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WASHINGTON -- House Republican leaders are making a last-ditch effort to work out an agreement on immigration legislation as GOP hardliners conceded Tuesday that moderates would otherwise be able to force a vote on ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- The Senate is expected to break a lengthy impasse that's blocked efforts to dramatically revamp its rules on sexual harassment.

Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., said he and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., plan to propose...Read more

A hiker has died after he slipped and fell from the Half Dome cables in Yosemite National Park, officials said Tuesday.

The male, who was not named, was hiking with another person during a thunderstorm when he fell at ...Read more

MIAMI -- Two Florida Republicans, Sen. Marco Rubio and Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, have asked President Donald Trump to consider an investigation into whether Cuba's former ruler, Raul Castro, should be indicted for the 1996 ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo.--The Oregon woman who shot and wounded a Wichita abortion doctor 25 years ago and firebombed several clinics in three states has been released from federal prison, causing concern among clinic operators ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- A Los Angeles man confessed to placing a hoax phone call that led to a fatal police-involved shooting in Kansas late last year, a detective testified Tuesday.

Tyler Barriss, 25, was charged earlier this ...Read more

CHICAGO -- After his two attorneys abandoned ship and no one else showed up for a series of court hearings, R. Kelly has lost a lawsuit.

Last April, the embattled Chicago R&B singer filed a federal lawsuit locally against...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- An audit by state regulators earlier this month identified 11 violations of the Kansas Amusement Ride Act at the Schlitterbahn water park in Kansas City, Kan.

Regulators from the Kansas Department of ...Read more

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- One of California's least tarnished stretches of coastline will be accessible only to wealthy property owners, visitors with guides and those who can boat or paddle two miles under a deal between ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Bipartisan legislation focused on easing regulations for small and mid-sized banks passed the House on Tuesday and headed to President Trump for his expected signature.

Although the bill provides some ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump threw plans for next month's historic summit with North Korea into greater uncertainty Tuesday even as he met at the White House with South Korea's President Moon Jae-in to try to keep ...Read more

Former Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is injecting himself into the campaign by Disneyland resort workers demanding to get paid a "living wage."

The U.S. senator from Vermont will be a featured speaker ...Read more

Facebook Inc. founder Mark Zuckerberg left European Union lawmakers fuming over unanswered questions at the end of a hearing that began with a mea culpa for the company's recent privacy woes.

At a meeting at the EU ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- It was Sen. Marco Rubio, not Donald Trump, who used a morning tweet Tuesday to help shape the day's agenda. The Florida Republican slammed the president's trade talks with China, prompting other members to ...Read more

MIAMI -- A federal court has canceled its inquiry into monitoring of attorney-client meetings at Guantanamo, and will instead permit a Pentagon review panel to tackle underlying issues that have paralyzed the USS Cole war ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro announced that he is expelling the top U.S. diplomat in Venezuela and his deputy for conspiring against Venezuela. He said they must leave for the "dignity and independence" ...Read more

WICHITA, Kan. -- The Wichita police officer who killed Andrew Finch on Dec. 28 didn't see a gun in Finch's hand, he said on Tuesday.

Justin Rapp testified about what happened when he and his partner received information ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- The law firm of Stormy Daniels' attorney Michael Avenatti was hit with a $10 million judgment Tuesday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court after he broke his promise to pay $2 million to a former colleague.

Judge ...Read more

MIAMI -- Snake hunters for the South Florida Water Management District hit a major milestone when they bagged their 1,000th Burmese python, before heading out and quickly catching eight more.

On Tuesday, the district held...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- To celebrate his 102nd birthday in February, Carlsbad, Calif., retiree Glenn Quillin whizzed into history as the world's oldest zip-line rider.

But his glory was short-lived. On April 6, a 106-year-old ...Read more