The D.C. State Board of Education backed a proposal to ban legacy admissions at some private universities, including ...

Prosecutors alleged the landlord failed to heed warnings about fire hazards at his property before the deadly blaze.

About 7,000 employees are expected to lose their jobs at the tax agency, according to a person familiar with the decision.

McConnell, who is celebrating his 83rd birthday on Thursday, is the longest-serving Senate party leader in history.

Park Police are at the center with canine units in response to a bomb threat. The city’s explosives division is assisting, ...

Donald G. McNeil Jr., a former New York Times global health reporter, is author of “The Wisdom of Plagues.” Given how much ...

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Three-time American League Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander turned 42 years old on Thursday, and is ...

Katie Lou Samuelson is headed back to the Seattle Storm, her agent, Lindsay Kagawa Colas, told The Associated Press on ...

A conservative nonprofit backed by billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk is getting involved in a race that will determine the ...

Officials say that Russia and Belarus will hold a joint military exercise in September, part of efforts by the two neighbors ...

Faced with judges’ orders to block certain initiatives, the Trump administration has found ways to tell courts it still has ...