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Attorney General William Barr has urged his prosecutors to aggressively go after protesters who cause violence and has suggested that rarely used sedition charges could apply. But defense attorneys question why the Department of Justice has taken on some cases they say belong in state court.

The governor said the state wants its own independent review no matter who wins the presidential election next month.

Because so many people want to check out the house, the owners have had to actually schedule times for them to come visit.

A Pennslyvania woman called firefighters after she heard a weeks old kitten meow from somewhere in her car’s engine compartment.

The Alaska Earthquake Center said the quake was widely felt in communities along the southern coast, including Sand Point, Chignik, Unalaska and the Kenai Peninsula.

Police say the couple was involved in a minor accident with two other cars, which sent them careening through a fence and into the canal.

One week since returning to the campaign trail, where his handling of the pandemic is a central issue to voters, Trump blasted his government’s own scientists for their criticism of his performance.

Jeff Bridges says he is being treated for lymphoma and his prognosis is good.

The decision Monday was contingent on Sudan following through on its agreement to pay $335 million to U.S. terror victims and families.

Republicans are reconvening the Senate this week to vote on a virus proposal, but it’s a bill that failed once before, and that Trump himself now derides as too puny.

The Supreme Court will allow Pennsylvania to count ballots received up to three days after the election, rejecting a Republican plea.

President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden will have their microphones cut off in Thursday’s debate while their rival delivers their opening two-minute answer to each of the debate topics.

Six current and former Russian military officers sought to disrupt through computer hacking the French election, the Winter Olympics and U.S. hospitals and businesses, according to a Justice Department indictment unsealed Monday.

Park officials said 38-year-old Holly Suzanne Courtier was found Sunday by search and rescue crews after park rangers received a tip that she was seen in the park.

Tropical Storm Epsilon forms in the central Atlantic, the latest in a very active hurricane season.

Amy Coney Barrett's ascent would seal a 6-3 conservative hold on the court for years to come.

Wisconsin last week set new daily records for positive coronavirus cases, deaths and hospitalizations.

A 20-year-old suburban Detroit woman who was declared dead only to be found alive at a funeral home in August has died at Children's Hospital in Detroit.

Vice reported earlier Monday that Toobin had exposed himself during a Zoom meeting.

Danbury’s City Council voted earlier this month to rename the sewage plant “The John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant,” following a tongue-in-cheek battle that began with an expletive-filled rant against the city on HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” in August.

A television station security guard accused of fatally shooting a pro-police demonstrator following opposing rallies has been charged with second-degree murder.

Up to this point, more than 200,000 people have died in the United States and not even 10% of the population has been infected.

Officials say they were found Monday morning in Lincoln County, near Brookhaven, Mississippi.

Musing at a campaign rally in central Georgia Friday, Donald Trump said he might - albeit to laughter from the audience.

Many polling sites had long lines before dawn as voters awaited their opening.

An Amber Alert issued for a 2-year-old boy abducted from his Lansing, Mich., home on Monday has been canceled after the boy was found safe, according to Michigan State Police.

Each of the Van Halen guitars is expected to fetch between $60,000 and $80,000.

The company needs help administering COVID-19 tests and flu shots.

Authorities are trying to avoid a dreaded resurgence of illness and deaths, this time with economies weakened from earlier lockdowns and populations chafing at the idea of renewed restrictions.

Archeologists in Peru have discovered another Nazca Lines figure.