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Arizona Senate assures feds election recount is secure

The Republican president of the Arizona Senate said in a letter Friday to the U.S. Justice Department that ballots being ...

Pressure rises for India lockdown; surge breaks record again

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faced growing pressure Friday to impose a strict nationwide lockdown, despite the ...

Josh Duggar released as he awaits trial on child pornography

Former reality TV star Josh Duggar was released from an Arkansas jail Thursday as he awaits trial on federal charges that he ...

Appeals court: Ex-US Rep Brown should get new trial

A federal appeals court ordered a new trial on Thursday for former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, once a powerful Florida Democrat.

Appeals judges skeptical about reinstating NC abortion ban

Federal judges expressed skepticism on Thursday about reinstating North Carolina's ban on abortions after the 20th week of ...

AP FACT CHECK: Yes, Trump lost election despite what he says

Seeking to shame Republicans who are disloyal to him, former President Donald Trump distorted the Constitution’s meaning in ...

Colorado man suspected in wife's death appears in court

A Colorado man suspected in the death of his wife who disappeared last Mother's Day made his first appearance in court ...

Cheney challenger Stefanik says GOP must work with Trump

Rep. Elise Stefanik stated her case Thursday for replacing Rep. Liz Cheney as the No. 3 House Republican leader, implicitly ...

Judge temporarily stays ruling in eviction moratorium case

A federal judge has temporarily stayed an order that found the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention exceeded its ...

Liz Cheney clings to GOP post as Trump endorses replacement

No. 3 House Republican Liz Cheney was clinging to her post as party leaders lined up behind an heir apparent, signaling that ...

Top court orders India's government to present oxygen plan

India's government, facing calls for a strict lockdown to slow a devastating surge in coronavirus infections, was ordered by ...

Josh Duggar granted release as he awaits child porn trial

A federal judge on Wednesday allowed former reality TV star Josh Duggar to be released as he awaits trial on charges that he ...

Federal judge strikes down CDC eviction moratorium

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention exceeded its authority when it imposed ...

EXPLAINER: Will juror's march presence impact Chauvin case?

The revelation that a juror who helped convict a former Minneapolis police officer in the killing of George Floyd had ...

Fate of suspended Trump FB page seen as 'sideshow'

Skeptics are labeling the fate of former U.S. President Donald Trump's Facebook page as a "sideshow" that fails to address ...

Judge orders Justice Dept. to release Trump obstruction memo

A federal judge has ordered the release of a legal memorandum the Trump-era Justice Department prepared for then-Attorney ...

US judge weighs if PG&E violated probation with 2019 fire

A federal judge is weighing whether Pacific Gas & Electric violated its criminal probation by sparking a wildfire north of ...

Supreme Court skeptical of low-level crack offender's case

Crack cocaine trafficking kingpins convicted more than a decade ago can ask courts to reduce their prison terms under a 2018 ...

Mother searches for son believed killed by Colombia soldiers

Doris Tejada last heard from her son on New Year’s Eve 2007. Óscar Alexander had left her home in central Colombia to travel ...

US appeals court considers Idaho transgender athletes ban

A U.S. appeals court on Monday gave little indication of how it might rule on the constitutionality of the first law in the ...