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Retail sales at restaurants and bars surged from May through July compared with a year ago, despite prices remaining relatively elevated

The gunman was a retired law enforcement officer. The shooting occurred Wednesday evening at Cook’s Corner in rural Trabuco Canyon in Orange County

It took more than an hour for moderators to ask about Trump’s legal battles, a discussion previewed with a video of the Atlanta jail where he will surrender on charges Thursday

The security challenges facing the country do not eclipse the friendly nature of its inhabitants and the ease of forging new relationships

DeSantis tries to take advantage of this first head-to-head to close the gap with the former president, while the rest of the pack hoped to stand out

The former president broadcasted a conversation with the controversial presenter Tucker Carlson through social networks, just before the start of the first GOP primary debate

As DeSantis prepares for the first GOP presidential debate on Wednesday night, he is one of the country’s most popular Republican politicians and a top contender for the party’s nomination

Three crew members allege cost-cutting endangered the cast and crew as the actor-producer skipped his own safety training

The increase likely reflects expanded insurance coverage for transgender care after the Obama administration and that some states actively discouraged discrimination based on gender identity

Eric Molitor and twin brothers William Null and Michael Null are charged in Antrim County Circuit Court with providing material support for terrorist acts and illegally possessing firearms. They have pleaded not guilty

The harsh heat wave has led to deaths, broken records, damaged Texas roads and water lines, and evacuated a nursing home

The storm is expected to swirl most of the day above the island of Hispaniola that the Dominican Republic shares with Haiti. Forecasters say Franklin could dump up to 12 inches of rain, with as much as 16 inches for Hispaniola’s central region

Some 1,000 to 1,100 names remain on a tentative, unconfirmed list of people unaccounted for after wildfires destroyed the historic seaside community of Lahaina on Maui

The former New York mayor was indicted last week along with Trump and 17 others

Missing the two-hour debate would be a major setback for Burgum, who is the least known of the eight candidates expected to take the stage in Milwaukee

Protasiewicz, who was backed by Democrats in her winning election in April, never said how she would rule on a redistricting lawsuit

Dominion Energy and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority ceremonially broke ground on the 835-acre project Tuesday

More than half the states have enacted substantive new laws this year regarding gun policies or school safety measures — most often tightening firearm restrictions in Democratic-led states and loosening them in Republican-led ones

In the decades before and after 1963, Black churches and denominations have had diverse priorities and political approaches

It’s never easy to attribute a single event to climate change, especially so quickly and with El Nino being a prominent factor

So far, no deaths, serious injuries or extreme damages have been reported in California, though officials warned that risks remain, especially in the mountainous regions where the wet hillsides could unleash mudslides

James Burke led the Suffolk County Police Department for a tumultuous three-year period that culminated in his arrest and guilty plea to federal charges for beating a handcuffed man

In touristy Dominican Republic, over 4,000 tons of waste are unloaded every day in the Duquesa garbage dump

Both the Biden administration and Mexico want the barrier removed. The Justice Department has accused Texas of unlawfully putting the buoys on the international boundary

The indictment alleges that Eastman pushed to put in place a slate of ‘alternate’ electors falsely certifying that Donald Trump won and tried to pressure Mike Pence into rejecting or delaying the counting of legitimate electoral votes for Joe Biden

Former Obama administration attorney Ed Siskel is the new White House counsel. His job is to advise on legal and policy questions related to the presidency

Haley, the state’s first Asian American governor, and Scott, the state’s first Black senator since Reconstruction, are both waiting for their breakthrough campaign moment that could come during the first debate