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An Indian family froze to death crossing the Canada-US border, a perilous trip becoming more common
On the last night of their lives, Jagdish Patel, his wife and their two young children tried to slip into the U.S.…
New York to shut down as it becomes next virus hot spot
New York City's 8.5 million people were preparing to go behind closed doors as the city quickly becomes one of the world's biggest coronavirus hot spots
Rand Paul is 1st senator to report positive test for virus
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul says he has tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus
At a glance: Nearly $1.4 trillion coronavirus rescue package
Congress and the White House are negotiating a nearly $1.4 trillion rescue package of healthcare and economic aid amid the coronavirus outbreak and national sh…
More testing, stay-home warnings as Washington state fights virus
SEATTLE (AP) — First responders and other essential workers lined up at the Tacoma Dome for drive-thru COVID-19 testing, the Department of Corrections said inmates will start making hospital gowns, and Gov. Jay Ins…
President Donald Trump impeached by US House on 2 charges
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday night, becoming only the third American chief executive t…
12 killed in Virginia Beach shooting
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — A longtime city employee opened fire at a municipal building in Virginia Beach on Friday, killing 12 people and sending terrified co…
Daines says border visit cements his barrier beliefs
U.S. Sen. Steve Daines witnessed firsthand early Monday along the Rio Grande in Texas the separate apprehensions of two men, both from Honduras, who had crosse…
Daines says border visit cements his barrier beliefs
U.S. Sen. Steve Daines witnessed firsthand early Monday along the Rio Grande in Texas the separate apprehensions of two men, both from Honduras, who had crosse…
Trump taps former oil lobbyist to lead Interior
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is nominating David Bernhardt to be secretary of the Interior Department, a move that puts a former oil lobbyist on track t…
Former President George H.W. Bush dies at age 94
HOUSTON (AP) — George H.W. Bush, a patrician New Englander whose presidency soared with the coalition victory over Iraq in Kuwait, but then plummeted in the th…
People in US, Canada warned to not eat romaine lettuce
NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials in the U.S. and Canada on Tuesday told people to avoid eating romaine lettuce because of a new E. coli outbreak.
Trump says he's not firing Interior Secretary Zinke
WASHINGTON (AP) — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and his boss, President Donald Trump, moved Friday to tamp down talk that Zinke might be the next Trump adminis…
California wildfire incinerates town
PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — Five people were found dead in their burned-out vehicles after a Northern California wildfire incinerated most of a town of about 30,00…
Trump takes campaign to Missoula
MISSOULA — President Donald Trump suggested without evidence Thursday that Democrats or their allies are supporting a “caravan” of Central American migrants wh…
Idaho wildlife official resigns after killing baboon family
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A top Idaho wildlife official has resigned amid outrage over a photo of him posing with a baboon family he killed in Africa.