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Authorities in North Carolina are mourning the loss of one of their police dogs.

The ruling by Judge Clifton Newman came just about 24 hours after Gov. Henry McMaster signed the bill.

Government officials say chemical fire retardant is sometimes crucial to slowing the advance of dangerous blazes.

Across the country trains are stopping for days, cutting off communities. Children climb between train cars to get to school. First responders can’t reach those in need of help. We speak to lawmakers and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, pushing for action.

U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta sentenced Jessica Watkins, of Woodstock, Ohio, to eight years and six months behind bars and sentenced Kenneth Harrelson, of Titusville, Florida, to four years in prison.

Burgum, first elected in 2016, was reelected in 2020 and is eligible to run for governor again in 2024.

Supporters of an Indianapolis doctor voiced frustration Friday with the Indiana medical board’s decision that she violated patient privacy laws when she talked with a newspaper reporter about providing an abortion to a 10-year-old Ohio rape victim.

A woman recently got a pleasant surprise when finding out her lottery ticket was worth a couple million dollars.

As concerns mount in Washington over the impact of social media use on youth mental health, some lawmakers are taking action to begin to tackle what many say is a youth mental health crisis.

Sam Bateman and the three women followers scheduled to appear for their arraignment were arrested last year and charged with kidnapping and impeding a federal investigation. Prosecutors earlier this month expanded the group's charges.

After a Texas high school rescheduled its graduation ceremony because most of the seniors were found ineligible to graduate, the community took matters into its own hands.

The 24 bright green baby parrots began chirping and bobbing their heads the second anyone neared the large cages that have been their homes since hatching in March.

Patrick Xavier Clark had been free on a $1 million bond when a grand jury in Houston indicted him on Thursday.

After a mother posted about it in an online neighborhood group, she found other concerned parents whose kids had also brought the book home.

Iowa teachers will be banned from raising gender identity and sexual orientation issues with students through grade six, and all books depicting sex acts will be removed from school libraries, under a bill Republican Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed Friday.

Archaeologists in Jerusalem have uncovered two ancient toilets, and they suggest the users suffered from severe intestinal discomfort.

The holiday is observed in part by the National Moment of Remembrance, which encourages all Americans to pause at 3 p.m. for a moment of silence.

Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink says it’s gotten permission from U.S. regulators to begin testing its device in people.

Paul Cauthen, an alt-country musician from East Texas also known as “Big Velvet,” was arrested in South Carolina.

If getting paid to eat doughnuts sounds like your dream job, you’re in luck.

Images on social media showed Waters firing an imitation machine gun while dressed in a long black coat with a red armband.

Police said they discovered the woman was carrying drugs after a K-9 alerted them.

While waiting, many different people handled the raccoon at the Petco in Maine.

A Southwest Airlines pilot found himself locked out of the flight deck recently.

Several children were hurt in the crash.

Gershkovich, a 31-year-old U.S. citizen, was arrested in March while on a reporting trip in Russia.

The Senate voted 33-1 in favor of a resolution that officially proclaimed their innocence.

It was the busiest air travel day since the pandemic.

A fourth grader in Texas donated her hair to a high school freshman when she learned the teen had been diagnosed with cancer.

The index, which the Federal Reserve closely monitors, showed that prices rose 0.4% from March to April, much higher than the 0.1% increase the previous month.