Updated at 1:10 p.m. The drastic work project cuts made by House Republican appropriations chair Rep. Ann Bollin, and ...

Nicolas Maduro, the president of Venezuela captured in a U.S. military raid, faces criminal charges in Manhattan, where ...

One of the most common recurring themes in American politics is appealing to the Founding Fathers and their visions of a ...

An undocumented immigrant was sentenced to 11 years and six months in prison for distributing crystal methamphetamine in Raleigh, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.

Radio telescopes have long scanned quiet patches of sky for a lone, artificial-sounding ping, but a growing body of research ...

Thoothukudi's Forest Department is expanding mangrove forests to protect the coast and support livelihoods. The project, ...

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