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February 21, 2019

Oregon set to become 1st state with mandatory rent controls

Faced with a housing shortage and skyrocketing rents, Oregon is poised to become the first state to impose mandatory rent ...

February 21, 2019

Sanctions could ease if North Korea threat markedly reduced

The U.S. will not move to ease economic sanctions on North Korea until it is confident that the nuclear weapons threat from ...

February 21, 2019

Coast Guard officer accused of making hit list of Democrats

A Coast Guard officer who espoused white supremacist views, dreamed of mass murder and stockpiled weapons in his basement ...

February 21, 2019

GOP candidate says he was assured of operative's methods

The Republican in the country's last undecided congressional election testified Thursday that a political operative now ...

February 21, 2019

Polygraph launched probe of deputy suspected in sex assaults

A Nebraska sheriff's deputy charged with sexually assaulting a woman more than a decade ago now is linked to at least five ...

February 21, 2019

Pence to deliver speech on Venezuela in Colombia on Monday

Vice President Mike Pence is traveling to Colombia next week to demonstrate continued U.S. support for the opposition to ...

February 21, 2019

Pompeo says he's 'ruled out' Kansas Senate bid in 2020

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (pahm-PAY'-oh) appears to be ruling out a Kansas Senate race in 2020. Pompeo, who represented ...

February 21, 2019

2-day teacher strike over in West Virginia: School to resume

Unions for West Virginia teachers have ended their two-day strike after lawmakers did not act on a doomed, broad-based ...

February 21, 2019

The Latest: Lawyer says woman who joined IS a US citizen

The Latest on the Alabama woman who left home to join the Islamic State group in Syria and now wants to return to the U.S.

February 21, 2019

GOP's Byrne to challenge Sen. Doug Jones of Alabama in 2020

Republican Congressman Bradley Byrne of Alabama announced Wednesday that he will challenge U.S. Sen. Doug Jones in 2020 as ...

February 21, 2019

Authorities announce Houston officer case review, FBI probe

Prosecutors will review more than 1,400 criminal cases that involved a Houston officer who the police chief has accused of ...

February 21, 2019

US: Alabama woman who joined Islamic State is not a citizen

An Alabama woman who joined the Islamic State group in Syria won't be allowed to return to the United States with her toddler ...

February 21, 2019

GOP candidate's son had concerns about political operative

The Republican in the last undecided U.S. congressional election ignored repeated warnings from his son against hiring a ...

February 21, 2019

W.Va. teachers end strike after no action on doomed bill

Unions for West Virginia teachers ended their two-day strike Wednesday night after lawmakers did not act on a doomed, ...

February 21, 2019

Wisconsin court: Judge's Facebook friendship could show bias

A Wisconsin judge's decision to become Facebook friends with a woman whose child custody case he was hearing created at least ...

February 21, 2019

Ready to fight: Cory Booker shows his tough side to voters

Cory Booker is known as the sunny candidate in the crowded Democratic presidential primary, but he's also trying to play the ...

February 20, 2019

United Methodists confront possible split over LGBT issues

The United Methodist Church's top legislative assembly convenes Sunday for a high-stakes, three-day meeting likely to ...

February 20, 2019

Storm dumps snow or heavy rain, snarls travel in much of US

A sprawling storm dumped several inches of snow from the Midwest to the East Coast and deluged the South with rain Wednesday ...

February 20, 2019

Wisconsin governor vetoes tax plan; early showdown with GOP

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a GOP income tax cut bill Wednesday in an early showdown with legislative Republicans who ...