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A man was charged with murder Friday for allegedly beheading a woman while they were in a car in traffic in suburban Minneapolis.

Californias largest wildfire so far this year was flaring up Friday but it was because the flames were chewing through unburned islands of vegetation within a perimeter that firefighters have built, authorities said.

Relatives of a Black Mississippi man who died in police custody are blaming his death on alleged excessive force by deputies.

Portland, Oregon, has banned homeless people from camping in forested parks to both protect them from potential wildfires and prevent them from accidentally starting blazes during a summer of drought and recordbreaking heat.

Because of quality concerns caused by the pandemic, data from an annual Census Bureau survey that provides a wide-ranging picture of the U.S. on everything from commute times to education levels wont be released in its usual format this year, officials sa...

Press freedom groups say the space for overseas reporters to operate is tightening, with journalists followed on the streets, suffering harassment online and refused visas.

For more than a decade and across three Olympics, there was no greater force in women's rowing than the American eight boat.

Attorneys for major drug distributors made their final pleas to a federal judge Wednesday to absolve them while placing the blame elsewhere for a prescription pill health emergency in a part of West Virginia.

Hoping to set a model for employers nationwide, President Joe Biden will announce Thursday that millions of federal workers must show proof theyve received a coronavirus vaccine or submit to regular testing and stringent social distancing, masking and tra...

Haiti's newly installed prime minister, Ariel Henry, held his first press conference on Wednesday as he pledged to hold elections as soon as possible following the slaying of President Jovenel Mose.

He was detained by police in November along with 19 relatives and business associates after his firm was embroiled in a land dispute with a state-owned competitor.

Tokyo (AP) Finally, it all became too much. Simone Biles felt it hours before she took the floor in Tokyo, a nervousness she couldn't explain as she waited to deliver what everyone except her was sure would be a gold medal for the US women's gymnastics te...

If there's going to be a surge in viewership interest in the Tokyo Olympics, NBC Universal is still waiting.

One teenager was fatally shot and another seriously wounded inside a Southern California movie theater, authorities said.

State television network CCTV showed a Tibetan woman wiping away tears as she joined a crowd of people dressed in traditional costume clapping enthusiastically to welcome Xi Jinping.

Algeria will reimpose restrictions on gatherings from Monday to cope with a rapid spread of the more infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus that has led to an increase in the number of patients, the prime minister's office said.