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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, who's considered a rising star in the Republican Party, formally launched her reelection campaign Friday.

New redistricting maps that largely ignore the recommendations of a voterapproved commission in Utah are sparking a backlash and highlighting the challenges that independent panels face an era of deep political divisions and surging gerrymandering.

A powerful Haitian gang leader said Friday he is easing a chokehold on fuel deliveries that has caused a growing crisis for hospitals, gas stations and even water supplies across the nation's capital.

Making an Olympic team is hard enough. This winter, those who earn their spots on the U.S. squad might find it takes even more work to get to Beijing.

The decision was taken after Minsk was accused of bringing in migrants to send on to Europe.

Though Taliban were not present for the summit in Delhi, they agreed with its key point — need for unhindered humanitarian aid to Afghans.

People who are still not vaccinated as the fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic takes hold in Germany must understand they have a duty to the rest of society to protect others, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday.

Twitter says it has permanently banned Newsmax White House correspondent Emerald Robinson from its service for repeated violations of its COVID19 misinformation policy.

A puzzling, broaddaylight shooting at a smalltown trailer park is renewing concerns among activists about how justice is doled out when a Black person is killed in Missouri.

Jurors in the trial of three white men charged in Ahmaud Arberys killing watched security camera videos Thursday that show other people entering a home under construction in the months before the 25yearold Black man was chased and gunned down after runnin...

Chinese leaders are setting the stage for President Xi Jinping to extend his rule next year.

An Arizona man accused of supplying the dealer who sold Mac Miller the drugs that killed the rapper has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge, prosecutors said Wednesday.

The dollar stood at its highest levels of the year against sterling and the euro on Thursday, while the yen was smarting from its sharpest drubbing in a month, after the hottest U.S. inflation reading in a generation fanned bets on rate hikes.

A California parent was sentenced Wednesday to six weeks in prison and 250 hours of community service in connection with the sweeping college admissions scandal.

A Maryland high school English teacher who has worked to open up college education for her students has won the $1 million Global Teacher Prize, the Varkey Foundation announced Wednesday.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Wednesday directed the State Department of Health to stop issuing nonbinary birth certificates, despite a settlement agreement in a civil case in which the agency agreed to do so.