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Picking a jury is expected to take at least three weeks, as prosecutors and defense attorneys try to weed out potential jurors who may have biases.
The board that oversees the U.S. Capitol Police is beginning a search for a permanent police chief as the fallout from the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol continues.
Investigators are reviewing body camera and social media images to identify those responsible.
Oprah Winfrey's interview with Meghan and Harry has produced several revelations, from Meghan saying she experienced suicidal thoughts, Harry saying he felt ‘trapped’ in royal life and the couple revealing the sex of their second child.
Carla Wallenda was the daughter of Karl Wallenda and began appearing in the family's act at an early age. She began topping the family's seven-person pyramid at age 15.
Equatorial Guinea's state television says a series of explosions at a military barracks in Equatorial Guinea killed at least 15 people and wounded hundreds of others.
A key moderate Democrat says he may be open to changing Senate rules that could allow for more party-line votes to push through the White House’s agenda.
Cuomo’s workplace conduct has been under intense scrutiny in recent days as several women have publicly told of feeling sexually harassed, or at least made to feel demeaned and uncomfortable by the Democrat.
The Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee marks the 56th anniversary of Bloody Sunday — the day on March 7, 1965, that civil rights marchers were brutally beaten by law enforcement officers on Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge.
The Islamic State's brutal three-year rule of much of northern and western Iraq, and the grueling campaign against it, left a vast swath of destruction. Reconstruction efforts have stalled amid a years-long financial crisis.
Taylor Swift, BTS, Cardi B and Billie Eilish are set to perform at next week’s Grammy Awards.
A new executive order from President Joe Biden directs federal agencies to take a series of steps to promote voting access, a move that comes as congressional Democrats press for a sweeping voting and elections bill to counter efforts to restrict voting access.
Video of the February incident has been made public at a time when the Rochester Police Department is under intense scrutiny over its interactions with Black residents.
Health experts say mask mandates help slow the spread of COVID-19, but some believe they are a restriction of their freedoms.
Dozens of people gathered in front of the Minnesota governor’s mansion on Saturday to demand accountability for police officers, days before a former Minneapolis officer is scheduled to go on trial in the death of George Floyd.
The defense is scheduled to make its closing arguments beginning March 18, before the court decides the verdict and sentence.
A spokeswoman for Gorman didn’t immediately return an email Saturday seeking additional comment.
Pope Francis and Iraq’s top Shiite cleric have delivered a powerful message of peaceful coexistence, urging Muslims to embrace Iraq’s long-beleaguered Christian minority during an historic meeting.
Senate Democrats came out with their version of the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill.
Dr. Mark Ghaly, California’s top public health official, said the state is acting now because the rates of new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are declining while the number of people receiving the vaccine is increasing.
Officials in some of the affected cities worry that the change could have adverse implications for federal funding and economic development.
The surge is underscoring how treacherous the virus is and it is leading to new restrictions across the continent.
A vehicle packed with explosives rammed into a popular restaurant in Somalia's capital on Friday night.
Take-home cocktails would become a permanent feature in Kentucky under a bill that has won final approval.
A member of the “Miracle on Ice” Olympic hockey team has died at a treatment center for mental illness.
The study was released just as some states are rescinding mask mandates and restaurant limits.
The hack of a company that manages ticket-processing and frequent-flier data for major global airlines — including Star Alliance and OneWorld members — has compromised the personal data of an unspecified number of travelers.
Pharmaceutical companies that took taxpayer money from the U.S. or Europe to develop inoculations at unprecedented speed say they are negotiating contracts and exclusive licensing deals with producers on a case-by-case basis because they need to protect their intellectual property and ensure safety.
A man found Tiger Woods unconscious in a mangled SUV after the golf star crashed the vehicle in Southern California, authorities said in court documents obtained Friday.
NASA’s Kate Rubins and Japan’s Soichi Noguchi installed mounting brackets and struts for the improved solar wings due to arrive in June. They also tightened some sticky bolts that hampered Sunday’s spacewalk and left some duties undone.
The National Transportation Safety Board said the blade found “multiple fatigue fracture origins” on the inside surface of the hollow fan blade.
Riser was arrested Thursday on two counts of capital murder and was being held Friday on $5 million bond.
Prosecutors have pursued the misdemeanor case against Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri despite international condemnation from free press advocates who say she was just doing her job.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will finally get the chance to tell the story behind their departure from royal duties directly to the public on Sunday, when their two-hour interview with Oprah Winfrey is broadcast.
Police on Friday identified the victims as Roseann McCulley, 34, her 13-year-old son Kayden Johnson and her 6-year-old daughter Kaylee Brooks.
Still, Biden faces more skepticism from Americans on the economy, which has been battered by the pandemic.
"Coming 2 America," originally planned to hit theaters last year, was sold due to the pandemic by Paramount Pictures to Amazon, where it will begin streaming Friday.
Maia Chaka enters the NFL after working in the Pac-12 and Conference USA.
The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times report that the true number of people who had died in nursing homes in New York was altered by Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s top aides in a state Health Department report in July.
A British judge has ordered the Mail on Sunday to publish a front-page statement highlighting the Duchess of Sussex’s legal victory over the newspaper.
Court papers say Federico Klein was seen wearing a “Make America Great Again" hat amid the throng of people trying to force their way into the Capitol.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Biden was committed to working with Congress to “ensure that the authorizations for the use of military force currently on the books are replaced with a narrow and specific framework.
He was moved to King Edward VII’s hospital on Friday and is “expected to remain in hospital for continuing treatment for a number of days,’' the palace said.
It would require people assuming the role starting in 2023 to receive certification.
Taken together, the materials shed new light on the sprawling patchwork of law enforcement agencies that tried to stop the siege and the lack of coordination and inadequate planning that stymied their efforts.
The service on the state Capitol grounds in Frankfort will also mark one year since Kentucky’s first positive case of the disease.
The California Highway Patrol says nine migrants in an SUV packed with 25 people that drove through an opening in a border wall suffered major injuries after their vehicle slammed into a tractor-trailer and killed 13 others inside.
Dallas police said Thursday an officer has been arrested on two counts of capital murder.
There were no immediate reports of serious damage or casualties.
Kentucky lawmakers have set a late March deadline for schools to resume in-person instruction. The legislation requires that in-person classes resume by March 29.