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Walmart filed a preemptive lawsuit against the Department of Justice and Drug Enforcement Administration in what it says is an attempt to thwart an incoming suit for failing to thwart otherwise valid opioid prescrip...

A military junior college in New Mexico is under quarantine after reporting more than 60 cadets and employees tested positive for the coronavirus....

One of the strongest storms of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season had a unique feature that was only seen by a select few people on Wednesday....

During La Nia, the ocean and atmosphere work together to generate weather patterns around the world....

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Arkansas has reported more than 1,200 new probable and confirmed coronavirus cases, one of its biggest one-day spikes since the pandemic began....

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas on Thursday reported more than 1,200 new probable and confirmed coronavirus cases, one of its biggest one-day spikes since the pandemic began. The state's total cases rose by 1,202 since Wednesday to 102,798. The stat...

The search for remains of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre victims has revealed another body in an unmarked mass grave at a Tulsa cemetery....

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The search for remains of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre victims on Thursday revealed another body in an unmarked mass grave at a Tulsa cemetery before coming to an end, Oklahoma's state archaeologist said. "We are now able to c...

Walmart is suing the U.S. government in a pre-emptive strike in the battle over its responsibility in the opioid abuse crisis....

NEW YORK (AP) - Walmart is suing the U.S. government in a pre-emptive strike in the battle over its responsibility in the opioid abuse crisis. The government is expected to take civil action against the world's largest retailer, seeking big financial ...

The 2020 campaign cycle continues to get uglier with a North Carolina Republican making explicitly racist attacks on his Democratic Party opponent. "Anew attack website put up by the Madison Cawthorn campaign includes an explicitly racist broadside ag...

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. A Time for Mercy John Grisham (Doubleday) 2. The Return Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central) 3. The Evening......

The Las Vegas Raiders placed four starting offensive linemen and safety Johnathan Abram on the reserve/COVID-19 list after they were......

Further distancing itself from longtime U.S. allies regarding reproductive rights, the Trump administration on Thursday joined 32 countries in signing a declaration claiming that pregnant people have "no international right to abortion." Health an...

'Your own colleagues confirmed it today'...

Members of an expert panel advising the Food and Drug Administration on coronavirus vaccines on Thursday argued against ending clinical trials even after the first vaccine becomes available....

Newly released texts from Hunter Biden's business partner Tony Bobulinski suggest that Joe Biden met the duo, as well as his brother James Biden, as Hunter and his associates pursued a potentially lucrative deal with a Chinese tycoon, complicating cla...

A Los Angeles judge has dismissed the lawsuit of one of two men who alleged that Michael Jackson abused them as boys in the documentary "Leaving Neverland."....

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has dismissed the lawsuit of one of two men who alleged that Michael Jackson......

The Treasury Department on Thursday announced that it was sanctioning Iran's ambassador to Iraq for his role in carrying out the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force's (IRGC-QF) "destabilizing foreign agenda...

The Rhode Island Judicial Nominating Commission has submitted its three picks for state Superior Court to Gov. Gina Raimondo....

ANSLEY, Neb. (AP) - A central Nebraska school paid $650,000 to settle a lawsuit over the alleged rape of a 15-year-old disabled student during a basketball game. Ansley Public Schools was sued by the victim's mother, who claimed in the federal lawsuit...

A man who was a teen when he helped his older brother kill a woman in St. Clair County will get a chance for parole under a new sentence....

PORT HURON, Mich. (AP) - A man who was a teen when he helped his older brother kill a woman in St. Clair County will get a chance for parole under a new sentence. Raymond Carp, now 30, was 15 when Maryann McNeely was killed in 2006. He was convicted ......

Democratic nominee Joe Biden continues to signal his support for packing the Supreme Court....

Heavily edited remarks?...

Christians should make politics their priority, The Salt and Light Council's new thirty-page Biblical Voter Booklet says....

Cardinal Joseph Zen of Hong Kong has recently denounced the Vatican for not speaking out on behalf of the persecuted Catholic Church in the People's Republic of China....

Persecution against believers in China was front and center as the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom released its 20th annual report Monday morning....

Two Chinese Catholic bishops have been ordained with the blessing of both Pope Francis and the Chinese government under a controversial new deal between Beijing and the Vatican....

The Church of God in Christ, a predominantly African American body of 6.5 million members, is holding its first-ever national ballot drive....

After spending weeks fighting off the deadly coronavirus at a local hospital, a Tennessee pastor is thanking God for helping him survive the disease and is now warning others to take the virus seriously....

Megachurch pastor Andy Stanley has identified the five questions he believes every Christian should integrate into their decision-making process to find success in all areas of life....

All the world knows now about deacon Jang Moon Seok is that he was abducted by North Korean agents in China six years ago and has been languishing in a forced labor camp ever since....

The largest newspaper in South Dakota has declined to publish an update from Gov. Kristi Noem on the state's coronavirus status, suggesting the information she is providing is not "reliable."...

China and the Vatican have renewed a controversial agreement on the appointment of bishops, drawing criticism from rights groups who warn the deal will further hamper religious freedom in the communist country....

Hundreds of canvassers affiliated with a grassroots campaign dedicated to mobilizing conservative evangelical and Catholic voters have knocked on nearly 1 million doors nationwide in the past month to encourage people to vote for President Donald Trump th...

(CNN) — Dora Melara se dirige a lugares remotos de Honduras, en busca de pistas de casos que nunca imagin......

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Thursday said negotiations with lawmakers on a coronavirus relief package, now......

The fire forces the park to close and a nearby town to evacuate....

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock said that the state health department is pursuing legal action against several businesses in northwestern Montana after they failed to follow a mask mandate and other restrictions meant to prevent the spread of the coronavirus....

HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Montana Gov. Steve Bullock said Thursday that the state health department is pursuing legal action against several businesses in northwestern Montana after they failed to follow restrictions meant to prevent the spread of the novel co...

President Trump and Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe have moved to declassify a document that counters the intelligence finding that Russia attempted to get Trump elected in 2016,...

Kentucky's Republican state treasurer has urged lawmakers to put limits on the Democratic governor's ability to take executive action in an emergency....

(Reuters) - The United States Treasury has imposed sanctions on three new Iranian organizations in connection with an alleged disinformation......

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The fatal shootings occurred July 7 in the Marshall Heights neighborhood....

Investigators said Thursday that the Columbia, Maryland, man was last seen alive about a month ago but had not been reported missing....