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LOS ANGELES -- The White House and California's attorney general separately struck pacts with technology companies to address mounting concerns over the collection of personal information online -- but faced immediate criticism for not going far ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- After nine hours of deliberation, a jury on Wednesday found George Huguely V guilty of second-degree murder and grand larceny in the 2010 beating death of Yeardley Love, his former University of Virginia girlfriend whose ...

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit against two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies over a raid at a home that began as a search for a gang member but ended with the confiscation of a 73-year-old woman's shotgun.

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RALEIGH, N.C. -- A federal grand jury has indicted three people from the North Carolina Muslim community on charges of plotting to kill witnesses who testified against one of them in a terrorism trial.

The indictments handed up Tuesday named ...

WASHINGTON -- Strong family ties, the cost of returning to their native countries and fewer economic opportunities back home have kept illegal immigrants in the U.S., despite strict immigration laws here, a new report claims.

The report, released...