans home in the United States and took at least three people hostage Friday, leading to a lockdown of the sp...

NEW YORK - Martin Shrkeli, the smirking "Pharma Bro" vilified for jacking up the price of a lifesaving drug, was sentenced Friday to seven years in prison for defrauding investors in two failed hedge ...

PANAMA CITY – Lawyers for the Trump Organization in Panama say they will take legal action to restore the Trump name to the Panama City hotel where workers pried off metal letters bearing the br...

HOUSTON - The American Civil Liberties Union filed a class-action lawsuit Friday accusing the U.S. government of broadly separating immigrant families seeking asylum. The lawsuit follows action the AC...

NEW YORK — American businesses are on a hiring spree.The US economy added a surprisingly strong 313,000 jobs in February. That was much stronger than economists expected and the biggest gain sin...

WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump’s decision to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “was not a surprise in any way,” US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Friday,...

WASHINGTON — Sen. Mike Lee reintroduced a controversial bill Thursday that aims to protect religious freedom but which critics argue could lead to discrimination against the LGBTQ community.The ...