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WASHINGTON -- Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi met with her potential competition for the speaker's gavel on Friday, Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge, who left the meeting still contemplating a bid.

"No," Fudge told reporters when ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Lindsey Graham is poised to become the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee in the next Congress, giving him both influence and exposure -- and a new, politically risky stature as a Democratic ...Read more

Sacramento fire stations no longer will distribute masks to the public after safety concerns were raised by the county, officials said.

About 67,000 free N95 respirators have been distributed at fire stations across the ...Read more

LAUDERHILL, Fla. -- As hundreds of volunteers and attorneys plowed through ballots, and protesters and politicians caviled from the sidelines, Florida's hand recount of its Senate race got underway Friday morning and ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A GoFundMe account is accepting donations for former Broward Sheriff's deputy Scot Peterson, who didn't confront the gunman during the Parkland school massacre that left 17 dead and 17 wounded.

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They were sleepy places: Paradise, Magalia, tiny Concow (population 710 at the last Census count).

When flames swept through them last Thursday morning, many escaped down the narrow, winding roads that kept them tucked ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Dozens of lawmakers in Congress are using tracking tools on their campaign websites to collect personal information about online visitors, including some legislators who have lambasted Facebook and other ...Read more

UnitedHealthcare, the nation's largest health insurance company, is incorporating the world's top-selling wristwatch into wellness plans for millions of beneficiaries.

UnitedHealth Group, which owns UnitedHealthcare, said...Read more

WASHINGTON ––Many U.S. multinational corporations have packed up or are choosing to open subsidiaries in low-tax, rather than no-tax, countries that are seen as more legitimate than the formerly popular island ...Read more

UNITED NATIONS -- Seven peacekeepers have been killed and 10 wounded in an operation against rebels in eastern Congo, which has been hard-hit by an Ebola outbreak, the United Nations said Thursday.

U.N. Secretary-General ...Read more

NEWARK, N.J. -- Special Counsel Robert Mueller and Paul Manafort asked for a brief delay before updating a judge about Manafort's cooperation in the Russia investigation, saying they will have more to report in 10 days.

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WASHINGTON -- The presidential campaign clock may be ticking, but Bernie Sanders insists it doesn't rattle him.

"I am here in northern Vermont, and people just went through six months of an election, and they are not all ...Read more

TIJUANA, Mexico -- After traveling nearly 3,000 miles, enduring sweltering heat, tropical downpours, chilly evenings and endless stretches of mountains and desert during more than a month on the road, Ana Lidia Cruz ...Read more

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba -- A Sept. 11 trial prosecutor on Thursday read aloud ghastly descriptions of what the CIA did to its prisoners: An alleged plot mastermind was taken nude from interrogation to a medical ...Read more

ST. LOUIS -- A federal lawsuit filed here Wednesday accuses the rapper Nelly of forcing a woman's hand and mouth onto his genitals after a concert in England in December.

Nelly, born Cornell Hayes Jr., denied the suit's ...Read more

SUNRISE, Fla. -- Broward Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie says he will discipline staff members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School "as early as next week" after a state investigation determined some administrators...Read more

SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered and guided a successful test of a newly developed "advanced tactical" weapon, the country's state media reported Friday.

Kim visited a testing site at North ...Read more

Kim Porter, the actress-model who was Diddy's partner off and on for 13 years and mother to three of his children, has died at age 47, The Times confirmed Thursday.

"Sadly, I can confirm the passing of Kim Porter," a rep ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Democrat Susan Wild has won the Pennsylvania special election to finish out the congressional term of retired Republican Rep. Charlie Dent, according to vote tallies completed Thursday.

Vote totals from the ...Read more

CHICO, Calif. -- The Paradise High Bobcats began trickling into the Chico High School gym a little before 9 a.m. Thursday for their first basketball practice since the Camp fire razed their hometown.

Out of 15 girls and ...Read more