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WASHINGTON — The role of secretary of state inevitably rests on the diplomatic skillset of being a strategic communicator and delicate negotiator.

Marco Rubio’s added another, less expected proficiency to his tenure ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania has settled a lawsuit over the handling of the remains of a MOVE bombing victim that were kept at the Penn Museum for decades, according to court filings.

Lionell Dotson had...Read more

Nearly a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin called Afghanistan’s Taliban an “ally” in countering terrorism, Moscow lifted a two-decade-old ban on the group, aiming to bolster ties with Kabul to crush a joint...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida state lawmakers are in a budget standstill as they enter the final stretch of their spring session, with legislative leaders and Gov. Ron DeSantis at odds on how to best provide tax relief to ...Read more

During Scott Peterson’s notorious five-month trial 21 years ago, he never took the witness stand to defend himself against charges he murdered his pregnant wife, Laci, and threw her body in the San Francisco Bay so he ...Read more

The Senate Subcommittee on Ethics on Thursday advised Minnesota Senate President Bobby Joe Champion to disclose potential conflicts of interest in future bills he sponsors.

Though in that same motion, the panel made no ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — As UNLV confirmed that another three international students have had their visas revoked, dozens of students, faculty and community members descended on the school’s campus to protest the Trump ...Read more

Gov. Gavin Newsom urged the federal government to pour more resources into helping fight ever-increasing numbers of wildfires while the Golden State awaits White House approval for $39 billion to cover the costs of January...Read more

People with high blood pressure that is uncontrolled or poorly treated with most medications may benefit from a new drug that is showing promise in clinical trial results, according to a study published Wednesday in the ...Read more

NEW YORK — Federal immigration authorities did not have a warrant for the arrest of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil when he was taken into custody in the lobby of his Columbia University-owned apartment building last...Read more

Famed stunt pilot Rob Holland died Thursday when his plane crashed at a U.S. Air Force Base in Virginia days before an upcoming air show.

The crash occurred around 11:39 a.m. when Holland’s experimental MX Aircraft MXS ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A direct connection between Los Angeles International Airport and Metro will be one step closer to reality when a long-awaited transit station opens in June.

The LAX/Metro Transit Center opens on June 6, ...Read more

Longtime Massachusetts Rep. Jim McGovern said Thursday his daughter Molly McGovern, “the soul of our family,” died unexpectedly while visiting a friend in Italy.

The 23-year-old, who had been battling a rare form of ...Read more

Sheriff Garry McFadden of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, said federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested someone at the county courthouse Wednesday.

Two lawyers who saw the agents said the ...Read more

MIAMI — A father accompanying his child at a Miami-Dade cheer camp Thursday was forced to become a hero when a disgruntled man at a nearby auto mechanic shop decided to shoot a man with a shotgun, sources told The Miami ...Read more

NEW YORK — Federal attorneys admitted the Trump Transportation Department’s legal theories for shutting down New York’s congestion toll don’t hold much water in a mysteriously filed memo that popped up on the ...Read more

A New Jersey man was arrested in connection with sparking the 15,250-acre fire that has burned for several days in Ocean County, just miles from the Jersey Shore.

Joseph Kling, 19, of Waretown, has been charged with arson...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Salinas-based produce supplier Taylor Fresh Foods is facing lawsuits from nine victims of a November E. coli outbreak that was not disclosed to the public.

The outbreak — which killed one person and ...Read more

DETROIT — More than 90% of foreign nationals stopped by U.S. agents at the Detroit-Windsor crossing during the first three months of the year are arriving at the Ambassador Bridge by accident after taking a wrong turn ...Read more

The U.S. will demand that Russia accept Ukraine’s right to develop its own, adequately equipped, army and defense industry as part of a peace agreement, according to people familiar with the matter, pushing back on ...Read more