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Was that Peter Parker helping a man in a wheelchair cross an intersection? No, it was Chris Hellenthal, a college student returning from a summer job.
Jean Norris, who ran Miss Hall’s School in Massachusetts, was charged with reckless endangerment of a child....
The criminal referral could provide a catalyst for a prosecution of Mr. Smith, who as special counsel became...
The bill would leave it to physicians to decide if an abortion is necessary after 24 weeks of pregnancy....
Nuclear experts say it throws fuel on the smoldering fire of atomic proliferation, creating a destabilizing...
The accord is intended to further bind the United States with the Saudi government as the war with Iran strains the relationship.
Liz Murrill, a Republican, was indicted after sending warning letters to New Orleans’s Democratic leaders. The dispute was one of the latest flare-ups in a long conflict between the city...
He arrived in Washington a conservative Democrat and drifted rightward, supporting the 2003 invasion of Iraq and Donald J. Trump’s 2016 presidential bid.
The calendar order could be hugely important to the 2028 presidential primary race. Democratic insiders will try to sketch out a schedule this week, and rival states are sniping at one...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio spent much of a meeting with China’s foreign minister discussing the summit, but did not bring up President Trump’s claims of election interference by China.
Since Mr. Kirk was gunned down at Utah Valley University, the school and its students have struggled to find a way forward.
The administration canceled federal grants to organizations across the country, accusing them of encouraging premarital sex. New criteria say programs should stress abstinence.
The best-selling author Laura Doyle believes women can be too controlling. Many women — of all types — credit her with saving their marriages.
Republicans nominated a former N.F.L. kicker in a top House battleground, a Trump loyalist for governor and an election denier for the state’s top election post.
State Representative Alexander Kolodin will take on Adrian Fontes, the incumbent Democratic secretary of state, after defeating a more moderate Republican in the primary.
Representative Andy Biggs, a conservative Republican and an ally of the president, will try to unite Republicans against Gov. Katie Hobbs in a crucial swing state.
Some U.S. lawmakers from both parties and Israeli officials have expressed opposition to such a plan, fearing that the kingdom could use a civilian nuclear project to eventually develop...
