KABUL, Afghanistan -- The U.S. and Taliban leaders are close to reaching a peace deal that would see the eventual withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan and an end to the 18-year long conflict, according to the militant group's spokesman and a person familiar with the talks in Washington.

It's the second time in recent months the two ...Read more

SEATTLE -- When Dr. Judith Tsui moved from Boston to Seattle five years ago, she immediately recognized something she didn't see much back East: People seeking treatment for opioid use disorder were also using methamphetamine.

That alarmed Tsui, a University of Washington Medicine clinician and researcher specializing in addiction treatment. ...Read more

Hillary Clinton has a few things to say about her former rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders.

In "Hillary," a four-part Hulu documentary series premiering at this week's Sundance Film Festival, the former presidential candidate expresses her irritation with the independent from Vermont, dismissing his track record as a senator and noting the "vitriol" ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- University of Missouri students, be warned: If it's not Big Brother watching you, it might be your professors and university administrators.

The school is using hidden technology and an app on student cellphones to keep track of who is in class and who is not.

Officials say it's for the students' own good. Besides, they say...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- Border officials separated a Guatemalan grandmother from her 2-year-old granddaughter before releasing both into the United States after they waited in Tijuana together for months under the Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" policy.

Telma Chavarria, 40, had previously been returned to Tijuana with her granddaughter after ...Read more

DAVOS, Switzerland -- President Donald Trump bragged Tuesday about the American economy and rejected warnings that the world is barreling toward an environmental crisis, a key concern at this year's World Economic Forum.

Speaking to the annual economic summit in the Swiss Alps, Trump boasted of producing more "traditional fuels" like natural ...Read more

GRIMES, Iowa -- Three years after women flooded the streets of American cities to protest President Donald Trump's election, two years since a record number of women ran for Congress and helped Democrats win control of the House, and one year after a record number of women decided to run for president, the Democratic Party is still embroiled in ...Read more

SEATTLE -- You might not know this, but in Washington, schools don't have to teach sex education.

State law only requires school districts to teach students about HIV and AIDS prevention every year, starting no later than the fifth grade. But after a failed attempt last year, lawmakers are again trying to make comprehensive sexual health ...Read more

DAVOS, Switzerland -- President Donald Trump is expected to embrace one of his favorite roles at the annual economic forum here Tuesday, pitchman-in-chief for a robust American economy while he runs for reelection.

Trump's aides hope his visit to this tony Swiss Alps ski resort will project an image of the president cutting deals for the ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- The Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump will begin in earnest Tuesday with a tussle between Republicans and Democrats over whether witnesses should be called immediately, a question that is all but certain to remain unresolved until after the first phase of the trial, when the two sides present their arguments.

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The outbreak of a virus originating in central China entered a new phase of severity as multiple medical workers were reported to have been infected and the death count grew to four people.

The spread to medical workers indicates that the illness is more easily transmitted than previously thought, bringing it to a higher risk level reminiscent ...Read more

MEXICO CITY -- A caravan of as many as 3,000 migrants is testing Mexico's pledge to President Donald Trump to halt undocumented arrivals to the U.S.

For the first time since Mexico began its full-scale crackdown against migrants, a caravan is clashing with Mexican security forces at the country's southern border. After being turned away at a ...Read more

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. -- Eric Reynolds was sleeping after a day supervising middle-schoolers in Yosemite Valley when he was startled awake by the sound of someone pounding on his cabin door.

"Mr. Reynolds!" one student said. "My roommate just threw up all over the place!"

At first, he assumed it was food poisoning from chicken nuggets...Read more

Arrest made in San Antonio bar shooting that killed 2, injured 5

A suspect has been arrested in connection with a deadly shooting at a San Antonio bar on Sunday night that left two dead and five injured, according to police.

Kiernan Christopher Williams, 19, was arrested on Monday afternoon and faces capital murder charges.

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MINNEAPOLIS -- Prince's estate has dismissed wrongful-death claims against Walgreens pharmacy and a doctor who had prescribed pain medications for the musician before he died of an accidental overdose of fentanyl nearly four years ago.

The dismissals, filed in Carver County District Court over the past several months, almost certainly resulted ...Read more