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US Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas carjacked by three armed attackers about a mile from Capitol
U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, was carjacked Monday night by three armed attackers, his office said.
Northern California seashore searched for missing swimmer after unconfirmed report of a shark attack
Authorities searched a remote section of California's Point Reyes National Seashore on Monday for a swimmer missing since a possible shark attack during the weekend.
9-year-old who vanished from New York state park found safe and man linked to ransom note arrested
A 9-year-old girl who vanished during a family camping trip in upstate New York was ''safe and in good health'' Monday after a massive two-day search ended with her rescue and the arrest of a person suspected in her abduction, police said.
Rep. Matt Gaetz files motion to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy, throwing House into new turmoil
Speaker Kevin McCarthy is facing an extraordinary referendum on his leadership of the House after a conservative member of his own Republican majority, a longtime critic, moved to launch a vote to oust him from the helm.
Court reviews gun-carry restrictions under health order in New Mexico, as states explore options
Restrictions on carrying guns in public that are tied to an emergency public health order are going under the legal microscope Tuesday in New Mexico, where the Democratic governor is testing the boundaries of her authority and constitutional law in response to violent crime in the state's largest metro area.
Columbia Journalism Review editor leaving to encourage news outlets to devote more time to climate
Saying that journalism isn't showing enough urgency in covering climate change, the editor of the Columbia Journalism Review is leaving his job to devote his time to try and change that.
Jury selection to begin in trial of fallen cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried
Sam Bankman-Fried, a tech wunderkind who once promoted his FTX digital coin exchange as a safe way for regular people to get into cryptocurrency, faces the start of a criminal trial over allegations that he cheated thousands of customers.
DeSantis said he would support a 15-week abortion ban, after avoiding a direct answer for months
When Ron DeSantis seemed to say during last week's Republican presidential debate that he would support a federal ban on abortion at 15 weeks of pregnancy, some anti-abortion activists called it the news they had been waiting months to hear.
Florida man who murdered women he met in bars set to die by lethal injection
A man is scheduled to die by lethal injection over 25 years after he killed women het met in north Florida bars during a dayslong spate of crimes.
Opening statements to begin in Washington officers' trial in deadly arrest of Black man Manuel Ellis
Opening statements are set to begin Tuesday in the trial of three police officers in Tacoma, Washington, accused in the death of Manny Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man who was punched, shocked with a Taser, put in a chokehold and held face down on the sidewalk as he pleaded, ''can't breathe, sir.''
Trump's civil fraud trial in New York to get down to business after fiery first day
After a fiery first day of opening arguments, lawyers in Donald Trump's business fraud trial in New York will move on Tuesday to the more plodding task of going through years of his financial documents in what's expected to be a weekslong fight over whether they constitute proof of fraud.
Which students get into advanced math? Texas is using test scores to limit bias
When Tha Cung looked over his sixth-grade class schedule, he took notice of the math block. He had been placed in an advanced class.
Hunter Biden returns to court in Delaware and is expected to plead not guilty to gun charges
Hunter Biden is due back in a Delaware courtroom Tuesday, where he's expected to plead not guilty to federal firearms charges that emerged after his earlier deal collapsed.
Fuller picture emerges of the 13 federal executions at the end of Trump's presidency
A day before the federal government executed a Texas man for the killing of an Iowa couple when he was 18, celebrity lawyer Alan Dershowitz pleaded with then-President Donald Trump — a former client — to call the execution off.
Powerball jackpot rises to $1.2 billion after another drawing without a big winner
The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.2 billion after no players hit it big Monday night.
Trump turns his fraud trial into a campaign stop as he seeks to capitalize on his legal woes
Donald Trump's court appearances are no longer distractions from his campaign to return to the White House. They are central to it.
Today in History: October 3, jury finds O.J. Simpson not guilty of murder
Today in History
Late-night shows return after writers strike as actors resume talks that could end their standoff
Late-night talk shows began their return to the air after a five-month absence brought on by the Hollywood writers strike, while actors completed the first day of talks that could end their own long work walk-off.
Jacksonville sheriff says body camera video shows officers were justified in beating suspect
A Florida sheriff released body camera video Monday that he says shows his officers were justified when they repeatedly punched, elbowed and kneed a drug suspect who appeared to resist arrest even after being zapped with a stun gun and pinned to the ground.
Kansas police chief who led raid on small weekly newspaper has resigned, official says
The police chief who led an August raid on a small weekly newspaper in central Kansas resigned Monday, just days after he was suspended from his post and following the release of body camera video of the raid showing an officer searching the desk of a reporter investigating the chief's past.