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Mexico and China are the primary sources for fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances trafficked directly into the U.S., according to the Drug Enforcement Administration

The devastating month long conflict in Gaza and efforts to ease the dire humanitarian impacts of Israel’s response to the Oct. 7 Hamas attack will be a major focus of the meeting

Witnesses said Paul Kessler was involved in a ‘physical altercation’ with one or more counter-protesters, fell backward and struck his head on the ground

The court’s decision in the new case could have widespread ripple effects, including in the high-profile prosecution of Hunter Biden

The company is paying the price for aggressive expansion in its early years. It entered into a restructuring support agreement with the majority of its stakeholders to ‘drastically reduce’ its debt

Protests against the project escalated after the fatal shooting in January of 26-year-old protester Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, known as Tortuguita

Given the universe is 13.7 billion years old, that puts the age of this black hole at 13.2 billion years. This black hole is a whopper — 10 times bigger than the black hole in our own Milky Way

Seven people had been arrested over the heist, but no charges have been brought until Monday, four years after the toilet was stolen. The artwork has never been found.

From the stand, the former president lashed out at both the judge and New York’s attorney general and said that, in general, he felt that his assets were undervalued on his financial statements

Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun violence protection group, said it counted nearly 300 shootings this year in Cincinnati, including some 30 in the neighborhood where Dominic Davis was killed

Social workers said the tool’s matching recommendations often led them to unwilling parents. Virginia and Georgia dropped the algorithm after trial runs, noting its inability to produce adoptions

More than 30 out of about 390 employees have left raising concerns that decades of institutional knowledge is departing with them, along with a reputation for a well-run government

Access to abortion has been a frequent topic in campaign debates and advertising, as it has since the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in June last year overturning Roe vs. Wade

Some experts worry the U.S. may be repeating mistakes that gave rise to the opioid crisis: overprescribing a questionable drug that carries significant safety and abuse risks

It’s the only Ecuadorian drink that bears a designation of national origin. The production of this beverage has given rise to a social project that centers women

Johnson’s early moves have confounded administration officials, particularly his strategy on aid to Israel

Five Black candidates are running for statewide office, from agriculture commissioner to secretary of state. Each is trying to become the first Black candidate to ever win one of those posts

Religious and private institutions ran many of the schools and received federal funding as partners in government programs to “civilize” Indigenous students

Trump is set to testify Monday at his New York civil fraud trial, taking the stand in a deeply personal matter that is central to his image as a successful businessman

On Tuesday, Uvalde voters will pick a new mayor for the first time since the May 2022 attack that killed 19 students and two teachers

Barely two months from the first nominating ballots being cast, Trump is flaunting his advantages by trying to embarrass the governor in the two rivals’ shared home state

The lack of electricity and security after hurricane ‘Otis’ has created neighborhood patrols that watch the streets to prevent further looting, but also attract violent characters who are suspicious of any stranger

Protests in many US cities, as well as in Europe and Asia, call for a ceasefire to bring relief to the Palestinian people

A small group of Democrats are viewed by critics as insufficiently supportive of Israel or insufficiently critical of Hamas, making them internally vulnerable