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The Latest: White House slams contempt vote for officials

The Latest on the House effort to hold Trump administration officials in contempt of Congress (all times local): 6:50 p.m.

House holds 2 Trump officials in contempt in census dispute

The Democratic-controlled House voted Wednesday to hold two top Trump administration officials in contempt of Congress for ...

Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman sentenced to life in prison

Mexican drug kingpin and escape artist Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was sentenced Wednesday to life behind bars in a U.S.

Stevens to be 13th Supreme Court justice buried at Arlington

Arlington National Cemetery has long been planned as the final resting place of retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul ...

John Paul Stevens

John Paul Stevens emerged as Supreme Court's leading liberal

John Paul Stevens moved left as the Supreme Court shifted to the right during his nearly 35 years as a justice. That's how ...

10 Things to Know for Today

Your daily look at late breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. HOUSE VOTE ...

Federal data shows opioid shipments ballooned as crisis grew

Newly released federal data shows how drugmakers and distributors increased shipments of opioid painkillers across the U.S.

John Paul Stevens

Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens dies at 99

John Paul Stevens, the bow-tied, independent-thinking, Republican-nominated justice who unexpectedly emerged as the Supreme ...

Judge restricts social media use of Trump friend Roger Stone

No more Instagram for Roger Stone. Facebook and Twitter are out, too. A federal judge barred Stone from posting on social ...

Planned Parenthood to defy Trump abortion referral rule

Federally funded family planning clinics, including Planned Parenthood, are defying the Trump administration's ban on ...

Judge orders R. Kelly held in jail without bond in sex case

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered R. Kelly held in jail without bond after a prosecutor warned that the singer accused of ...

R Kelly

The Latest: Judge orders R&B singer R. Kelly held in jail

The Latest on the charges against singer R. Kelly (all times local): 2:25 p.m. A federal judge has ordered R&B singer R.

Appeals court: NYC can ban ads in Uber and Lyft cars

Drivers for companies like Uber and Lyft in New York City can be banned from displaying advertisements in their vehicles, a ...

The Latest: Judge bars Roger Stone from social media

The Latest on Trump confidant Roger Stone (all times local): 1:05 p.m. A federal judge has restricted Roger Stone's use of ...

Salvadoran accused of abortion faces retrial, hefty sentence

A young woman who gave birth to a baby in an outhouse toilet in El Salvador was back in court Monday facing a second trial ...

Trump abortion restrictions effective immediately

Taxpayer-funded family planning clinics must stop referring women for abortions immediately, the Trump administration said ...

Annie Farmer, Courtney Wild

Women urge jail until trial for Epstein as judge weighs bail

Two Jeffrey Epstein accusers urged a judge Monday to keep the wealthy financier behind bars until he goes on trial on federal ...

Tracy Gersh

Judge recommends $14M award to neo-Nazi trolling victim

The publisher of a neo-Nazi website should have to pay the victim of an internet trolling campaign over $14 million and ...

US judge slashes $80 million award in Monsanto cancer case

A U.S. judge lowered a jury's damage award from $80 million to $25 million for a California cancer victim who used Monsanto's ...

Guatemala cancels meeting between Morales and Trump

A meeting in Washington between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Guatemalan counterpart Jimmy Morales purportedly over a ...