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Ahmad Khan Rahimi, the man accused of setting off bombs in New York City and New Jersey in September 2016, is set to stand trial in federal court in Manhattan.  The selection of jurors...

​As officials got a clearer picture of the destruction Hurricane Maria wrought in Puerto Rico, federal and military aid increased with the news that the hospital ship USNS Comfort would be deployed.  In addition,...

About 300 demonstrators gathered peacefully outside a St. Louis Cardinals vs. Chicago Cubs game in St. Louis, to protest the acquittal of a white former police officer in the killing of a black suspect....

On Tuesday, China urged North Korea and the United States to stop their escalating war of words and sit down for talks on cooling the recent spike in tensions.  Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu...

The East Coast is bracing for high winds from Hurricane Maria, days after the storm caused devastation in the Caribbean. North Carolina is expected to bear the worst of the storm, and current forecasts...

Police confirm that 25-year-old Emanuel Kidega Samson, who immigrated from Sudan two decades ago, was identified as the suspect in connection with the Tennessee church shooting that left one woman killed and seven other...

Hawaiian officials reportedly are preparing for the possibility of a nuclear attack.   According to Hawaii state Rep. Gene Ward, emergency officials met on the topic of such an attack from North Korea, in...

Hurricane Maria knocked out power across the island of Puerto Rico, and flash flood warnings cover the entire island, which continues to be lashed by heavy rain in the storm’s wake.  The island’s Governor...

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging the construction of a U.S./Mexico border wall.  Amongst other things, the lawsuit says the border wall “threatens the state of...

Heavy rain and high winds hit the Dominican Republic on Thursday as Hurricane Maria continued to head northwest in the Caribbean. This comes after Maria made a direct hit on Puerto Rico that has...