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The Latest: Police say Colorado school guard shot student

The Latest on a school shooting in Colorado (all times local): 5:50 p.m. Newly unsealed court records say a hired security ...

Cory Booker

Booker campaign gets 2020 jolt with pushback against Biden

Cory Booker's supporters have spent months waiting for a moment when the charismatic senator could break through a crowded ...

Colorado shooter says he targeted kids over gender taunts

A high school student charged in a classmate's death during a Colorado school shooting told police that he planned the ...

Controversial telescope to be built on sacred Hawaiian peak

After years of protests and legal battles, Hawaii officials announced Thursday that a massive telescope which will allow ...

Roy Moore running for Senate despite discouragement from GOP

Roy Moore announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate on Thursday, defying Republican leaders who urged the polarizing jurist ...

Georgia set to execute inmate for man's 1996 shotgun slaying

Georgia was set to execute an inmate Thursday evening for a shotgun slaying in 1996, but lawyers for the condemned man argued ...

Lawyers: 250 children held in bad conditions at Texas border

A traumatic and dangerous situation is unfolding for some 250 infants, children and teens locked up for up to 27 days without ...

Donald Trump, Justin Trudeau

Trump, Canada's Trudeau try to build momentum for trade pact

President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sought to demonstrate a united front Thursday in the uphill ...

Man's serial killer boast doubted in Chinese scholar case

A man on trial for killing a visiting scholar from China searched the internet for basic instructions on committing murder ...

Witness at Navy SEAL trial: I killed victim out of mercy

A witness called to testify against a decorated Navy SEAL charged with murder said Thursday that he killed the victim, a ...

House would block Feds from interfering with state pot laws

The Democratic-controlled House has voted to block the Justice Department from interfering with states that have legalized ...

Donald Trump

Appeals court allows Trump abortion rules to take effect

New Trump administration rules imposing additional hurdles for women seeking abortions can take effect while the government ...

Michelle Obama portrait artist unveils mural of Philly teen

A mural by the artist who painted the official portrait of Michelle Obama was dedicated on Thursday, portraying not a famous ...

Bible underscores Lincoln's belief he was to end slavery

A Bible given to Abraham Lincoln in the final months of the Civil War ties together the 16th president's budding views on ...

Supreme Court upholds cross on public land in Maryland

A 40-foot-tall, World War I memorial cross can continue to stand on public land in Maryland, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday ...

Aldo Davila

Aldo Dávila set to be Guatemala's 1st openly gay congressman

Aldo Iván Dávila Morales is poised to take up a seat in Guatemala's congress in January, making history as the first openly ...

New EU summit likely as bloc is split over who gets top jobs

European Union leaders struggled Thursday to bridge deep differences over who should be appointed to some of the bloc's most ...

Woman suing Harvard over slave portraits gets key support

A woman suing Harvard University over 19th century images of slaves she says were her ancestors received the backing Thursday ...

Hundreds likely to weigh in on California vaccine measure

Hundreds of people were expected to weigh in Thursday on changes to California legislation that would give public health ...

In Bosnia, refugees stuck in a country its own people leave

A covered-up landfill in a mine-infested part of a dysfunctional Balkan state whose own people are emigrating in droves might ...