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At his second democracy summit, the president looked to spotlight hopeful advancements over the past year despite Russia’s war in neighboring Ukraine and U.S. tensions with China

The order came Monday, even as a legal battle continues over the Biden administration’s decision to pause the leasing program two years ago in an effort to combat climate change

The National Weather Service said 16.8 million people live in the highest risk zone, and more than 66 million people overall should be on alert Friday

That means a vote on whether or not to indict the former president likely wouldn’t come until late April at the earliest

The Republican-controlled state House overrode the Democratic governor’s veto of the bill, which scraps the longstanding requirement that sheriffs perform character evaluations and criminal history checks of pistol applicants

Pope Francis sent a telegram Wednesday to Nashville Catholic Bishop J. Mark Spalding in which he conveyed his condolences and decried the violence

After over 20 years of renovations led by architect Michael Maltzan, the cultural center is now more accessible to all

If approved by the House, the measure would end more than 20 years of authorization for U.S. presidents to use force in that country and return those war powers to Congress

Prior to closing down Silicon Valley Bank, Fed supervisors had first raised questions about the bank’s risky practices in 2021 and had warned the bank’s management about them in the fall of that year

Senator Bernie Sanders, a vocal supporter of Starbucks labor organizers, has sought Schultz’s testimony for months, saying he has violated workers’ rights by opposing unionization

That figure is more than 2.5 times California’s annual budget. The task force on potential reparations for Black residents will review the numbers at a meeting Wednesday

Netanyahu said Israel makes its own decisions, rebuffing the U.S. president’s suggestion that that the premier drop a contentious plan to overhaul the country’s legal system

The move marks the first time a opioid treatment drug will be available without a prescription, something advocates have long sought

Around the United States, private schools generally do not face as many requirements as public schools for developing security plans

The funding will focus on initiatives that support free and independent media, combat corruption, bolster human rights, advance technology that improves democracy, and support free and fair elections

The state filed three lawsuits accusing the companies of violating the state’s deceptive trade practices act

Investigators believe the attack was random

Health officials in Bucks County, just north of Philadelphia, said Sunday that between 8,100 and 12,000 gallons of a water-based latex-finishing solution spilled into the river

Seattle has overhauled virtually all aspects of its police department since DOJ investigators in 2011 found officers were too quick to use force

They are among the names submitted this week as potential witnesses by Fox and Dominion Voting Systems, although it doesn’t guarantee that they will appear in court

Army leaders pulled the ads off the air when Majors was arrested in New York on charges of strangulation, assault and harassment

A federal judge quietly cleared the way to drop the minimum age for Tennesseans to carry handguns publicly without a permit to 18

Any potential vote on whether to indict the former president won’t happen until next week at the earliest

Though Syed’s murder conviction has been reinstated, he won’t immediately be taken back into custody

The state is seeking more than $100 million in damages. It’s the first of thousands of cases against the e-cigarette maker to reach trial

The president is trying to shape public sentiment as he faces off with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy about whether the federal government should raise its legal borrowing capacity

Hridindu Sankar Roychowdhury was arrested Tuesday at Boston’s Logan International Airport and charged with one count of attempting to cause damage by means of fire or an explosive